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The long, low bonnet, high wings and rear-set cabin are some of the main features of the most recent concept car from Toyota. The FT-86 II brings back Toyota’s sports car history to Geneva, giving a glimpse on what is to become the final design...

Formatted and completed text.Today Toyota have launched a refreshed refreshed version of the FT-86 II concept and with it a new Fusion Orange colour that will be very important in the brand's strategy when the product comes out. The new concept now ...

The US Department of Energy established three targets for fuel cells in 2003 that were to be met by 2009, and four teams from the fuel cell industry have beat two of the three standards that were set.  The DOE said that fuel cells should ...

Average fuel economy throughout the US is finally inching upward. Cars in the US today are getting an average 14% better fuel economy than 2008. These data were calculated in a study done at the University of Michigan.  The weighted ...

Tips to keep your fuel costs low

With fuel costs fluctuating on a daily basis and with the general trend pointing upwards, drivers feel the need to reduce their overall fuel consumption to keep the costs under control. Of course, this starts already with the car you opt to bu...

Start/Stop It is easy to think that start-stop technology was invented by BMW in the second half of the last decade. BMW refined and developed the technology but it actually originated in Japan in the mid-1970’s. With the recently increa...

Direct injection, Electric/Hybrid, Turbochargers

In Part 1 of this series we dealt with the type of technologies that you will see advertised on TV from manufacturers like Audi and BMW…in fact, even companies like Porsche now employ stop/start technology as a matter of course. Now we...

*UPDATE* Mercedes has announced prices for the new B-class. The base B180 CDI starts at 27,578.25 EUR, the B200 CDI goes for 29,809.50 EUR, the petrol B180 costs 26,001.50 EUR and the petrol B200 costs 27,935.25 EUR. All of these price include the 19...

Having been teased as a near-production concept at the October 2010 Paris Motor Show, the Chevrolet Cruze Five-Door was unveiled in full production form in Geneva this Monday. This year marks Chevrolet’s centerary, whilst 2010 saw Chevy’s...

We all know that you can have a great time down at your local race track as a competitor, trackday enthusiast, or as a spectator…but that can’t be the only way? So, here are some cheaper, wackier options to consider.