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News: Corvette Adds Electric Power to Boost Performance

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In case there was any question, Chevrolet didn’t even hint at any fuel economy improvement although some reports said the standard Vette’s city mpg might get a 1 mpg boost (but the 24 mpg highway numbers might suffer because of the added weight of the new battery and motor. The E-Ray’s wide body look is from the borrowed Zo6.It

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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l/100 km [147 – 157 mpg US] in the WLTP cycle; combined electric power consumption of 30.1 – 28.9 This originates from its sports exhaust system featuring electronically controlled, continuously adjustable flaps and hexagonal dual tailpipes arranged one above the other for the first time on a BMW M model.

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Fiat 500C 1.3 MultiJet 1.4 & 16v FIRE road test

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The original, rear-engined Fiat Cinquecento was launched in 1957 and it sported a fold-back fabric roof, manually operated of course. With the advent of the new Fiat 500 things have been done in reverse order; first came the hatchback (the engine’s now in the front), then the sporty Abarth and now the convertible ‘C’. just £35 road tax).

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Volvo R-DESIGN joins the DRIVe range

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Volvo has strengthened its DRIVe range by combining the DRIVe technologies with its sports-inspired R-DESIGN bodykit to offer C30, S40 and V50 models with low levels of emissions and the highest levels of visual appeal. mpg on the combined cycle across all three models. mpg thanks to the introduction of two intelligent new features.

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