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Whether they’re delivering goods to customers or transporting employees to clients, a fleet of vehicles is a vital part of many companies’ business plans. With ever-rising fuel costs and growing concerns about the impact of carbon emissions, however, many companies are also under pressure to get the most efficient use out of their vehicle fleets, […]
The Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 is a special car – it’s the world’s first diesel full hybrid. It uses a combination of diesel and electric power, offering up four wheel drive, 200 bhp and emissions as low as 99 g/km of CO2. It is also now available for order! Chas Hallett, Editor-in-Chief at What Car? commented […]
The HYbrid4 combines the fuel efficient 2.0 litre HDi 163 bhp diesel engine and a 37 bhp electric motor – an ideal combination for a hybrid vehicle as it provides excellent out of town fuel consumption of 74.4 mpg, and CO2 emissions of 99g/km on the Combined Drive Cycle. Should you get one? Well, in […]
In recent years, Lotus has enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, what with the immense popularity of cars such as the Exige, which whilst not being massive production models have a reputation as being tremendous when it comes to performance. Equally, the Evora has taken everyone by surprise, offering two rear seats but maintaining the fun […]
Subaru have gone through a massive transition of late – the biggest of course being the move from a saloon to a hatch for their Impreza model. The more ‘grown up’ image has been reflected through other models and this Hybrid Tourer Concept is the culmination of much work – with a huge number of […]
Toyota’s new concept car is the Auris HSD full hybrid concept. What the ‘full’ part means is that the car is capable of being driven by petrol, electric power or a combination of both. Partial hybrids are not set up to do this, being permanently a synergistic setup. The concept previews at the Frankfurt Motor […]
Amazingly, more than two million Toyota hybrid models have been sold around the world since 1997, with more than 200,000 of them making their way to the UK. And who said that we don’t care about the environment? Perhaps what’s most impressive is the statistic that more than 11 million tonnes of CO2 less has […]