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Lotus's new 2010 Elise dips below 150g/km of CO2

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 09 April 2010 07:53 The new facelifted 2011 model year Lotus Elise has cut its CO2 output by nearly a fifth to a saintly 149g/km.It's a 16% improvement over the outgoing Lotus Elise S and Hethel claims 'the Elise has the lowest CO2 for its performance level for any gasoline sports car in the world.' Lotus is getting combative with the new Elise, pointing out that the Elise weighs just 876kg – while the Porsche Boxster sends the scales spinning to 1334kg.So how come the new Lotus Elise is so clean?The aerodynamics are 4% smoother, according to Lotus, while a smaller Toyota 1.6-litre VVT-i engine is downsized by 200cc compared with the outgoing 1.8, yet produces the same power.The new 2011 model year (but on sale now in 2010) shows the benefits of lightweight: it'll hit 60mph in 6.0sec.

2012 Kia cee’d on sale from £14,395

2012 Kia cee'd arrives in the UK The latest 2012 version of the Kia cee’d goes on sale in the UK on June 1st priced from £14,395 to £23,795. As expected after the 2012 Kia ce’d debuted at the Geneva motor show in March, the new cee’d is going on sale from 1st June. The ‘old’ Kia cee’d moved the bar a lot higher in terms of perception and ability, and made it on screen as the Top Gear car for their SIARPC (the cee apostrophe dee, as Clarkson refers to it).

Tis the season

It's time to once again show the world your giving spirit. The annual Championship Auto Racing Auxiliary (CARA) auction of racing items—cool stuff gathered during the 2012 racing season—is underway. The CARA auction is run in association with Autoweek and can be found here, at autoweek.com.