Global Green Challenge Winners

The Global Green Challenge 2009 has come to an end so here is a table of all the winners for each category.

Eco Challenge Awards
Production Class Small Car Diesel
Ford Fiesta ECOnetic
Production Class Small Car Petrol
Suzuki Alto GLX
Production Class Ute/Light Truck
HSV Maloo Ute
Production Class Large Car Petrol
Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo
Production Class Large Car Diesel
Skoda Superb
Production Class Medium/ Off [...]

HSV Maloo wins Global Green Car Challenge

An unlikely winner has taken out the 2009 Global Green Car Challenge with the new HSV E Series 2 Maloo claiming top honours by achieving a 48.76 per cent reduction in fuel consumption when compared to its fuel rating label figure.

Over the entire trip, the Maloo had a combined average fuel consumption of 7.74 litres [...]

Nissan Land Glider – Tokyo Motorshow

Nissan Motor Co will be presenting a range of concept cars at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show but the most bizarre car is the electric Land Glider.

The Land Glider is approximately 110 cm wide and looks like it is a motorbike with a glass domed roof. The wheels and guards tilt to allow the [...]

BMW heat harnessing technology

Even a highly efficient car engine can still only convert about one-third of the energy contained in fuel to actually propel a car. The majority is lost via heat through the car’s exhaust and radiator. Why not create new methods of harnessing the wasted heat?

Technology from the Germans is always technology worth paying [...]

Nissan working on lighter cheaper battery

Nissan is developing a new electric-vehicle battery that will be smaller, lighter and cost less than the current batteries used today. Nissan will release the new Leaf electric-vehicle by the end of next year, but this will be with the current lithium ion battery which is said to deliver 160 km on a full charge.

On [...]

2010 Hyundai Santa Fe enters Global Green Challenge

Hyundai has a new R series turbo diesel engine which is being released in the new 2010 Santa Fe seven seat SUV. To promote it’s release Hyundai will be entering two Santa Fe’s in the Global Green Challenge 2009.

The new Diesel engine with the six-speed manual gearbox offers 32 percent more power as well as [...]

2009 Global Green Challenge

For the first time ever, there is now a proper event whereby manufacturers can compete alongside each other equally to prove which one has the the most fuel efficient car. The Darwin to Adelaide challenge, better know as the Global Green Challenge is set to commence this Saturday (October 24).

Previous years have seen the event [...]

Ford Fiesta Econetic – Australia’s most fuel efficient car

Updated 3 pm: Ford Australia has revealed details of Australia’s most fuel efficient car, the Ford Fiesta Econetic.

Using just 3.7 litres of fuel per 100km, and producing 98 grams of CO2 emissions per kilometre, the Fiesta takes the title from the Prius and Mini Cooper D.

Pricing is $24,990 drive away and the Fiesta comes with [...]

Suzuki Alto completes 3400km NZ economy drive

Two NZ motoring journalists have disproved the illusion that Suzuki’s Alto is purely a city car tackling a 3,400 kilometre drive through New Zealand’s North and South islands and back again.

Mr Allan Dick and Mr Donn Anderson each drove an Alto, one with a manual and one with an automatic transmission, from Auckland to Invercargill, [...]

Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test

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Toyota Camry Hybrid more details revealed

Arguably Toyota’s soon-to-be most important car in the Australian market, the Hybrid Camry is on its way and just a few minutes ago Toyota Australia released the first picture of the car’s interior.

Although the single picture is just of the instrument panel, we can clearly see the focus and purpose of hybrid Camry is on [...]

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