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Lexus RX450h hybrid unveiled at LA Auto Show

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Digby Fullam, 20 November 2008 16:14

Lexus showed off the new RX450h hybrid at the LA Auto Show – and when the car comes to the UK in 2009, it will be a hybrid only range with not a smokey petrol-only model in sight. Are you sure you haven’t been tricked? The 'new' RX looks the same to me! While the looks of the latest version ...

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Lexus RX450h hybrid unveiled at LA Auto Show

Rated 3 out of 5

Digby Fullam, 20 November 2008 16:14

Lexus showed off the new RX450h hybrid at the LA Auto Show – and when the car comes to the UK in 2009, it will be a hybrid only range with not a smokey petrol-only model in sight. Are you sure you haven’t been tricked? The 'new' RX looks the same to me! While the looks of the latest version ...

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New Honda Insight teaches drivers how to save fuel

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Digby Fullam, 20 November 2008 15:17

Honda’s new Insight hybrid boasts some new-fangled tech called Ecological Drive Assist – which helps drivers of the new petrol-electric car to save fuel as they drive along. Ecological Drive Assist System? Sounds like marketing jargon to me!Look past the wacky sounding name and Honda’s latest gimmick sounds like a sound idea. Remember all the fuss about a Toyota Prius ...

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Lexus RX (2009) revealed in brochure blunder

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Chris Clarke, 30 October 2008 15:34

Lexus has let slip pictures of its new RX after a Japanese brochure was seemingly leaked ahead of the car’s launch. We weren’t supposed to see the 4x4 until the November 2008 LA auto show, but we’ve tracked down the photos of the new Lexus RX early. Are these Lexus RX pictures the real thing? They certainly look it and ...

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Audi A1 Sportback concept: first photos

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Tim Pollard, 01 October 2008 21:35

Audi has whisked the covers off its five-door A1 – in the shape of this A1 Sportback concept car, shown to a few selected media and VIPs on the eve of the Paris motor show 2008. It's a follow-up to 2007's A1 Metroproject quattro concept, which previewed the three-door A1. Audi's new supermini is scheduled to arrive in showrooms in ...

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Kia goes (dark) green

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Jesse Crosse, 23 September 2008 11:00

Kia has unveiled a portfolio of new environmental technologies, including a 1.4-litre Ceed with stop-start (due in the UK in 2009), a Ceed hybrid and the latest version of its fuel cell-powered Sportage. The Korean manufacturer is investing heavily in research and development and will increase its spend on R&D from £2.2 billion this year to £2.6 billion by 2010, combined ...

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Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid: first official pictures

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Ben Whitworth, 18 September 2008 17:00

These are the first pictures of the new Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid. With a combined economy figure of 35.8mpg and a CO2 rating of just 190g/km, Mercedes claims it is the world’s most economical petrol-powered luxury saloon. But put your chequebook away – it’s not coming to the UK. The BlueHybrid has been developed primarily for the diesel-disliking US market, where ...

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GM 'will lose money' on the new Chevrolet Volt

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Ben Whitworth, 18 September 2008 14:39

Despite hanging its future on the make-or-break Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car, GM has confirmed that it doesn’t expect to make a profit from it – at least not on the first-generation model. The Chevy Volt was unveiled this week amid much hoopla at GM's centenary. 'I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a situation where we make money, particularly ...

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Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid: first official photos

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Ben Whitworth, 16 September 2008 15:08

This is the first official photograph of the new Chevrolet Volt – GM's landmark petrol-electric plug-in hybrid car, unveiled today to mark the General's centenary. CAR Online dropped into the centenary event and has the full photographs and details of the Chevy Volt and the other announcements made today. New Chevrolet Volt: is it the car to save GM? Amid ...

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Peugeot Prologue concept: first photos

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Ben Pulman, 16 September 2008 11:14

This is Peugeot’s Prologue, a Paris motor show concept that preview 2009’s 3008 MPV. It’s another dot-dot-dot concept to join the RC, but the Peugeot Prologue is production ready. There’s a big egg-crate grille, boomerang rear lights and a full-length glass roof, but apart from toning down the big bumpers and sills, the Prologue should become the 3008 MPV with few ...

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Peugeot unveils hybrid Le Mans racer

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Ben Whitworth, 15 September 2008 12:20

Peugeot has unveiled a new hybrid-powered 908 HDi FAP racer at the final round of this season’s Le Mans Series. Shown off at Silverstone this weekend the hybrid 908 features a similar kinetic energy recovery setup to next year’s Formula 1 system. The 908’s ‘HY’ undertook a number of demonstration laps in front of the packed grandstands and showed how Peugeot’s passenger ...

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