Toyota first with Australian made hybrid

Toyota Australia is set to make history in just over three months when it launches the first hybrid car to be built in this country – Hybrid Camry.

A limited number of pre-production cars have already been tested on public roads and closed tracks with insiders saying the Hybrid Camry out performers the standard car in [...]

Honda & industry body drive UK hybrid technician awards

Honda is working with the Institute of Motoring Industry’s (IMI) presenting body awards to bring out nationwide qualifications for maintaining hybrid cars in the UK.

To be made available to mechanics across the industry, the Automotive Internal Combustion and Electric Hybrid Technology Components and Operation Award includes practical and theory components as well as a skills-based [...]

Toyota local hybrid television commercial

The next four years will see Toyota introduce eight new hybrid models to the Austrailan market. The first of which will be the new locally built 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid. From what CarAdvice has heard from all that have driven the car in its testing phase, it’s apparently a great package and a much better [...]

Toyota Sai hybrid sedan released in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp will be releasing a new petrol electric hybrid in Japan while the Prius will compete with Hyundai Motor Co in Korea.

Toyota hopes to sell 36,000 of its new Sai hybrid sedan, Toyota’s goal being one million hybrid cars a year globally after 2010.

The Sai is Toyota’s second hybrid-only car, this car is [...]

Suzuki Swift plug-in hybrid & SX4-FCV at Tokyo Motor Show

Suzuki will debut at least two environmentally friendly concept cars at this months Tokyo Motor Show. At this stage it is believed a plug-in hybrid version of the Swift five-door hatch back will be debuted along side a hydrogen-powered version of the SX4.

With Suzuki new to plug-in hybrid technology it is believed the engineering beneath [...]

Infiniti confirms first hybrid production

Infiniti has confirmed its first production Hybrid vehicle will form part of the recently announced M range of luxury performance sedans.

To be named the M35 Hybrid, the luxury sedan aims to realise the high performance/low emissions promise of the Essence concept car.
The M35 Hybrid will go on sale in the UK from April 2011 [...]

Honda CR-Z sports hybrid concept nears production

The latest iteration of Honda’s sporty CR-Z hybrid concept is set to be revealed at the Tokyo motor show in near-production trim as the spiritual successor to the original Honda CRX.

The 2009 CR-Z Concept will arrive in the UK by 2010 as the world’s first sports hybrid car, and the first ever petrol-electric vehicle to [...]

2011 Mitsubishi Crossover spy pics

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 [...]

Toyota Sai to be unveiled as Japan’s new hybrid this month

The Toyota brand is getting its first dedicated hybrid sedan, a sister model to the Lexus HS 250h, that will sport a more powerful engine than the Prius hatchback.

The car, to be named the Toyota Sai, will go on sale in Japan from October 20. The Sai will be the second model marketed as a [...]

Subaru hybrid concept set for Tokyo

It was only a matter of time before Subaru unveiled their first hybrid concept car and it’s destined for  next month’s Tokyo Motor Show.

The Subaru hybrid tourer concept car is what a concept is all about, firstly it has a gull wing-door design, something that’s been missing from concept cars for some time. Subaru says [...]

2011 BMW X5 facelift spy pics

BMW has been spied testing a subtly revised version of its X5 SUV which is set to arrive for the 2011 model year.

The redesign will consist of mainly minor cosmetic changes – basically and nip tuck here and there – and will incorporate new front and rear bumpers.
Also an inside source has speculated that the [...]

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