Honda CR-Z Mugen prototype (2011)

Honda CR-Z Mugen prototype (2011) CAR review, This is the Honda CR-Z Mugen hybrid, and it isn’t a production car yet. car dealerships: Instead this prototype (valued at over £150k!) is designed to showcase just how far Mugen can push the CR-Z envelope.

Mugen parts for the CR-Z already exist in Japan, but this is a British project by Mugen's European arm, Mugen Euro. Mugen is to Honda what Alpina is to BMW, and there's a similar relationship between Honda UK and Northamptonshire-based Mugen Euro. The pair have collaborated before on the limited-run Mugen Civic Type R, and now this car will test the market for a hotter CR-Z hybrid. We hear there’s the strong possibility of a 180bhp version

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Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4

Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 first of string of new Peugeot hybrids, Peugeot will launch the new 3008 HYbrid4 crossover in autumn 2011 as the world's first diesel-electric hybrid car - and it's the first in a string of hybrid cars coming from Peugeot and Citroen. car dealerships.

The 3008 HYbrid4 will be followed by a brace of 508 hybrids in spring 2011, and engineers have told CAR that any car on the mid-sized PF2 and full-sized PF3 platforms can use the same innovative electric 4wd architecture.

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Rolls-Royce 102EX electric

car dealerships, Rolls-Royce 102EX electric – wafting up the Goodwood hill, I had the privilege this last weekend of wafting Up The Hill in Rolls-Royce’s remarkable 102EX Phantom Experimental Electric at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. If you’ve read Ben Oliver’s excellent first drive you’ll know that despite having the biggest battery ever fitted to a passenger vehicle – there are 96 lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-oxide cells  beneath that imperious bonnet generating 71kWh, with 850 amps peak current delivered at 338 volts – the 102EX’s limited 125 mile range means it’s unlikely to take the big step into production. Which is a pity because everything else about the powerplant – its silken and silent refinement, its effortless and muscular performance and uncomplicated ease of use – perfectly embodies Rolls-Royce’s best-car-in-the-world ethos.

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BMW i3 Concept (2011)

BMW i3 Concept (2011) first official pictures, This is the BMW i3 Concept, a near-production preview of Munich’s new urban vehicle. car dealerships Previously known as the Megacity Vehicle (MCV), it’s an all-electric carbonfibre and aluminium car that BMW will sell from 2013 as part of its new ‘i’ range – the i8 supercar has also been unveiled today. Both the BMW i3 and i8 concepts will be revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.

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BMW i8 Concept (2011)

car dealerships BMW i8 Concept (2011) first official pictures, This is the BMW i8 Concept, a near-production preview of Munich’s new plug-in hybrid supercar. Audi and Mercedes might have stolen a march on BMW with the R8 and SLS respectively, but while its rivals prepare limited-run electric versions of their supercars, BMW is putting this i8 into proper mass production in just two years time. The BMW i8, and its i3 EV sibling, will be revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.
So this BMW i8 supercar is a plug-in hybrid?

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Porsche GT3 and Citroen EV

car dealerships A car to appeal to head and heart. Only a mainstream car maker has the economies of scale to make this happen at the price and quality we can afford and expect. I was reminded of this last week when I hopped out of a Porsche 911 GT3 one night and into a Citroen C-Zero electric car the next. You can see a cameraphone pic of the disparate pair above. They throw into sharp relief the pressures facing manufacturers in 2011.

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