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Beijing Auto Show 2014 – Trends and Overview

With the New York auto show just one week earlier, many carmakers took the decision to use the Beijing show as their preferred choice of launch event. While the NYC expo holds decent sway on the US East coast, it could never hope to compete with the lure of the world's biggest – and fastest expanding – car market. With over 1,300 cars on display from scores of brands – both domestic and foreign – it's a fascinating bazaar of automotive hardware across the entire bandwidth of the industry.

Report: Gasoline engine has big bang for the fuel-economy buck

A government report says improving the gasoline engine will yield huge gains for the consumer and the environment as automakers consider ways to improve fuel economy over the next 14 years. The Obama administration's technical assessment looked at four technology scenarios by which automakers might attain suggested CAFE goals of 47 to 62 mpg for cars and light trucks by 2025. The scenarios differed by the portion of an automaker's fleet that was accounted for by electrics, hybrid electrics and plug-in hybrid electrics.

Alfa Romeo MiTo MultiAir – UK Prices

Alfa Romeo release UK prices for the MiTo MultiAir Alfa Romeo has been threatening the MultiAir engines for the MiTo for ages (last June!) and have even launched models featuring the new engines. But it’s taken them until now to get round to giving us prices for the new MiTo range. Just to refresh your memory, the MultiAir engines for the MiTo work by improving combustion and engine management resulting in improved performance and torque and improved economy with lower emissions.