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Opel planning a new minicar for Europe, looking for development partner

According to Alain Visser, Opel's head of sales and marketing, Opel needs a minicar to compete. However, developing a new minicar is a huge expense, and even though Opel has set aside €250 million for this car, the company would like a partner. It's not unusual: Ford and Fiat share the Fiat Panda/Fiat 500/Ford Ka platform; Toyota and PSA share the Toyota Aygo/Citroën C1/Peugeot 107 structure. Opel has already a similar model, the Agila (shown above), which is jointly made with the Suzuki Splash but it's a little big for the ... Read more →

eKRAD developing eQUAD [w/VIDEO] Domenick Yoney

While we await word of when production will begin of their electric supermoto (their website says late 2009) the folks who cooked up the eKRAD have been keeping busy with another possible ...

Volkswagen installs larger CNG tank in the Touran TSI EcoFuel, extends range to 444 miles Xavier Navarro

The VW Touran TSI EcoFuel MPV is getting an additional compressed natural gas (CNG) tank that significantly improves the car's range. A new tank placed under the trunk increases the total CNG ...

Porsche goes green with an all-new paintshop Xavier Navarro

Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart will soon have a new paint-shop that, according to the company, is going to be one of the most environment-friendly in the world. The facility will be opened in ...

Ford of Germany offers retrofit diesel particulate filters for just €133.33 Xavier Navarro

2009 Ford S-Max - Click on image for high-res gallery Ford has launched a campaign to retrofit diesel vehicles in Germany with diesel particulate filters (DPF) for a very attractive price: just ...

VIDEO: Developing the E-Wolf e1 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The development of the E-Wolf e1 - Click above to watch the video after the jump Together with the introduction of the E-Wolf e1 during the Frankfurt Motor Show, E-Wolf released a video about the development of the unusual vehicle. The video explains how the car was developed to present the ...

Sales of natural gas powered cars increase in Germany 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the general economic downturn – felt in Germany as much as anywhere else – sales in Germany of natural gas (CNG) powered cars increased by 14 percent this year. Specifically, the increase saw 6,561 more CNG vehicles sold this year so far, adding about 80,000 CNG vehicles to ...

Austrian hyper-miler beats his own record when driving a Seat Ibiza Ecomotive to 100 mpg 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Last May, Austrian Gerhard Plattner took a Seat Ibiza Ecomotive and drove it from the factory where it was built, in Martorell (near Barcelona), Spain, and drove it a distance of 970.6 miles using just 2.9 liters of fuel per 100 km. This comes to 81.1 mpg (U.S.), an impressive figure. But, since ...

Want an electric Trabant? It's already here 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

While we were enjoying the look of the updated and all-electric Trabant nT concept that made its debut in Frankfurt, reader Nikki made sure we knew that an electric Trabant is already here. As we can see in the before and after pics, the car looks wonderful (if you, like us, are a fan of the ...

Audi attacks the low-CO2 European market with two new models 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

VW has announced that all brands in the VW Group are getting the all-new common-rail 1.6-liter diesels across the range. This new engine, when installed into the Audi A3, manages to reduce both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. While the 1.9-liter TDIe managed to burn 4.1 l/100 km, the new ...

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