hybrid cars

  • Despite Poor Sales, Honda Will Keep Selling Hybrids In Australia

    Honda sold less than 500 hybrid cars in Australia last year, and two of the strongest sellers from that mediocre number are being discontinued soon. Despite that bleak outlook, the Japanese manufacturer remains buoyant about the possibility of hybrid technology, although its local boss says more efficient petrol and diesel cars are taking centre stage…


  • McLaren Might Make A Track-Only P1 Hypercar

    Can you imagine buying a McLaren P1 and then thinking it’s not quite fast enough? Apparently some of the 375 current and future owners of the regular, road-going, boring P1 have written to McLaren to ask them to create a hardcore version. And McLaren is considering it.


  • BMW’s i8 Electric Supercar Looks Like Sex On Wheels

    Wow, and I thought the Tesla Roadster was a good looking electric ride. We’ve seen sneaky spy shots of BMW’s carbon-fibre/aluminium plug-in hybrid before, but it’s now taken centre stage in Germany. Slated for a 2014 release, the i8 has an electric-only range of 34km at the moment, but its 220 horsepower petrol engine will…