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Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

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Jesse Crosse, 25 January 2012 17:41

Direct injection petrol and diesel, hybridisation, downsizing, turbocharging, twin-charging the list of efficiency-boosting, fuel saving features being offered in new cars is becoming so long, buying a new one is like revising for exams. Is there room for another? Apparently so, but since there’s no official name for it yet we’ll call it ‘super-downsizing’ or in other words, using a ...

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Tomorrow's world: Ford's downsized 1.0-litre Ecoboost

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Jesse Crosse, 25 January 2012 17:41

Hyundai will launch Veloster Turbo in 2012

Tim Pollard, 07 November 2011 11:26

Hyundai has confirmed it will bring a 1.6 turbo version of the Veloster coupe to the UK in the second half of 2012, as first revealed by CAR. It should make an interesting alternative to the VW Golf GTI brigade. The new blown four-cylinder engine is called the Gamma 1.6 T-GDI by Hyundai - and it develops an unusually high ...

Tomorrow's world: lightweight carbon composites

Jesse Crosse, 10 October 2011 09:09

Once all the dust settles on The Great Battery Farce (the idea that the world's ills will be taken care of by sticking a battery in everything that moves and charging it up) we may eventually face up to the fact that the best way to move something around more economically, is to move less of it. That means making ...

Tomorrow's world: the touchscreen steering wheel

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 13 June 2011 11:02

You might think the steering wheel has done a pretty good job of directing cars for the past century. But now a team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart is attempting to reinvent the wheel. The scientists have come up with a touchscreen steering wheel, which they reckon could replace the humble wheel with stereo and cruise controls. What's the ...

17,000 solar panels to power Toyota’s Derbyshire plant

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Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 06 June 2011 10:24

Toyota’s manufacturing plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire, where the Auris and Avensis are built, will install the biggest solar panel system yet seen in a UK car plant. British Gas, which will stump up the £10 million cost of installing the solar panels, and Toyota are working together to save 2000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. Once the solar ...

Alfa Romeo Mito TCT (2011) comes to the UK

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 28 January 2011 12:47

Alfa Romeo's first twin-cluch gearbox is launching in the Mito - and the Mito TCT is now available in the UK. The MultiAir 1.4 is the launch engine for the TCT twin dry clutch transmission. Typically for Alfa, it's technically interesting: Alfa claims it enhances performance and comfort, gives a sportier feel and more importantly in the current climate, reduces CO2 emissions. Combined with ...

Gordon Murray Design T27 crash tested

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Tim Pollard, 19 January 2011 17:21

The original Smart car probably did more than its fair share to persuade us that small cars needn't necessarily be unsafe. But now Gordon Murray is on the same mission: to persuade us that his titchy T27 city car is as safe as houses too. Gordon Murray Design has just issued its first crash test results, showing a T27 electric car ...

Europe's road train technology ready for testing

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 24 November 2010 10:00

Work is accelerating at Europe's project to let clusters of cars drive together in convoy on motorways - with no input from the driver. The so-called Sartre project today issued a new video showing how its work is developing. Sartre? Wasn't he a French novelist? Ah, that'll be the Europe-wide Sartre road safety project. It stands for Safe Road Trains for ...

Euro NCAP tests for C4, Swift, CR-Z and iX35

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Ben Foulds, 25 August 2010 10:00

The results from the latest round of Euro NCAP crash tests are in, and - surprise, surprise - every car tested came away with a maximum five-star safety rating. The new Citroen C4, Suzuki Swift, Honda CR-Z hybrid and Hyundai iX35 were all put through their paces, and each passed with flying colours. Euro NCAP: time for greater differentiation? The latest results, ...

CAR interviews Lambo bosses Stephan Winkelmann and Maurizio Reggiani (2010)

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Tim Pollard, 16 April 2010 09:49

CAR sat recently sat down for a one-to-one interview with Automobili Lamborghini president and chief executive Stephan Winkelmann and R&D director Maurizio Reggiani. The two bosses discuss future plans, what having Porsche as a partner means, the prospect of hybrid Lambos and how they’ve coped with a global recession that’s wiped 40% off their sales.CAR: Supercar makers had a torrid ...

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