FORD’S LATEST environmentally-friendly model has debuted at Frankfurt, broadening the company’s ECOnetic range of fuel-efficient cars and becoming the first vehicle from the Blue Oval to come with a start-stop system.

The 2010 Ford Focus ECOnetic builds on the credentials of the 2009 model thanks to its optional start-stop system, which shuts down the engine at [...]

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MAZDA HAS RELEASED its first start-stop equipped model in its Japanese home market, debuting its i-stop technology in the all-new 2010 Mazda Axela (or Mazda3, as it’s known in the rest of the world) today.

Start-stop systems such as Mazda’s i-stop conserve fuel by automatically shutting down the engine during times when it would normally be [...]

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Audi has just wheeled out its latest fuel-saving start-stop system in Europe, which will come fitted to select models in the marque’s lineup.

Start-stop tech has been around for a while now on other cars, but the adoption of the system by Audi is a first for the German automaker. By shutting down the engine when [...]

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