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- Volkswagen To Debut 71 MPG Diesel Polo at Frankfurt Auto Show
- The Trabant Lives Again! Cold War Auto Icon Reborn as an Electric Car.
- Mercedes Launches its First Ever Production Fuel Cell Vehicle
| Volkswagen To Debut 71 MPG Diesel Polo at Frankfurt Auto Show Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT
At the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show (September 17-27, 2009) Volkswagen will be debuting updated versions of its Euro-spec Polo, Golf and Passat diesels. According to European testing methods, the Polo BlueMotion will get the equivalent of 71.3 mpg (US), the Golf BlueMotion 61.9 mpg, and the Passat BlueMotion 53.4 mpg. |
| The Trabant Lives Again! Cold War Auto Icon Reborn as an Electric Car. Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:48 AM PDT
Ah, the Trabant. That most humble and often-maligned communist-era East German auto icon. To people who remember the car — lovingly and mockingly nicknamed the Trabi in its heyday — it conjures up all sorts of feelings. Personally the Trabi and I have a special connection: My wife grew up in East Germany and has fond, bittersweet memories of taking vacations to the Baltic Sea crowded into the back (and sometimes even the trunk) of the loud, blue-smoke-belching, death trap. |
| Mercedes Launches its First Ever Production Fuel Cell Vehicle Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:49 AM PDT
Mercedes has dipped its toes into the world of hydrogen power (video below) with the launch of its first-ever production fuel-cell vehicle, the B-class F-cell. |
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