SP Motoring Blog » Eco Cars http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk What does the motoring future hold? Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:58:56 +0000 en hourly 1 Trabant Returning As New Eco Car http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/08/15/trabant-returning-as-new-eco-car/ http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/08/15/trabant-returning-as-new-eco-car/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:31:02 +0000 Chris http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/?p=70 This article titled Trabant Returning As New Eco Car was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

This article titled Trabant Returning As New Eco Car was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk. This is the Trabant. It was produced in East Germany from 1957 all the way up until 1991. And it is making a return, although with a slight difference. It is set to be a [...]]]> This article titled Trabant Returning As New Eco Car was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

Trabant CarThis is the Trabant. It was produced in East Germany from 1957 all the way up until 1991. And it is making a return, although with a slight difference.

It is set to be a concept car at the International Motor Show, being held in Frankfurt this year. It used to have a terrible 37cc 2 stroke engine, which if pushed hard could even reach 55mph! But the new Trabi (as it is known) will have electric fuel cells and also air-conditioning powered by solar means.

The people behind this are a company called Herpa Miniaturemodelle, who make model cars. So how they will do with this venture remains to be seen. Despite its past the car does have something oddly attractive in the way it looks, so who knows with some clever engineering it could be a hit!

Image: Maguisso

]]> http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/08/15/trabant-returning-as-new-eco-car/feed/ 1 Good To See BP Keeping It Up – Technology Pavilion http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/07/21/good-to-see-bp-keeping-it-up-technology-pavilion/ http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/07/21/good-to-see-bp-keeping-it-up-technology-pavilion/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:05:54 +0000 Chris http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/?p=66 This article titled Good To See BP Keeping It Up – Technology Pavilion was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

In 2008 I went to the Goodwood FOS to see BP's Technology Pavilion, which was a great experience. It was good to see that in 2009 they are keeping the push up.]]> This article titled Good To See BP Keeping It Up – Technology Pavilion was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

Last summer (2008) I went to the Goodwood Festival Of Speed thanks to BP who had their ‘Technology Pavilion’ up with lots of new ‘eco cars’ or whatever you want to call them – basically the future of motoring! You can read my report on the main website here: BP at Goodwood.

I went again in 2009, to watch the classic and current racing cars doing the hill climb, as well as a bit more research into the new cars coming out from manufacturers. I was very pleased to see that the BP Ultimate ‘Technology Pavilion’ was there again and that they were keeping up the push to alert people how to save fuel and lower their motoring costs now, as well as what we may be driving in the future.

Hats off to BP and hopefully they keep up the good work.

]]> http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2009/07/21/good-to-see-bp-keeping-it-up-technology-pavilion/feed/ 0 New Series Of Eco Car Profiles From Major Manufacturers! http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/19/new-series-of-eco-car-profiles-major-manufacturers/ http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/19/new-series-of-eco-car-profiles-major-manufacturers/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:30:06 +0000 Chris http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/?p=19 This article titled New Series Of Eco Car Profiles From Major Manufacturers! was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

This article titled New Series Of Eco Car Profiles From Major Manufacturers! was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk. During my day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed I learnt a lot about the new eco cars that are being developed by the major car manufacturers, some are just one-off concepts, others are expected [...]]]> This article titled New Series Of Eco Car Profiles From Major Manufacturers! was first published on this website about modern cars at blog.save-petrol.co.uk.

Land Rover LRXDuring my day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed I learnt a lot about the new eco cars that are being developed by the major car manufacturers, some are just one-off concepts, others are expected to go into full production.

I’ve decided to kick this blog off (won’t be for a few weeks as I’m going away to Greece soon!) by doing a series of blog posts with information on lots of different new eco cars including photos that I took on the day at Goodwood. Not only are the cars beneficial to the planet and the consumers pockets they also look mighty damn fine as well!

If you want to keep up with my blog posts profiling the new cars you should either subscribe to the RSS feed or add this page to your favourites and return at your leisure!

PS The picture in the top left is a sneaky pic of the Land Rover LRX front-end, this will be the first of my eco car profiles.

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