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[Car Advice | News Blog] Ford Fiest Econetic - Australia's most fuel efficient car : Car ...: You can see the full technical specification document: Ford- Fiesta-Technical Specifications .25 Responses to “Ford Fiest Econetic - Australia's most fuel efficient car”.

[Autoblog Green] Toyota Prius sales backlogged until May 2010 in Japan ”” Autoblog Green: As for the electric CVT transmission in the Prius, it is part of the hybrid system, and it achieves higher fuel economy than any manual transmission while offering the ease of use of an automatic, and has fewer moving parts and is more reliable than either manual or automatic transmission. Also, the Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive transmission doesn't have the hesitation and stalling problems common with automatics, or the gear grinding and jerky clutch release of a manual - just smooth, reliable and prompt response to the accelerator.

[Elbilen.dk] 2010 Toyota Prius V Car Review | Elbilen.dk: They’ve really moved on a hell of a lot of the last decade or so with traditional combustion engines. Diesels are seriously efficient and clean these days for example, and pretty good with performance too (not quite as good as petrol still but not that far off).

[Gadgetophilia] 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid grows a bit, adds power and features: It’s this smooth movement through air and lack of air turbulence that helps give the Prius a fuel economy rating from the federal government that’s increased slightly this year, going from a combined city/highway 46 miles per gallon for a 2009 model to 50 mpg. This means the Prius remains the highest-mileage vehicle with internal combustion engine in America.

[The Car Connection] Lutz: Just One Car Returned Under 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee ...: He bought a manual-transmission Chevrolet Corvette, and ended up wanting an automatic.The point of the deal was to show GM had enough faith in its products to make the offer, and the company said at the time that it didn't anticipate many returns. Seeing just one return after about a month in operation reflects the reality of the marketplace--an alternative offer of $500 cash back could be opted for in place of the money-back guarantee.Out of hundreds of thousands of cars sold during the period, Lutz says only a few hundred took the money-back guarantee over the cash, and so far there's been just the one "substantiated" return.Whether the new money-back guarantee and "May the Best Car Win" campaign deserve the credit or it's simply a sign of GM's ongoing recovery from this summer's bankruptcy, the average transaction price for GM cars was up about $8,000 in September, almost $5,000 more than the industry average improvement, though it still has a hole to pull itself out of, down 8.4% in market share from last September's 29.3%.The money-back guarantee allows GM customers to bring a new car to the dealership between 31 and 60 days after purchase for a refund of the purchase price.

[Saabs United] 9 things I want to see in the next Saab 9-3 - Saabs United: Although I don't expect Saab to go back to mounting their engines longitudinally and backwards, I believe there is merit in using the same type of drive with transversely mounted engines - and not just for ease in clutch access. Having such an arrangement would allow more freedom for the designers to place the engine to evenly distribute weight on the front drive wheels and thereby ameliorate torque steer.

[CanadianDriver] CanadianDriver » Green Scene » Test Drive: 2010 Toyota Prius: Also available are several technology items new to the Prius: radar cruise control that automatically adjusts for vehicles in front, a pre-collision system, LED headlamps, and an Intelligent Parking Assist system that I haven’t tried, but which I hope is better than the cumbersome system that debuted on the Lexus LS 460.

[Car Advice | News Blog] Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid to enter Global Green Challenge : Car Advice ...: Boasting powerful driving performance and a superior fuel efficiency rating of 5.6L/100km, the Cerato LPI Hybrid answers consumer demand for environmentally friendly vehicles that are exciting and fun to drive. Additionally, with CO2 emissions of .

Long-Term Road Tests: Sometime on Friday night, after about three hours of enjoying the low-end torque and super-smooth dual-clutch DSG transmission of our 2009 Jetta TDI, I looked down at the fuel gauge and saw that, despite the trip odometer registering 160 miles, the needle wasn't even at the 3/4 tank mark. Now clearly I had done some damage to the overall fuel economy of this tank after only a few dozen miles, but still, the nifty little trip computer was registering almost 30mpg.

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