The Infiniti motor company is taking the use of hybrid technology to new levels with the introduction of its M35h model, which will incorporate innovative steering and braking technologies when it goes on sale in 2011.

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Summer: a time of sand, sea and surfing, the latter being a craze imported many years ago from the USA. In fact, when I was younger and the Beach Boys were singing about surfing in California, it seemed a very exotic and far-off pursuit. Nowadays though, surfing is hugely popular in this country, particularly down [...]

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I thought I was acquainted with the major motor shows around the world – Geneva, Detroit, etc. but I learnt about one recently which has been taking place for the last five years and to which I’ve never, understandably I suppose, been invited to – Salon Privé.

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The cost of fuel is uppermost in every motorist’s mind at the moment. The price seems to just keep rising and there must be a point at which some people can simply no longer afford to run their cars.

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I suppose after all the problems that car manufacturer Toyota has been suffering these past few months, it’s only fair to allow it to blow its own trumpet on the few occasions when it still can.

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Not a day seems to go by now without yet another press release being issued by Toyota over concerns about sticking accelerators on some of its models.

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Motorway drivers seem to fall into one of two categories – those who hog the middle lane and those who don’t. Which one are you? You can move over now…

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Ferrari has published its first half financial results for 2009, which show its revenues holding up well compared to the record figures of 2008. All that history is worth a bob or two

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British fans got the chance to see Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton close-up at Brands Hatch last weekend. Hamilton was there as a guest of Mercedes-Benz at the UK round of the German Touring Car (DTM) championship. Interviewed on stage at the Mercedes hospitality unit in the paddock, Hamilton looked relaxed and afterwards spent [...]

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Following a challenge from Volvo, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has agreed to review the current London Congestion Charge alternative fuel exemption which Volvo believes unfairly biases hybrid cars over other low-emitting vehicles.

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