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Toyota Recall: Here's How They'll Fix the Sticky Accelerator Pedals on European and North American Cars

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:03 PM PST

Having pinpointed the issue that could potentially cause accelerator pedals to stick in a partially open position in approximately 2.3 million recalled Toyota-branded vehicles in North America and another 1.8 million in Europe, the Japanese automaker has announced a fix for the problem. According to Toyota, the sticking throttle issue involves a...


Bentley Commissions RCA Students to Design Futuristic Concepts

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:07 AM PST

In a special partnership with London's famous Royal College of Art (RCA), Bentley organized a design competition called "Bentleys of the Future" in which eighteen Vehicle Design Course Masters students took part developing a range of futuristic concept proposals over the last few months. Now the competition has entered the second phase with...


Chevy Introduces Six-Speed Automatic on UK Market Cruze 2.0 VCDi

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:13 AM PST

Buyers of Chevrolet's top-of-the-range Cruze 2.0 VCDi LT in the United Kingdom now have the option of a six-speed automatic transmission with a manual shift function. Powered by a 2.0-liter common rail diesel engine delivering 150 horsepower, the automatic version of the Cruze sedan accelerates from 0-62mph (100km/h) in 9.9 seconds and goes on to...


VIDEO: Audi Continues to Tease A1 Superini, this time with Interior Details

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:03 AM PST

Question: Has Audi overdone it with the abstract videos of its forthcoming A1 supermini? In our humble opinion, yes. While informative, we think the Germans would have accomplished more if they accompanied these videos with a series of juicy teaser sketches / images and videos of camouflaged prototypes - just like Mercedes did with the SLS...


New Volvo S80 and V70 DRIVe with 1.6-liter Diesel Return 4.5lt/100km - 52.3 mpg US with 119g/km CO2

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:40 AM PST

Thanks to a few minor tweaks, Volvo has managed to further reduce CO2 emissions and improve fuel efficiency on its S80 and V70 DRIVe models from the 2009MYs 129 g/km and 4.9 lt/100 km (48mpg US) to 119 g/km and 4.5 lt/100 km (52.3mpg US) on the 2010MYs respectively. Both cars continue to use a 1.6-liter diesel with 109HP and 240Nm of peak torque...


New Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary Edition to premiere in Geneva

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:48 AM PST

To commemorate the MX-5's (also known as the Miata in some markets) 20th birthday, Mazda will unveil a special anniversary edition of its rear-wheel drive roadster at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Called the MX-5 20th Anniversary Edition, this model will have a limited production run of just 2,000 units and will only be available in Europe. ...


Special Edition Infiniti FX Limited to 100 Units for Europe

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:19 AM PST

Almost two years after the world premiere of the second generation FX at the 2008 Geneva Show, Infiniti has announced the launch of a special edition version of its luxury crossover named the FX Limited Edition. Production will be limited to just 100 units for Western Europe, of which only 18 will be coming to the UK. Based on either the...


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