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Hydro Kultur Nios: Fully Functional Hydrogen-Fueled City Car

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:09 PM PDT

The Hydro Kultur Nios is a hydrogen-fueled prototype that took part in the 2010 Shell Eco Marathon in the "Urban Concept Cars" category. It was created by a group of students and their professors from three leading German Universities - the University of Art and Design in Halle, the Technical University Chemnitz, and the College of Further...


Hyundai Spoofs Top Gear and Clarkson in New ix35 TV Ads [with Videos]

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:04 PM PDT

Hyundai of South Africa has turned the tables around on BBC's outrageously popular television series, Top Gear, with two new commercials for the iX35 crossover (new Tucson in the States) that mock the show and its famous hosts. Hit the jump and watch the 'Moose' and the 'Stag' getting their... hooves on the new Tucson in the latest episode of 'Top...


Dutch Architects Propose Looped Bridge to Connect RHD Hong Kong with LHD China

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Britain may have handed over control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, but that didn't change the way, or rather, the side of the road on which its citizens drive in. Problem is that, while motorist in Hong Kong drive RHD cars on the left-hand side of the road, in China it's the opposite; they drive LHD vehicles on the right-hand side of the road....


New Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Based on 2011 5-Series Coming to Goodwood

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Independent BMW customizer Alpina has published the first official sketch of its upcoming B5 Bi-Turbo ahead of the sports saloon world premiere at next month's 'Goodwood Festival of Speed' event in the UK. As the car's name suggests, the B5 Bi-Turbo is based on the new 2011 BMW 5-Series sedan. So far, Alpina is keeping a tight lid on details...


Photo Gallery from 2011 VW Jetta Presentation with Katy Perry at Times Square

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:09 PM PDT

Instead of taking the usual route of an international presentation at a major car show, Volkswagen chose to organize a special happening at Times Square New York to lift the wraps off the all-new 2011 Jetta sedan. And being a NYC party, Volkswagen brought along hot singer Katy Perry to help out with the presentation and draw some extra attention...


2011 BMW 6-Series Convertible Speculative Rendering

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:04 PM PDT

Photoshop wizard and Bimmerpost forum member 'Alpince325ci' is at it again. This time he has taken an actual spy shot of the forthcoming 2011 BMW 6-Series Convertible and applied some photoshop magic to give us an idea of how the Bavarian company's drop-top GT will look like. Hit the jump for a high resolution version of the picture. Via:...


Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing Crashes with Lada in Russia [with Videos]

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT

In what could very well be the first documented crash of Mercedes-Benz's $200,000 Gullwing supercar, an SLS AMG had an unfortunate close encounter of the wrong kind with a humble yet destructive, Lada 112 'fastback', somewhere in Moscow. From the videos of the incident we found on the net, it is revealed that a black Nissan Murano crossover was...


Redesigned Seat Altea Minivan Drawings Real?

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:16 PM PDT

After the 2011 Ford Explorer sketch (fake), 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL 63 AMG picture (real) and the Volvo S60 Coupe-Convertible photo (fake), we now have yet another group of images of an alleged future model out in the open. This time it's a set of drawings of the Leon/Golf/Octavia/TT/A3 etc. etc. based Seat Altea / Altea XL minivan. So are these...


2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid EPA Rated at 41mpg City and 36mpg Highway, Beats Lexus' HS 250h

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

The updated 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid sedan has received an EPA-certified 41 mpg rating in city driving and 36 mpg on the highway making it, according to FoMoCo, the most fuel efficient "luxury sedan" in the U.S, topping the Lexus HS 250h that returns 35mpg in the city and 34mpg on the highway. Not surprisingly, the MKZ Hybrid's fuel economy...


Top 10 Greenest and Dirtiest Cars of 2010

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:43 AM PDT

The headline grabber: Italy's Lamborghini Murcielago has been named and shamed as the most polluting car of the nation by the UK's Environmental Transport Association (ETA), being five times as worse than the greenest automobile of 2010, Japan's 99g/km Toyota iQ. "With emissions five times worse than the greenest car, the Lamborghini is the bull...


Renault Clio Gordini 200 Priced at £19,650, Limited to 500 Examples in Britain

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:37 AM PDT

The new Clio Gordini RS 200 Gordini is available to order now in the UK with pricing set at £19,650, or £1,940 more than the standard RS 200. Production will be limited to 500 examples for Britain with first deliveries expected in July. Instead of thoroughly re-engineering the Gordini-badged model, the French company has simply tweaked the...


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