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Scrapyard Find: 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S

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The Brera coupe was on the same platform as the Spider roadster, and was built for the 2005 through 2010 model years. The Brera S was available only in the United Kingdom, and its price tag with the four-cylinder engine was £24,950 (about £38,102 in 2024 pounds, or $48,438 in today's dollars). This car has the 182-horsepower 2.2-liter

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American Le Mans Approves BP Isobutanol-Ethanol Race Blend

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This additional weight will be required until 19 May 2010 at which time competitors may remove Dyson Racing will run its Mazda-powered Lola B09/86 LMP2 coupe on the fuel for the full 2010 season. Dyson trialed a biobutanol blend in 2009. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Tim Hayes, vice president, strategic accounts for BP.

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Drayson Racing To Launch Le Mans Prototype One (LMP1) Program at Petit Le Mans

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Drayson Racing will debut its British built Judd V10-powered Lola B09/60 racing car—commonly known as the “Lola Coupe”—in the 12 th Annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, 22-26 September, 2009. The working partnerships with both Lola Cars and Engine Developments Ltd. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.

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Lotus Reportedly Planning Electric Car

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Category: Green, Industry News, Europe, Lotus, Geneva Motor Show, Lotus Elise, Coupes, Hybrid. Kimberley told the FT that the Lotus effort will differ from the Telsa and ENVI in that it will utilize a gasoline engine hooked to a generator as a range extender — much like GM’s coming Chevrolet Volt and the Fisker Karma.

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Honda confirm CR-Z hybrid production

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The start date for EU sales of the new hybrid coupe will be released towards the end of 2009. Honda also announced that another production line at its Suzuka Factory, is now producing Insight in mid-June 2009, leveraging Honda’s flexible production system. Tags: Honda Hybrid cars cr-z hybrid.

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Audi Introduces Second e-tron Electric Sportscar Concept at Detroit Show

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Audi introduced a new electric sportscar concept at the North American International Auto Show, its second following the introduction of the initial e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Unlike a combustion engine, the electric drive system generally does not produce enough waste heat to effectively heat the interior.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

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Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. Reply ↓ ↑ report 4 Jay 1:56AM (4/25/2009) I drive a Smart and I am frequently asked if it is electric (even once at a GAS station).

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