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Future Audis may time traffic lights for you

Here's a trick efficiency-chasing hypermilers have been using for years: spotting the cycles of stoplights from 100 to 200 yards out and letting the car coast up to the light just before it turns green, then carrying on without ever letting the car come to a complete stop. These hypermilers, along with professional truck drivers, do this because they know that accelerating from a standstill burns the greatest amount of fuel, and because letting a car coast up to the light with the automatic transmission downshifting by itself is easier on the transmission than stomping on the brakes right beneath the stoplight. Oh, and it's easier on the brake pads as well.

One in six drivers 'top 100mph'

ONE IN SIX (17%) of drivers admits to driving at more than 100mph on the motorway regularly in the UK, even though the speed limit is 70mph. More than twice that number (38%) own up to driving at above 90mph, while 11% say they speed at 50mph or more in residential and urban areas where there is a 30mph speed limit. Research by Direct Line shows 61% of drivers have also exceeded the 20mph limit.

Nissan 370Z Black Edition revealed

The Nissan 370Z Black Edition - only 370 are being made The latest Nissan Z – the Nissan 370Z – has been with us a bit over a year now. There have already been a number of limited edition cars for different markets, and the UK got the 370Z Yellow last Summer. And it looks as if the same people in charge of thinking up catchy names at Nissan have been on the case for the latest 370Z limited edition, with the announcement that the latest 370Z will be the Nissan 370Z Black Edition.