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Kia Sorento diesel leads in Global Green Challenge

October 26, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under 4WD, 4x4, Car News, Diesel, Environment, Kia, SUV

At the end of day one of the Global Green Challenge Kia Australia are leading the medium SUV class with the two of its new next-generation Kia Sorento diesels. The first day saw the group travel 317km from Darwin to Katherine in the Northern Territory.

The new Kia Sorento shows off the new R-series CRDi turbo-diesel [...]

Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid to enter Global Green Challenge

October 9, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Environment, Kia

Following the global launch of Kia’s EcoDynamics sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Kia Australia have announced that they will enter two cars in the Eco Challenge category of this month’s 2009 Global Green Challenge.

To be run from Darwin to Adelaide from 24-31 October, Kia will enter two Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid vehicles, the same [...]

2010 Holden Cruze CDX Diesel

October 8, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Holden

As of the end of September Holden had sold 6,144 Cruzes, so when the announcement came in today that Holden will add a highly specified diesel variant “due to popular demand”, it wasn’t just a marketing ploy!

The diesel Cruze makes the most sense by far with fuel economy ratings of 5.7L/100km so it was always [...]

2010 Mitsubishi Triton utility specifications

October 2, 2009 by George Skentzos  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Australia has today announced the arrival of its 2010 Triton utility line-up.

The 2010 Triton range offers a new engine, generous safety features included as standard, a greater towing capacity and an extended tray.
The most important inclusion is the availability of a new high-powered turbo-diesel engine on four-wheel-drive variants which deliver the highest output and [...]

Mini Cooper D wins Bathurst

October 1, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Mini, Motorsport, New South Wales

Thirty-three years after it won the Bathurst endurance event outright, a new Mini Cooper has returned to victory lane at Mt Panorama.

Not since 1966 when the Morris Cooper S of Finn Rauno Aaltonen and Aussie Bob Holden won the Gallagher 500 mile event has a Mini won an event at the famed home of [...]

2011 Mitsubishi Crossover spy pics

October 1, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under 4WD, 4x4, Car News, Diesel, Environment, Hybrid, Mitsubishi, spy photos

Here are the very first spy-shots of an all-new Mitsubishi Crossover, likely to hit showrooms early 2011.

What our spies shot in Switzerland today looks very much like a shrunk Qashqai-like Crossover – a class of cars that’s very popular nowadays and might replace the thirsty SUVs within the coming few years.
Nissan’s Qashqai is the makes [...]

Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test

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Mazda to unveil Kiyora concept & eco-friendly engines at Tokyo

September 29, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Environment, Mazda

Mazda will unveil its next-generation engine line-up and a new automatic transmission at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show.
The ‘Mazda SKY-G’ direct injection petrol (G for gasoline) and ‘Mazda SKY-D’ clean diesel engine will be showcased along side Mazda’s new ‘SKY Drive’ automatic tranmsission.

SKY-G is a next-generation direct injection petrol engine with significantly improved fuel economy [...]

Kia c’eed petrol hybrid, Sorento diesel hybrid on show in Frankfurt

September 17, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Hybrid, Kia, electric

Kia has used the Frankfurt Motor Show as a stage to release its innovative cee’d petrol-electric and Sorento diesel-electric hybrid cars.

These vehicles will be tested over many thousands of kilometres across Europe and will generate data for inclusion in the design process of Kia vehicles during the next decade.
The new-look cee’d hybrid powertrain is similar [...]

Volkswagen to reveal 1L/100km concept at Frankfurt – report

Volkswagen is set to release a concept two-seat car capable of obtaining a fuel economy figure of 238 mpg (1 litre per 100 kilometers) at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show according to a report published in German newspaper Blid.

To be known as the L1, for obvious reasons, the concept uses carbon-fibre extensively in a [...]

Hyundai i30cw wagon – 1012 kilometres on a single tank

September 13, 2009 by Anthony Crawford  
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Fuel News, Hyundai

Family holidays travelling in your own family chariot, have never been as cheap as they are in Hyundai’s new i30cw CRDi wagon.
Fancy being able to drive a mid-size wagon more than 1012 kilometres on a single tank of diesel, and in thoroughly real world conditions?

By real world, I mean no over inflated tyres, two robust [...]

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