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New Volvo Drive-E Powertrain Gives World Leading Low CO2 Emissions

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Volvo Car Group’s new two-litre, four-cylinder Drive-E powertrain family can truly be considered as offering customers a world-class blend of drivability and low CO2 emissions. The D4 with 181 horsepower and manual gearbox is the first diesel car with this level of power output in the premium D-segment with CO2emissions under 100 g/km. The Volvo S60 […]

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Allan McNish (left), Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval

Audi Reigns Supreme in World Endurance Championship

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Audi’s pioneering hybrid-diesel technology has provided Britain with the nation’s first sportscar world champion for 21 years. Dumfries-born Allan McNish who won this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours for a third time was “crowned” the FIA World Endurance Champion in China last weekend (9 Nov). McNish plus co-drivers Tom Kristensen (Den) and Loïc Duval (F)

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Ben Hindsley Peugeot 308

Ben Hindsley – The Peugeot Man Who Gives The New 308 ‘The Light Touch’

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Just over 20 years ago, a 17-year-old with a passion for engineering won the prestigious ‘Young Inventor of Great Britain’ award. Ben Hindsley, from Hexham, Northumberland, devised a new type of LED bicycle light that gave 23 times longer battery life. That was 1992. Today Ben is Lead Attribute Engineer on the New Peugeot 308

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2012 Toyota Avalon Hybird

Toyota USA Announces Voluntary Recall for over 800,000 Cars

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Toyota America has announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 803,000 Model Year 2012-2013 Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, and Venza vehicles due to a problem with the air conditioning condenser unit housing. In the involved vehicles, water from the air conditioning condenser unit housing could leak onto the airbag control

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Honda NSX CONCEPT

Honda at Tokyo Motor Show 2013

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Honda has announced which models will be on display at this years Tokyo Motor Show – the 43rd of the prestigious Japanese held event. Highlights on the Honda stand will include the Honda S660 CONCEPT, an open-top sports-type mini-vehicle, the world premiere of the production model of the URBAN SUV CONCEPT and the Japan premiere

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

European Sales Start for Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) starts retail sales of its pioneering Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (or “PHEV”) with the first units reaching The Netherlands – the designated launch country in Europe – after production commenced late August at MMC’s Okazaki plant, near Nagoya. Outlander PHEV meets its market at a time of profound changes in the

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