Electric vehicles on show include two two-seater sports cars, the Electric Lightning GT and the Tesla Roadster. More practical vehicles include the Th!nk City car, the five-seat Ze-o MPV and the new Quiet Cars brand. How about a Corvette that can do 0-60mph in 3.4sec and 0-100mph in 7.0sec, with a top speed of 205mph? (more…)

Fisker Karma is a four-door plug-in hybrid sports sedan which was introduced in January 2008. The first cars will be delivered in the 4th quarter of 2009 in North America with planned delivery to Europe in 2010. Fisker Automotive’s annual production is projected to reach 15,000 cars. News Release. (more…)

Mexico has a massive automotive sector – but there have been few indigenous Mexican brands. Brothers Daniel and Carlos Mastretta mean to change that – and the car that bears their family name was one of the stars of the London Show. (more…)

Spokeswomen at both Honda and Nissan said they were exploring various new materials to use on vehicles but denied they were developing a new carbon fibre material with Toray and others. Nissan said Toray currently supplies it with carbon fibre material, which it uses in high-end models such as the GT-R and 350Z sports cars and the Infiniti G35/G37 coupe in components such as the propeller shaft. The Nikkei daily said the use of carbon fibre will likely improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent. One of the issues is the high price of carbon fibre, but the cost gap with steel is expected to narrow over time as steel prices continue to rise, it said.