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Nissan Juke R takes to the track on video

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 09 December 2011 15:46

The road-legal Nissan Juke R may never be built, but today Nissan showed off its the GT-R-powered Juke performing on track. It's a madcap one-off Juke pepped up with the GT-R's 523bhp 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6. The video below was recorded at the MIRA track in Warwickshire, as engineers had a chance to fine-tune the chassis. Brilliant! When can I buy a Juke-R? Hold your ...

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Nissan Juke R takes to the track on video

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 09 December 2011 15:46

British Grand Prix 2011: Button and Hamilton's video guide

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Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 07 July 2011 09:30

Where will you be Sunday lunchtime? Anyone who's even remotely interested in Formula One will be in front of the TV getting psyched up as 12 F1 teams take to the world’s fastest circuit. Yes, 15 weeks in and 22 of the finest F1 drivers will be lining the grid, thinking about how they will tackle Abbey, the first right-hand ...

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 preview

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 30 June 2011 09:21

News | Drivers | Cars | Entertainment | Live coverage Festival of Speed news Welcome to CAR Online's page for Goodwood Festival of Speed news, leading up to the 2011 event on 30 June - 03 July. Newest items appear at the top of the page. [If you're heading to Goodwood this weekend, make sure you stop by the CAR stand and pick up your ...

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 ...

Bluebird electric car guns for new EV speed record

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Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 08 June 2011 10:13

The grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell is continuing his quest for land speed records - with a new attempt to set the electric car v-max. Don Wales has announced he will attempt a world speed record of 500mph in an electric car in 2013. 500mph? In an EV? He won't be driving a Leaf then! Wales will be driving the Bluebird electric car that set an earlier ...

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 ...

Kia Soul facelift (2011) first official pictures

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Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 21 April 2011 16:00

Kia picked the 2011 New York auto show to real the facelifted Kia Soul. As well as packing some visual scrub-ups, there's a bit of new tech too. The 2011 facelifted Kia Soul matches a six-speed manual transmission to a 1.6-litre direct-injection engine. In the capacity-obsessed US there's a 2.0-litre four-cylinder but we won't get that. So what about the new Kia Soul's fuel economy figures? The ...

Honda Civic Ti, Accord Facelift (2011) at Geneva

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 16 February 2011 11:56

The Honda Civic Type R might have died, but Honda today released pictures of its stylistic equal: the race-inspired but humdrum-powered Civic Ti. Honda says the new Civic Ti takes design cues from the Honda touring car and adds more than £3700 of extras to the 1.4 and 1.8 i-VTEC SE models. Honda Civic Ti: what's included in the £3700 extras? The five-door Civic is ...

Infiniti Etherea concept (2011) at 2011 Geneva motor show

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 15 February 2011 17:22

This is the Infinit Etherea, unveiled today at the 2011 Geneva motor show, and the company is unusually candid about the purpose of this new, smaller Infiniti show car. The blurb says: 'it is a compact luxury model that previews how a future entry-level Infiniti could look.' Says it all really. Infiniti Etherea: the lowdown The compact vehicle is aimed at ...

Infiniti small concept car (2011) teaser picture

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 08 February 2011 09:43

Infiniti has released this solitary teaser picture of its small concept car to debut at the 2011 Geneva motor show. It's confirmation that Nissan's upmarket wing is plotting a smaller car to sit below the current G saloon, coupe and convertible. Can't see much in that picture! Nope, indeed not. Infiniti is remaining unusually tight-lipped on the matter and we'll have ...

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