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Microjoule, world’s most efficient car

When we talk about fuel efficiency in vehicles, more times than not, we speak of hybrids. Still, the world's most efficient car is not a hybrid, but rather a gasoline burner, and it's called the Microjoule. Microjoule The car is the project of a team of french students, who wanted to see exactly how little gas is needed to run...

2012 Range Rover Evoque
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Range Rover Evoque is about to get faster

Land Rover isn't exactly known for making cars that scream efficiency but with the introduction of the Freelander and, more recently, the Evoque, they've changed their ways. Or have they? They may have used a small inline four cylinder engine but they couldn't resist having a turbocharger stuck on top of it. And it is in one of the future...

2011 Toyota Etios
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2011 Toyota Etios revealed and headed for India

It's no longer news that the Asian market is in a state of booming sales. That's what China has been for for just over a year. India on the other hand has just started attracting major manufacturers to it. The latest of them to develop a car specifically for the Indian market is Toyota. The 2011 Toyota Etios will be...

2010 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S
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Some tech info on the next Quattroporte

The road opener for super fast saloons, the Maserati Quattroporte, is soon to come to life within a new version. And some information on that particular, eagerly anticipated, replacement is what we've got right now. The next-generation of Maserati's Quattroporte flagship is due out in 2012 and the Italians are working away at it as much as possible. It would...

VW 1.4 TSI engine
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Engine of the year results

The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen. The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in...