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Tesla Roadster: Top speed: 130mph / Charge time: 3.5 hours / Distance between charges: 220 miles / Price: �94,000

Batteries included: Are eco-friendly cars any good?

Politicians want British drivers to switch over to eco-friendly cars. They're silent and stylish – but are they any good? John Walsh puts pedal to the metal

Inside Features

<b>Smart For Two</b> - Smarts have been around for eleven years now. This second-generation version is slightly bigger than the first; that means it offers a surprising amount of luggage space, but makes parking nose-in to the kerb, the original Smart's party trick, slightly more problematic. A new diesel and a planned electric version promise to make the Smart even cheaper to run.

The 10 best: city cars

Monday, 29 June 2009

Cars and cities don’t mix well but if a bicycle or Oyster card doesn't work for you, several manufacturers offer a choice of cheeky, nippy motors that will at least make all that time spent traffic jamming vaguely tolerable; here are ten of the best. They‘re all good for the occasional out-of-town journey and you may even turn a few heads as well.

Dacia Logan MCV - The Romanian manufacturer Dacia is to Renault what Skoda is to Volkswagen. The difference is that while Skodas are very popular in the UK, Renault has consistently shrunk from launching its East European budget brand here. That's a pity because it means British customers can't buy the Logan MPV, available in Germany from seven grand as a five seater, or about nine grand for the seven-seat version ? that makes it the cheapest car in Europe with three rows of seats by a substantial margin.

The ten best roomy cars

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Suitcases – check. Bag of snack – yep. Music for the journey: got that. Kids? Yep, squeezed in. Now, where do I sit?

The Swedish speed merchant

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Koenigsegg's purchase of Saab is the sports car maker's latest fast-lane manoeuvre. Sean O'Grady reports

The Motorcycle Diaries: 14-16 June

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Right then, welcome to the all new Motorcycle Diaries, where I will be writing daily about the adventures I get up to on the numerous bikes I get to ride on a day to day basis. I have changed the format and will now be writing daily entries and uploading them as often as I can!

A new hydrogen-powered RiverSimple urban car is pictured outside Somerset House in central London on 16 June 2009.  A new lightweight hydrogen-powered car, capable of speeds up to 50mph, was launched in London on Tuesday. Able to travel 240 miles without refuelling, and weighing just 772lb (350kg), the two-seater Riversimple Urban Car could be put into production as soon as 2013

Hydrogen-powered car makes debut

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

The two-seater, able to travel 240 miles without refuelling and weighing just 772lb, was shown off in London.

A mini designed by Sir Paul Smith to celebrate the car's birthday

The Mini celebrates 50 years

Thursday, 7 May 2009

But the pride of Britain's car industry – cheap, cute and groovy – became a symbol of all that was wrong with it, says Sean O'Grady

The standard G-wiz has a 40-mile range and 50mph top speed

Electric dream machines

Friday, 17 April 2009

Martin Hickman: But are they really the future of motoring?

The Government wants to give grants to consumers to buy electric cars like the G-Wiz

£5,000 incentive to buy electric cars

Thursday, 16 April 2009

The five-year plan involves a £250m scheme to deliver a green motoring transformation.

Nano

Join the queue for world's cheapest car

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

When it comes to motors, what can you get for £1,300 these days?

The 'people's car' has generated a huge interest among young adults due to its cheap price

New £1,300 car launched

Monday, 23 March 2009

Excitement is growing in India for the launch of the world’s cheapest car today.

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