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Top Gear America begins work on 70 mpg project car

Interested in a car that can get 70 miles per gallon and run from zero to sixty in under 7 seconds? Yeah, so are we. How much do you want to pay for it? Top Gear America thinks that $7K sounds just about right, and it wants Italian styling to boot. Impossible? Not so fast. The crew at TG, which is a separate entity from the British blokes that you see on the tube all the time, have set out on a project to create just such a beast. The bones of the project, known as Sipster for now, are based on a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit, which was in fact ... Read more →

Next gen VW Rabbit may be getting 1.4 twin charged engine Sam Abuelsamid

It's been reported that Eaton will be providing superchargers for use on the 1.4L TSI engines for the MK VI Golf including the Rabbit-badged version sold in the U.S. market. The 1.4L TSI is a ...

Editorial: Green cars for the middle-class: A market segment left wanting? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Top Gear America begins work on 70 mpg project car 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Next gen VW Rabbit may be getting 1.4 twin charged engine 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's been reported that Eaton will be providing superchargers for use on the 1.4L TSI engines for the MK VI Golf including the Rabbit-badged version sold in the U.S. market. The 1.4L TSI is a direct injected four cylinder engine that's been offered in multiple power levels for a variety of ...

Editorial: Green cars for the middle-class: A market segment left wanting? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I have been having an ongoing email conversation with a man who lives in California about the state of the green automotive choices for someone who fits into the middle-class kind of vehicle, but who wants a sense of style in their car and some driving pleasure. Past vehicles owned by this ...

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