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Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean Diesel sets fuel economy record

Volkswagen set a new Guinness World Record last week for lowest fuel consumption during an 8,122-mile tour of the lower 48 states in a Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean Diesel, achieving 77.99 mpg during the trip. This new record bested the previous one by about 10 mpg. During this record-setting trip the Passat TDI Clean Diesel also beat the hybrid record by more than 13 miles per gallon.

Call over winter transport issues

MORE MUST BE DONE to enable transport systems to cope with bad winter weather, a report by MPs said today. Recent floods and gales showed that disruption was not just caused by snow, the report by the House of Commons Transport Committee said. Transport's winter resilience had improved but there was a risk that a few years of mild winter weather "could lead to a false sense of security and reduce the sector's preparedness over the longer term", the report said.

Win a limited-run Lewis Hamilton portrait

By Ben Pulman Competitions 19 August 2009 09:00 CAR Online has teamed up with Mobil 1 to offer you the chance to win a limited-edition print of Lewis Hamilton, based on a portrait of the F1 driver which used the oil from his own race car. Click here to enter our competition Earlier this year US artist David Macaluso painted a portrait of Lewis Hamilton using the oil from the sump of the current F1 champ’s title-winning grand prix car. And now CAR is giving away one of 50 limited-run prints being produced.