Jun
26
Hybrid desires at a peak - JD Power
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
JD Power and Associates (one of the biggest and most respected producers of auto-market statistics) has come out and confirmed to us what we already suspected: people are getting big into hybrids. A staggering 72% of consumers surveyed by JD claimed that they would definitely be interested in having hybrid power under the hood of […]
Apr
19
Jaguar XF wins prestigious Diesel Award
April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Great Britain has had a long love affair with diesel powered cars and their high mpg characteristics for only marginal increases in fuel price. In the UK the What Diesel journal Car of the Year Award is therefore a much more prestigious title than its name suggests. This year the Jaguar XF sedan came out […]
Apr
14
BMW 118d for North America?
April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We reported recently on the little BMW 118d when it won the prestigious title of World Green Car for 2008 at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). Now, backed by this award and some great performance (not to mention the prestige of its BMW badge) the compact diesel is not looking back.
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Mar
26
BMW 118d - World Green Car 2008
March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The 2008 World Car Awards board must have made the day of BMW R&D teams worldwide when it announced that the German manufacturers Advanced Diesel 118d is to be the ‘World Green Car’ for this year. The award was presented at the New York Auto Show and was based on the BMW’s low emissions and […]
