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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LAND ROVER’S NEW start-stop equipped Freelander 2 TD4_e is now on sale in Australia, the first ever SUV to feature the fuel-saving technology.

The stop-start system is exclusive to the diesel-powered TD4_e model and a manual transmission is the only gearbox choice. However, with fuel economy dropping from 8.5 l/100km to just 6.7 l/100km, the Freelander [...]

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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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LAMBORGHINI HAS ANNOUNCED that it intends to slash the CO2 output of its manufacturing operations by a huge 30 percent by 2010 and also aims to cut the CO2 emissions of its total line-up by 35 percent by 2015.

An enormous photovoltaic array atop the company’s Sant’Agata assembly plant will supply more green energy for the [...]

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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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The 2009 Mazda3 MPS won’t be the only car that Mazda will be debuting at the Geneva Motor Show this March, for the Japanese manufacturer has announced that it’ll be taking the wraps off yet another variant of its best-selling hatchback too.

Called the Mazda3 i-stop, this eco-friendly model combines Mazda’s proprietary stop-start system with the [...]

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If a diesel engine is more economical than its petrol counterpart and a petrol-electric hybrid motor is also thriftier than a conventional powerplant, then what does that make a diesel-electric hybrid engine?

Efficiency? Volvo certainly seems to think that combining an oil-burner with an electron-guzzler is a winning combination, and has announced its intention to introduce [...]

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Picture a new MINI and what do you think of? A small three-door hatch that’s popular with both driving enthusiasts and the latte-sipping set alike? Or perhaps you associate BMW’s successful small car brand with young professionals who want a practical, economical city car, but can’t bear motoring around in anything as prosaic as [...]

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Mazda have just released full details of their stunning new Mazda6, following the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Mazda are rightly proud of their stunning new sedan and are showing the world how good a family car can and should look.

Mazda are sticking closely to their cheesy Zoom-Zoom initiative which is all about developing [...]

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BMW I-Series UK Press Release

BMW is extending the 1 Series line-up in the UK with a new model consisting of a brace of high performance twin-turbocharged engines and a diesel capable of a frugal 58.9mpg. The new BMW 1 Series Coupé goes on sale in the UK in November and will be available in 120d, [...]

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Audi to launch the cleanest diesel in the world

• Audi will be first manufacturer to meet future emissions
• High-volume model series to include ‘e’ models in future
• Integrated strategy cuts fuel consumption and emissions

From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low [...]

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