Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade — just not the one we expected.
By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae — or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn’t shine or the wind didn’t blow, power would flow out of batteries the size of tractor-trailers.
Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.
The Scirocco has reached a one million unit production milestone and to celebrate the ‘magic’ number, Volkswagen has announced a special edition version called the Scirocco Million.
The Jaguar F-Type coupe was previewed by the C-X16 concept and looking at these patent photos we can see that the production version will look quite similar.
Back in 1973, VW launched the Beetle GSR for the European market. Dubbed the ‘Yellow-Black Racer’, it was based on the Beetle 1303 S. ‘GSR’ stands for ‘Gelb-Schwarze Renner’ in German, which means ‘Gold-Black Racer’. Only 3,500 of the original 1973 model were produced as well.Now, for the first time, UK Volkswagen Beetle fans can order a new GSR model with a 210PS petrol turbo engine so it has ‘go’ to match the ‘show’. Only 100 are destined for the UK.
