Daily Torque – Automotive News

Almost everyone in the car industries is moving towards the greener technology with less emission. Just last week Toyota delivered one of five Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid PHV to its Quebec provincial partners at a ceremony. There will be 500 of this hybrid next year January to be put on the road in USA, Europe [...]

Friday is here again ! whoohoo. And some quick catch up on some of the news happening this week around the automotive industry:-

$2.93 million Bugatti Veyron Model made of Gold – More expensive than the actual car at $1.7million
Hybrid Retrofit System in 6 hours – This is some cool Hybrid DIY Kit
Flying Car Design, Yee [...]

When do you actually seen a green Ferrari? Did you even expect that Ferrari would venture into hybrid technology? But you will most definitely be seeing this for real very very soon this month at Geneva. As this is the leaked pictures of Ferrari 599 hybrid that will be showcase in the upcoming Geneva 80th [...]

This is the offering from Toyota to the Hybrid world, the MR2 !
In the past i remembered this car as having a 1.8L engine, not anymore. This Hybrid now comes with a 3.3L V6 engine punching out roughly 400hp !!!

The 0-100 km/h run shows about 4.5 seconds, impressive figures in my opinion !

I especially like [...]

This baby is expected to be on sale in the United States mid of this year. As mentioned previously, Honda CR-Z will be powered by a 1.5-litre i-VTEC with hybrid technology. As it is carrying the name of being the predecessor of the famous Honda CR-X, this is expected to be a mean hybrid car. [...]

Honda again showcased its 2011 Honda CR-Z at Tokyo Motor show today. Expecting to go on sale next year, this is the world first hybrid sports car developed by Honda. As the name mentioned CR-Z carry quite some resemblance to Honda CR-X. Honda CR-Z will be powered by a 1.5-litre four cylinder gasoline engine combining [...]

I think Hybrid cars are really serious business nowadays.. Take a look Hyundai’s Blue-Will, oh man it looks really really futuristic !
Whats more shocking about this Hybrid is the materials that they used to build this car !

This will be another great looking car to be unleashed tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show. Ampera is a 5-door 4-seater plug-in hybrid car. It is said that the car can travel as far as 60kilometers on only electricity stored in the 16-kWh lithium-ion battery. Not to worry if you are traveling far because there [...]

Yesterday headlines in the car industry was not some fancy sports car by some well known brandname, but it is from BYD, that launches its hybrid cars for sale in China. BYD F3DM hybrid will be having a price tag of around 149,800 yuan ($22,000) in China, a great bargain compare to Toyota Prius selling [...]

Combining the concept of a scooter and a vehicle, Peugeot have revealed a superb looking 2 seater hybrid powered trike at Paris Auto Show. There is ability to choose only to use electric or only petrol. It is powered by 3kW electric motors on each of the 2 front wheels, and a supercharged, 20bhp, 125cc [...]