Car Throttle

Here's an interesting tech tid-bit that I missed from the opening race of the F1 season: The Ferraris are running bio-fuel. Specifically, it's some sort of cellulosic ethanol blend that the boys from Maranello and Shell developed. Well that's pretty cool. Not that it will be enough to silence the naysayers, but it's still worth looking into. Before we get into that though, let me just say a hearty congratulations and salute! to Fernando Alonso for chalking up his first win (his first time out!) with the Scuderia. Good job on that, and the Maranello based tam looks to be formidable contenders this year. So what's the deal with this cellulosic ethanol then? For one thing, it's not entirely new. Corvette Racing and a bunch of

It's a strange world we live in.  Banks are going belly up, Wall Street's in turmoil, car sales in China are down, Lexus is making a credible sports sedan, and America has a literate president.  It only stands to reason that Bentley would see fit to introduce an "environmentally friendly" car. Then again, a Bentley is "Green" in much the same way the Ford Focus RS is a green car. So when Bentley says it's latest model is environmentally friendly, they mean it has 621bhp and will do 204 mph. I'm being serious, though.  The boys at Crewe started with the opulent 604bhp Continental GT Speed, then converted the massive 6.0L Biturbo W12 motor to run on either dead dinosaurs or decomposed corn.  Since the effective octane