Cars UK (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Reports say that Toyota are working on a new MR-2 with a sport hybrid setup to take on the Honda CR-Z. The Toyota MR-2 was a much loved sports car in its day (despite the MR-2 bit sounding like ‘Sh*t’ if said in French) and lovers of the MR-2 have long bemoaned its passing. But if [...] News from: Cars UK | UK Car News New Toyota MR-2 Hybrid planned?
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Honda may not have the hybrid sports coupe market to itself for long if a report out of Japan has any merit. One of Japan's top car magazines, Best Car, is reporting that Toyota is planning to bring forth a hybrid sports car in the near future as a direct challenger to the new Honda. Unlike the front wheel drive Honda, the renderings produced by the magazine indicate that...
Sufiy. (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
" Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Electric vehicles should provide three-fourths of U.S. driving needs by 2040, with oil imports effectively “reduced to zero,” executives from companies including Nissan Motor Co. , PG&E Corp. and FedEx Corp . said." We have a very strong demand for lithium and REE according to these estimations, with 21kg of lithium carbonate (LC) per each BEV with...
Range Rover (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
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INAUTONEWS (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
BMW announced today that its SIRIUS satellite radio factory option has been enhanced with an expanded channel line-up and a price reduction for 2010 model BMW cars and Sports Activity Vehicles™ in the United States (excludes 5 Series, 6 Series, and X3). When ordering the SIRIUS option from the factory, the price has been reduced [...] > Read complete article inside...
Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
From road racers to rally cars—subcompact cars can make really good platforms for a race vehicle. The small shape, light weight, and nimble handling all lend themselves to racing. Here are a few examples of subcompact race cars from around the word. MINI Challenge car Aveo rally car in Ecuador Suzuki Swift Cup car from New Zealand Chinese Touring Car Championship (CTCC) Nissan Tiida J's Racing...
Wheel Industry (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Last week I had a unique opportunity to attend a round table with Honda’s President and CEO of Honda Motor Co Ltd., Takanobu Ito, during last week’s press days of the 2009 Tokyo auto show. In our brief encounter with Ito-san, he came across as a thoughtful, knowledgeable, and engaging chief executive, with some [...]
Convertible Car Magazine News (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
We're hoping to have heard the first sign that Honda are developing a hybrid roadster to replace the much loved S2000 roadster. Honda's Head of Design Nobuki Ebisawa revealed "This is something that we are considering, and the CR-Z is only one shape of Honda’s hybrid sports cars in the current age". So that they're planning a hybrid sportscar is for sure but the details are sketchy....
Hummer for sale cheap (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
German luxury car maker BMW launched sports car Z4 in India , priced at Rs 59 lakh (ex-showroom), that the company aims to sell about 30-40 units in the next three months of the year. For the current year, across all its models, BMW aims to sell over 3,000 units. Till September, the company has sold 2,738 units, BMW India president Peter Kronschnabl told at a media conference. In 2008, the German luxury...
Cars UK (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Honda boss Takanobu Ito wants to make a ‘Green’ sports car. Perhaps a hydrogen fuel cell S2000 in 2012? Car makers have had to change their plans significantly in the last couple of years – none more so than Honda. Honda pulled out of F1 less than a year ago as a result of the financial [...] News from: Cars UK | UK Car News Honda plans ‘Green’ Sports car – not an...
Autocar (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Just spent a few hours inside Honda's R&D centre in Wako, on the very outer edges of Tokyo's vast sprawl. Apparently, we’re only the second group of non-Honda people to enter the building since it was built in 1961. Of course they'd locked all the secret stuff away, but we did get to meet Honda's R&D and styling boss, Nobuki Ebisawa. Honda's hybrid sports car plan Honda working on active...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Filed under: Performance , Tokyo Motor Show , Honda Following our time visiting this week's Tokyo Motor Show , we had the opportunity to sit down for a small group interview at Honda's world headquarters with freshly-minted CEO Takanobu Ito, who took over the reigns at Honda from Takeo Fukui just this past June. Among the questions posed to Ito-san was "When will Americans see another performance...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Could tuning packages for hybrid vehicles create a whole new market for third-party and in-houe tuning firms? Apparently so – Mugen said that it could very well build a bespoke tuned version of the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid sports car. Hiroki Toyoda, the firm’s European vice president, told AutoCar that “the hybrid powertrain would create a [...]
The Car Connection (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show has released its secrets, and the High Gear Media crew has covered all the latest from the Japanese capital. Apart from a Lexus supercar, a few EVs and new sports cars from Toyota and Honda, there was not much else to shout about it. [2009 Tokyo Motor Show] Of more concern is the fact that virtually every major ..
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
When Honda introduced the CRX, they got an A for effort, but a D- for wind in your hair. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe is giving a make-up exam, and thinks this time Honda might get a passing grade. Called the definitive entry-level sports car by Car and Driver in 1984, the Honda CRX recalled such sports car alumni as the MG Midget and Triumph Spitfire in providing a low-cost car whose handling...
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