Honda are showing the CR-Z Concept at Tokyo – a three door sports coupe hybrid – which will launch in the UK in 2010 Honda are calling the CR-Z a concept. But it’s not. It’s actually one of those ‘Concept’ cars that is ready to roll. It’s not a flight of fancy, but a production-ready […]
Range Rover LRX announced
Land Rover has confirmed they will be making the baby Range Rover – the Range Rover LRX. The LRX will debut in 2010 and go on sale in 2011. It’s been in the melting pot for some time, the Range Rover LRX. But we didn’t know until today – when Land Rover officially acknowledged that […]
Fisker gets funding for Karma & NINA
Fisker has acquired funding from the DOE to complete the Karma and move forward with project NINA – a low-cost plug-in Hybrid to be made in the US. Henrik Fisker has been planning the Fisker Karma for what seems a very long time. It looks a very good stab at a luxury, plug-in electric car […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept – Frankfurt catchup
BMW has revealed the Vision EffecientDynamics Concept at Frankfurt, featuring a 1.5 litre turbo-diesel and 2 electric motors. There is little to beat the sound of a burbling V8. Or the wail of a V10 reaching the upper limits of its rev range. Or even the bark of a V12 – especially a Ferrari V12 […]
New Lexus LS600 Hybrid launches at Frankfurt
Lexus has revealed the 2010 Lexus LS600h Hybrid at Frankfurt with styling changes and an ‘Eco’ mode. Most of the focus on Lexus at the Frankfurt Motor Show has been on the LF-Ch Hybrid, but Lexus has also revealed an updated LS600h at the show. The 2010 version of the LS600h gets a set of […]
Lexus LF-Ch Hybrid Frankfurt reveal
Lexus has revealed the hybrid LF-Ch at Frankfurt. Lexus had a good old tease with the LF-Ch. A competitor for the BMW 1 Series and Audi A3, they trumpeted. A car that will grab a chunk of the ‘Young & Funky’ market place for Lexus, they proclaimed. And we expected a lot. A Hybrid – […]
Peugeot RCZ Hybrid looks certain
Despite Peugeot calling it a ‘Concept’, the Peugeot RCZ Hybrid looks set to go in to production. A couple of weeks ago we reported that Peugeot are bringing a hybrid version of the 3o08 to Frankfurt. No big surprise in that – everyone’s playing the Hybrid game. As an afterthought, Peugeot revealed in the same […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid – details
Toyota has released details of the Auris Hybrid HSD ahead of its debut at Frankfurt and release in 2010. Toyota’s busy putting out information on its Frankfurt launches. Earlier we had the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and now we have more information on the new Toyota Auris Hybrid, which we first revealed back in June. The […]
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid – details
The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid will debut at Frankfurt before being leased out in 2010. With the Frankfurt Motor Show getting ever closer, car makers are revealing more detail on the cars they’re bringing to the show, and this morning we have more information the the plug-in version of the Toyota Prius. The principle difference […]
Jaguar XJ Limo Green Hybrid Concept
Jaguar has developed a hybrid XJ using the Lotus Range Extender Engine, offering 60 mpg and a range of 600 miles. A few days ago we reported on the Lotus Range Extender engine, which has been developed as part of the ‘Limo Green’ project, a collaboration between Lotus, Jaguar, Caparo and Mira. The very clever […]