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Lotus and Fagor Ederlan Group to produce range-extender engine

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Lotus Lotus Evora 414E Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Lotus Engineering has reached an agreement with the Spanish Fagor Ederlan Group to develop and produce a small engine for use as a range extender in electric vehicles – a system similar to that found in the Chevrolet Volt . Lotus first showed its 1.2-liter inline-three engine at the Geneva Motor Show in the Evora 414E and Proton Emas concepts. Both cars used a similar series hybrid powertrain architecture, where an electric motor provides the drive torque while the engine only drives a generator to sustain the battery after the plug-in charge has been depleted.

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Canadian woman pays $66K for $41K 2010 Mazda6 demo model, dealer blamed

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Filed under: Car Buying , Budget , Sedan , Mazda , Canada 2010 Mazda6 – Click above for high-res image gallery As Americans, we typically view Canadians as our friendly neighbors to the north. So friendly are they, in fact, that it seems unimaginable that one would do anything as vile as, say, sell a woman with reduced mental capacity a used Mazda at a 60-percent markup over new. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Madeline Leonard claims happened to her when she visited an Orangeville, Ontario dealership . Leonard brought her 2004 Mazda in to have its tires replaced, and somehow wound up being talked into purchasing a 2010 Mazda6 demo with around 3,700 miles on the odometer

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Rumormill: Audi RS5 headed for the States?

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Audi , Rumormill Audi RS5 – Click above for a high-res image gallery It’s been a little while since anything with an RS badge came our way from Ingolstadt, but it if you believe the whispers floating around the Web these days, there may be hope for a U.S.-spec Audi RS5 just yet. Automobile is reporting that the company is seriously mulling bringing the S5′s meaner brother to our neck of the woods. The Kingdom of Quattro pulled the sheets off of the sinister coupe at this year’s Geneva Motor Show , and our jaws have been on the floor ever since. Under the hood sits a tweaked 4.2-liter V8 with 450 horsepower at the crank.

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Videos: Dacia Duster looks good in motion

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Filed under: SUV , Renault 2011 Dacia Duster – click above to watch the video after the jump By and large, the Geneva Motor Show isn’t like U.S. auto shows in that grandiose press conferences just don’t exist like they do here. Or, at least, like they used to here.

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Video: Promolicious clips of the Audi RS5 meeting its Ur Quattro brother

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Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Audi , Luxury 2011 Audi RS5 promo footage – Click above to watch video after the jump In what is currently raw footage but what will soon undoubtedly be slickly produced promotional material, the brutalicious 2011 Audi RS5 growls around a track and on various European roads. For a brief spell it even shares the screen with one of its spiritual brethren, the Ur Quattro. These things don’t need lots of explaining – follow the jump for the sight and sounds of two of the finest Audi models ever. Gallery: Geneva 2010: Audi RS5 Photos by Drew Phillips / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.

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Mazda reportedly adding brake override systems to all future models

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Filed under: Safety , Mazda 2010 Mazda6 – Click above for high-res image gallery According to a recent report, Mazda will be installing brake override systems on all of its models in the near future. Whenever that happens, the brake will automatically get priority over the accelerator in a situation where both of them are simultaneously depressed. Nissan already has such a system installed on most of its cars, and Toyota has already pledged to do so. As far as Japan goes that leaves companies like Honda , Mitsubishi , Subaru and Suzuki in the “Undecided” column

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