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Audi Wins 2011 24 Hour Le Mans
Audi have carried on their domination of the Le Mans 24 hour race by winning their seventh Le Mans race in the last eight years. Audi started the race with 3 vehicles but only managed to finish with one as the other 2 vehicles crashed out in dramatic style. Audi driver Allan McNish was the first team member to crash out after clipping a slower moving Ferrari 458 which caused both cars to enter a gravel pit, but the Audi R18 TDi of Allan McNish was traveling at a higher speed and en...
New BMW 1 Series
The new 1 Series executive compact which BMW hopes will rival the new Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and soon to be released Mercedes-Benz A-Class will go on sale in September of this year. BMW are confidant the small executive will be as big if not bigger than the current BMW 1 Series which was a huge player in the car leasing market for business and personal customers looking for top BMW leasing deals. The BMW 1 Series has always been the cheapest entry point to owning a BMW, but don’t think f...
Volvo's Hybrid KERS Flywheel
Manufacturers are under constant pressure from governments to constantly improve car engines economy to produce fewer emissions so they are better for the environment use lees fuel and help with the ever dwindling oil supplies. Volvo who leads the way in many different areas within the car manufacturing world has taken technology from Formula 1 and plan to use it there future hybrid Volvo vehicles.
Fans of this year’s 2011 F1 season will be familiar with the KERS system which has been fit...
New Golf R and GTi Cabriolet. Plus Golf GTi 35th Year Anniversary Special Edition.
At Worthersee GTi show in Austria where manufacturers go to show off their latest GTI concepts, Volkswagen has released 3 new concepts. One of these is a special edition Golf GTi to celebrate 35 years of the iconic Golf GTi and the other two are both cabriolets, one of which is a Golf GTi cabriolet and the other is the Golf R cabriolet and if released it will become the fastest ever golf cabriolet.
Volkswagen has said that they will see how the public reacts to the new car and if they see ...
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Autoglass Windscreen Technology
What if windscreens of the future could do more than just protect us from the elements, what if they could make the journey safer for the driver and safer for other road users too including pedestrians? Technicians from Autoglass have just released a short video of their concept futuristic windscreen which shows all the possibilities that your windscreen could display. Although this might not become a reality until 2020, some 9 years away but we have already started to see some technology like h...
New Audi A6 Avant
Audi have released its seventh version of the Audi A6 Avant, but the latest reincarnation of the popular estate has shed some weight and in doing so become more economical but it manages to keep the same 565 litres of boot space. Audi have played it safe when it comes to styling changes on the new A6 Avant with small cosmetic changes all round. However, the small detail changes have worked and as you can see by the picture of the new Audi A6 Avant is that you can instantly see this is a new mode...
Audi's S1 Hot Hatch
Following on from the success of the A1 which was released last year, Audi have just revealed its hottest A1 hatch to date, the Audi S1. Pictures of the Audi S1 testing on the Nurburgring show that the S1 will have no problems going up against the likes of the MINI John Cooper Works and the Volkswagen Polo R which will be ready soon. But the one advantage the Audi S1 will have over the Mini and Polo is that it will feature Audi famous Quattro system making it the only car in its class to feature...
Skoda Fabia Greenline II Achieves 127.9mpg
Gerhard Plattner who is an economy driving expert has proved that modern diesel engines driven the right way will perform better than most hybrids. Gerhard who uses fuel saving driving techniques drove a Skoda Fabia Greenline II an incredible distance of 1,246 miles on the Skoda 45 litre tank of diesel, which averaged out at 127.9mpg. The Manufacturer claims the Skoda Fabia Greenline II should average 83.1mpg, so the fact that Gerhard managed an extra 44.8mpg from the Skoda shows that the econom...