John and Helen Taylor, the Australian hypermilers who made news in the United States in 2009 by averaging 3.46 L/100km (67.9 mpg) in a tour of the 48 contiguous states, [...]
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What’s Really In A Barrel Of Oil?
A barrel of oil holds 159 litres of crude, but what is that crude oil turned into? The folks at The Daily Green recently took a look at what happens [...]
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 [...]
Road Test: 2009 Jeep Patriot 2.0 CRD Limited
Unmistakably Jeep, and with a name like ‘Patriot’, unmistakably American. However, we’re not American and neither are we particularly patriotic towards the good ‘ol US of A. So does this [...]
Audi launches TT Diesel
Audi has launched, what it says is, the first series-production sports car in the world to be powered by a diesel engine. The company says pure sportiness and compelling performance, [...]
Volkswagen Golf 6 GTD Gallery
The new Volkswagen Golf 6 GTD has been launched in Europe. With a top speed of 220 km/h and a zero to 100 km/h sprint of 8.1 seconds, it certainly [...]
Volkswagen Unveils Golf Mk6 GTD
Say helllo to the Volkswagen Golf GTD – the first high-performance diesel version of the all new MkVI hatchback. Aiming to earn a reputation as the GTI of diesels, this [...]
