Car Throttle

The world's fastest crossover is one step closer to being on our roads. Weirdly though, Nissan say it won't be a production car but instead a road legal concept. Two will be made; one with right hand drive for us Brits and Japan and one with left hand drive for everyone else. The Juke-R is a simple combination. Take the 3.8L twin turbo V6 from the GT-R that pumps out 480bhp as well as the drivetrain and the suspension and then put those underneath the body of a weird looking compact crossover. Sounds hilarious doesn't it? There is a bit more to it than that obviously. The unique body has bigger circular vents at the front so the twin turbo V6 stays

General Motors has Voltec, Audi has eTron. That is pretty much how things are shaping up. The eTron moniker is set to play an important role in Audi's electrification program. It is debuting in a smaller form than ever before with the Audi Urban Concept. If you thought the A1 was a minicar, wait until you see this. Audi has released renderings of the diminutive concept ahead of a launch at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The concept is - as its name implies - meant for congested urban environments. Audi is showing that the future can be fun too, with race car-inspired elements. The Urban Concept's design is radical. While the front retains some Audi elements, the body is unlike any car on there

BMW Marketing is at it again. The last time I wrote about them I was pretty fed up with their 'Joy is This and That' tag line. Obviously they forgot to note the fact that I could have as much fun driving a Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 or a Honda Civic Type R and feel really joyful and truly happy. Anyway, their latest marketing campaign is now on some BMW 6 series based Eco-friendly concept car and they don't want us to blog about it. This is because they've said so in the BMW registered website: http://www.dontblogaboutthis.com/. The thing is, the web is a place filled with people (like us) who will blog about it. I suppose reverse psychology is what the marketing men are reverting to

Well, it's a start, I guess. When you think of the Porsche Cayenne, efficient or eco-friendly aren't the first things to spring to mind. For me, words like "useless" and "insulting" are what pop up first, but that's not the subject at hand at the moment. No, what we have here is a Porsche Cayenne that has been worked over by an outfit called the Schaeffler Group, and they say it's spewing out 10% less CO2. The Schaeffler Group is a German bearing supplier, and their new concept based on the Porsche Cayenne, was made to demonstrate the possibilities for CO2 reduction through friction reduction. No, seriously. You don't think of that as a way to make things greener, but hey, Schaeffler obviously got to where

While it can sometimes go unnoticed, Mercedes is one of the leaders in safety technology. Mercedes vehicles are among the safest in the world, and the company is looking to continue that tradition in the future. To help consolidate it's ideas for the future, Mercedes has built the ESF 2009, based on the S-Class (what is already the company's safest). The ESF 2009 is the first experimental safety vehicle to be built by Mercedes since 1974. That is a long time between the two vehicles, isn't it? Vehicle safety has made huge leaps since 1974. Given that previous ESF vehicles have heralded features to come, Mercedes could be trying to signal that this is something they seriously intend to bring to market. I can't wait to see the technologies introduced on

Along with Volvo and Saab, for most of it's history Mercedes-Benz has been at the forefront of vehicle safety innovation. There is some things you probably don't know about that Mercedes-Benx first pioneered. For instance, "safety cage" construction with crumple zones was first made by Mercedes in 1951. First air bags in the North American market? Mercedes in 1988. Anti-lock brakes were first used in Mercedes vehicles in 1978. That's just naming a few! Many other recent things like Electronic Stability Control (Called ESP by Mercedes) and Pre-Safe have been invented by the company, making their vehicles some of the safest in the world. Definitely something to consider when buying a new vehicle! This new S-Class based safety concept is based on the S400 Hybrid and is meant to show off the