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The development of the new Jaguar supercar goes into the final round, and the first prototypes draw their test rounds.


In 2010, Jaguar has for the first time presents a study of the Jaguar C-X75 hybrid, now take the first prototype on the test track. The design of this prototype is already fit the final version, only minor adjustments could be made.

The C-X75 hybrid looks like a slightly larger F-Type and viewed from any angle looks very dynamic. But even more impressive than the design should be the driving performance of this super sports car.


Jaguar has a Formula 1-inspired 1.6-liter Turbo "Supercharged" engine and two electric motors developed for hybrid sports car, which will together provide an output of 850 hp.

The 1.6 liter 4-cylinder is with a power of 502 hp, the most powerful 4-cylinder engine in the world and comes to an incredible 313 hp output per liter of.

The power of three engines enough super sports car in under 6 seconds from 0 to 100 mph (equivalent to 160 km / h) to carry. With a top speed of over 320 km / h, sporting Jaguar also has been part of the fastest cars in its class.


It should be very minimal due to the frequent use of the electric motors, the average consumption is up to 60 kilometers purely electrical means. On average only 89 grams CO2/Kilometer so should be expelled.

To the production version is the dealer, but it will take some time, the launch is scheduled for no earlier than 2014.

Following the Audi A3 E-Tron, Volkswagen comes with a plug-in hybrid version of the Golf. Subcutaneous share the two brothers group technique. The first photo was leaked.

The Volkswagen Golf Plug-in Hybrid is currently explained in detail during a presentation in Germany. The exact details will follow, but underneath the Volkswagen Golf almost identical to yesterday unveiled Audi A3 E-Tron.

That means a 1.4 TSI engine with 150 hp with a 102 hp electric motor. The combined power is 204 hp, torque is 350 Nm. The Audi A3 consumes 1.5 l/100 km CO2 emissions 35 g / km) in the Volkswagen Golf that will differ little or nothing.

The car can only electricity or only on the internal combustion engine drive - or a combination of the two. As I said, we get a quick update on the Golf Plug-in Hybrid. He will anyway in Geneva at the stand of Volkswagen stand.

Drivers Wayne Gerdes and Chris Bernius successfully piloted a factory-standard 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid sedan through a 12,712 km route across America and achieved an average fuel consumption of 3.64 L/100 km, beating the cars official EPA highway fuel consumption figure by 61.37 per cent.

At the end of their journey the American team had set a new record for fuel economy with 64.55 mpg. The American team used hypermiling techniques, as did the Australian team. Hypermiling is a common tactic used by hybrid and electric vehicle drivers.

The American team did use a hybrid vehicle to set the record, a 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid; while the Austrian team used a Chevy Cruze Eco in their record attempt. The Eco is not a hybrid or electric vehicle—the Eco runs off gasoline. As for the vehicles themselves, the 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is estimated to get a solid 40 mpg on the highway while the EPA puts an automatic Chevy Cruze Eco at 37 mpg highway and a manual Chevy Cruze Eco at 42 mpg highway.

Travelling through 48 US states over 14 days, the Kia Optima Hybrid logged a 12,712 kilometre journey and achieved a Guinness-confirmed fuel consumption average of just 3.64 l/100km - besting its EPA-approved figures by 61 percent.

"While travelling across the United States the Kia Optima Hybrid experienced temperatures ranging from more than 47 degrees celsius to less than freezing point. The record set is officially titled "Lowest fuel consumption driving through all 48 contiguous US states in a gasoline hybrid car," which is a new category created by Guinness World Records.

The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid whispers its green credentials rather than shouting them.

Like the Hondas, youll never know the Jetta Hybrid is a Hybrid unless you get close enough to read the very discreet badge on the trunklid or catch the subtly different aero grille in your rearview mirror.

And once at the wheel, theres very little to tell you youre in something different...its quiet when rolling on pure electric power, but thats a novelty that wears off fast. Within a day or two of our week and 600 or so miles, I was forgetting this was a hybrid. They even make the proof of performance a "look if you want to" type of thing.



Front and center in the instrument cluster? No, thats too flashy...the whiz-bang animations showing how much fuel youre saving and how little youre polluting share space with your audio and nav systems. Youll forget its even there.

Theres really only one reminder that this Jetta is a hybrid...its fuel economy. The EPA estimate is 42 MPG city/48 MPG highway and for all the controversy these days over cars not meeting their numbers, the Jetta Hybrid we drove did.

The price? Well, hybrids always cost more, and compared to a stock Jettas under $20K price tag, the $26,999 base price for the Jetta Hybrid is a jump, but VW has gone out of its way to bump up the value equation...making its nicest interior appointments standard equipment. And that makes the car very complete. All that was added to ours was a first aid kit and the delivery charge. Bottom line: $27,820. Which undercuts most of the Priii weve driven lately by anywhere from $2,000 to $6,000.

The Jetta Hybrids a fine piece. Itd be on our short list if we were in the market for a hybrid. Lets hope for them that VW can find a thus far untapped market of green folks who dont need to shout about it with styling.