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Lexus ‘ES 300h’ trademark filing suggests lux’d up Camry Hybrid on the way?

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Government/Legal , Lexus , Rumormill 2010 Lexus ES 350 – Click above for high-res image gallery The Toyota Camry -based Lexus ES isn’t exactly the most exciting product in the automaker’s range. The entry-level luxury front-driver just received a slight refresh for the 2010 model year, but based on a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office discovered by Car and Driver , an electrified ES hybrid may be in the cards for the sedan’s next generation. Like the rest of Lexus’ hybrids, the numerical part of the ‘ES 300h’ nomenclature doesn’t really hold any sort of significance in terms of engine displacement. We’d hardly be surprised to find the Camry Hybrid’s 2.4-liter mill under the Lexus’ hood, though we won’t rule out the possibility that output numbers could be tweaked for use in the ES 300h.

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Bentley planning flex-fuel Mulsanne, all-wheel drive and hybrid tech ruled out

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Bentley , Diesel , Luxury 2011 Bentley Mulsanne – Click above for high-res image gallery Greetings from England, where we are attending the international launch of the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne . We’ve just returned from touring the model’s new assembly line in Crewe with Project Leader Ashley Wickham, and we have some powertrain tidbits to share with you. As the head honcho of Bentley ‘s range-topping line, Wickham informs us that the Mulsanne was designed exclusively as a rear-drive model, preserving the decades-old lineage of the Arnage and its variants. When the new model was being conceived, all-wheel drive and a higher cylinder count were indeed on the table, as the Mulsanne’s less-expensive stablemate, the Continental, has both more driven wheels and more firepots (twelve versus eight)

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Report: V6, V8 engine popularity continued to fade in 2009

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Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Technology Turning the past completely upside down, four cylinder engines marched up ten percent to further solidify the market dominance of lower cylinder count powertrains. According to Ward’s Automotive, nearly 62 percent of cars produced in 2009 carried four bangers, up ten percent in just a year from 2008′s 51.7 percent. Despite the V8 engine’s precipitous fall from a high of being fitted to 88 percent of all cars sold in 1969, there’s a sweet spot for the smaller powerplants, too

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