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November 20, 2008
- LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck
Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, LA Auto Show
Click above for more live shots of the Touareg TDI Trophy Truck from LA
Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this year's Baja event at the very highest level, the Trophy Truck class, with a brand-new racer that they loosely refer to as a Touareg. If you are going to be racing across the desert in anything, it may as well be powered by a clean 5.5 liter V-12 TDI Twin Turbo diesel engine with 550 horsepower and 625 lbs.-ft. of torque, right? After taking a good long look at the truck in person, we've come to the conclusion it is most definitely impressive and imposing. See our live pics below. Plus, did we mention the clean diesel?Gallery: <a href="http://".$GLOBALS["HTTP_HOST"]."/photos/la-2008-race-touareg-2/">LA 2008: Race Touareg 2
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Photos Copyright (C)2008 Jeremy Korzeniewski and Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- about 10 hours
source: (AutoblogGreen) - LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hyundai, LA Auto Show
Click above for high-res image gallery of Hyundai HED-5 i-Mode
We first saw Hyundai's rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is a 2.0L gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine that Hyundai plans to roll out in production machines shortly. The new Theta Turbo GDI engine puts out 286 horsepower, which is very impressive for such a small powerplant. Hyundai puts its direct injection and turbo technology to good effect and combines these new features with its Continuously Variable Valve Timing (CVVT) to allow for a 15-20 percent fuel economy increase compared with a standard 2.0L four-banger. Expect to see this new engine make its way into a production car sometime in 2010.
According to Hyundai, a new six-seat production CUV will hit the market in 2010 that's inspired by the HED-5. Of course, don't expect to see its far-out future-spec interior make it production, but the GDI engine and general look is a lock.Gallery: <a href="http://".$GLOBALS["HTTP_HOST"]."/photos/la-2008-hyundai-hed-5-i-mode/">LA 2008: Hyundai HED-5 i-Mode
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Photos Copyright (C)2008 Jeremy Korzeniewski and Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc.Continue reading LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil
LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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source: (AutoblogGreen) - LA 2008: Ford Fusion hybrid, and its Mercury Milan cousin, unveiled
Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, Mercury, LA Auto Show, Green Daily
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Mercury Milan
We have known about the new Ford Fusion hybrid since early this morning, but now we've got the live pics so you can judge for yourself if these wonder hybrid twins were worth the wait. As of right now, these are our readers' second-most anticipated vehicles of the show. The details include a 700-mile range from the more efficient 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine paired with an electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (e-CVT), the new leafy SmartGauge[TM] with EcoGuide, and lots of little improvements like a new high-efficiency converter. Check out a video of the Fusion/Milan unveiling and the press release after the jump. Ford says to prepare for the hybrids to show up in dealerships in spring 2009.Gallery: <a href="http://".$GLOBALS["HTTP_HOST"]."/photos/2010-mercury-milan-hybrid-on-the-stand/">2010 Mercury Milan hybrid on the stand
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Milan live photos copyright (C)2008 Jonathon Ramsey / Weblogs, Inc.
Fusion live photos copyright (C)2008 Michael Harley / Weblogs, Inc.Continue reading LA 2008: Ford Fusion hybrid, and its Mercury Milan cousin, unveiled
LA 2008: Ford Fusion hybrid, and its Mercury Milan cousin, unveiled originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- about 11 hours
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November 19, 2008
- Three wheels + 60 Mpg = EMC
It's been a while since we've posted about a 60 mpg three-wheel car but when a reader let us know about the EMC3 appearing at the recent Seattle Autoshow (thanks, Troy!), we had to make a little room for it. According to the Eco Motor Company's website the tricycle began its life as a summer project by David Joner and his two kids. Soon others (grown-ups) joined in the effort and after several years, the EMC3was born.
Although the three-wheeled configuration allows them to classify it as a motorcycle and thus avoid some of the regulatory scrutiny involved with selling cars with four tires, the vehicle is said to have been designed with safety in mind. In addition to the roll bar, side-impact beams and crumple zones, it also comes equipped with two airbags. It's powered by a one liter 3 cylinder gas engine to get you going and disc brakes to make you stop. Choosing the available automatic transmission ups the price by $1,000 or you can stick with the 5-speed and pay only $13,995. Expected to be available early 2009, the company is taking reservations now.
[Source: Eco Motor Company]Three wheels + 60 Mpg = EMC3 originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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source: (AutoblogGreen) - LA 2008: 2010 Lexus RX 450h live unveiling
Filed under: Hybrid, Lexus, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, LA Auto Show, Green Daily
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Ten years after introducing the "car-based luxury utility vehicle segment," Lexus unveiled its latest hybrid, the 2010 RX 450h, today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The second-gen RX 450h uses a 3.5 liter V6 gas engine (Atkinson cycle) and an upgraded inverter for a total of 295 hp in a luxury SULEV package. It's so luxury you can read the blindingly bright heads-up display even in direct sunlight, Lexus claims. Available with FWD or part-time all-wheel drive, the RX 450h gets XX mpg. No, that's not a typo. Lexus isn't saying that the mileage or the price is for this new model, but we'll find out by spring 2009 at the latest. That's when this new hybrid goes on sale. Press release after the jump.Gallery: <a href="http://".$GLOBALS["HTTP_HOST"]."/photos/la-2008-lexus-rx-450h/">LA 2008: Lexus RX 450h
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[Source: Lexus]Continue reading LA 2008: 2010 Lexus RX 450h live unveiling
LA 2008: 2010 Lexus RX 450h live unveiling originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- about 13 hours
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