Toyota’s Prius hybrid lineup is expanding to include the larger Prius V and the more efficient Prius Plug-in, complimenting the standard Prius which remains the most popular hybrid in the world. However, Toyota will soon add the Prius C to the mix, which will officially launch at the Tokyo Motor Show. Following that show, it [...]
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Infiniti’s first foray into the burgeoning luxury hybrid vehicle market has earned a Guinness World Record. The Infiniti M Hybrid has officially become the world’s fastest accelerating full hybrid. Driven by journalist Tim Pollard and overseen by Guinness World Records, a production M sedan model tackled a quarter mile in just 13.9031 seconds. Not only [...]
According to HybridCars.com, sales of diesel-powered vehicles are up 38.5 percent this year. Through July, the biggest sellers are the Volkswagen Jetta TDI and Golf TDI. The success of these models may stem from the quake-related supply issues that affected the availability of hybrid vehicles for months. Sales of the segment leader, the Jetta TDI, [...]
Over the weekend, Formula One championship leaders Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber battled for supremacy on Germany’s famed Nürburgring. But rather than tackle the race track in their F1 cars, they climbed into a pair of Infiniti M sedans. Interestingly, Webber got the keys to the M37s sport sedan while Vettel climbed into the new [...]
After covering 56 laps and 2,459.989 miles, Porsche won its fifth Nürburgring 24-hour endurance-race in six years. This year the automaker won with its Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, a hybrid powered by a 448 horsepower rear-mounted gasoline engine and a pair of electric motors producing an additional 200 horsepower that’s sent to the front wheels. [...]
The next-generation Nissan Altima Hybrid is slated to debut in 2012 with Nissan’s proprietary hybrid powertrain. Up until now, the Altima Hybrid has been utilizing a system borrowed from Toyota. However, Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reports that the Altima’s all-new system will feature a rear-wheel drive platform similar to the one found in the 2012 [...]
Although Honda was the first to sell an electric-gasoline car in the United States, the automaker has since lost ground to Toyota and its ever-popular Prius. And, as Toyota prepares to expand the Prius lineup, Honda is preparing its own hybrid product offensive, beginning with the all-new Civic Hybrid.
Volvo has released details of its V60 Plug-in Hybrid ahead of its official debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid features a 2.4-liter five-cylinder turbodiesel with 215 horsepower and 324 pound-feet of torque mated to a 70 horsepower electric motor with a 12-kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The V60 hybrid [...]
Fuel efficiency has become an important consideration for Porsche, which is why the automaker is researching innovative fuel-sipping tech for consumer vehicles and racing cars alike. In fact, Porsche’s latest masterpiece embodies just how important fuel economy has become. The 918 RSR, which Porsche calls a “racing laboratory,” is based on the 918 Spyder that [...]
Chances are you’ve been seeing plenty of new Hyundai Sonatas on the road lately. That’s because Hyundai recently hit a sales milestone with its new midsize sedan. With more than 200,000 units sold in North America, the Sonata helped the Korean automaker have a record-setting year with more than 530,000 vehicles sold overall. As a [...]
