Holden considers sub-light mini car

GM Holden could be considering an even smaller Korean sourced car than the Barina, following the release by subsidiary GM Daewoo of its Matiz Creative, sub-light segment vehicle.

The Matiz Creative was launched in South Korea this week and billed as a global mini car that would be sold in more than 150 markets around the [...]

Toyota to build Corolla hybrid – reports

Toyota has plans to produce a petrol-electric hybrid version of its Auris (known in Australia as Corolla) hatchback, a car that could also come to Australia, at its British factory around 2012, according to newsagency reports.

Reuters Newsagency quotes a Japanese industry newspaper as saying this would mark Toyota’s first locally produced hybrid car in Europe.

Mini Cooper D welcomes new Toyota Prius

Recently Mini was quick to run a large advertising campaign across the country to showcase the Cooper D as Australia’s most fuel efficient car.
We can imagine Toyota’s marketing department wasn’t awfully happy with that, knowing the new Prius was only weeks away.

In it’s first full month on sale, close to a quarter of new Mini [...]

BMW 7 Series sips fuel like small car

German importer BMW reckons its latest entrant into the luxury sedan market can challenge many small cars when it comes to fuel efficiency.

The company says that buyers of BMW’s new 730d luxury sedan, which goes on sale this month, will benefit from fuel consumption that is identical to many small four-cylinder sedans and hatchbacks.

2009 Honda Civic Hybrid for FlexiCar

Car sharing, already an acknowledged way of being green about your motoring, has just become a whole lot more environmentally friendly with the announcement today that major player FlexiCar has added two Honda Civic Hybrids to its fleet.

On the eve of World Environment Day, Honda Australia announced it is providing the two Civic Hybrids to [...]

New Toyota Prius First Look

“More power, more efficient and even greener, the third generation Prius has definitely got our attention”
Call me ignorant or uninformed but I’ve never heard of a five-seat production car with a co-efficient of drag as low as 0.25.