Geneva - The Swiss tuning firm Sportec is offering a Porsche 911 with compressed natural gas (CNG) drive that it claims offers both more power and reduces carbon dioxide emissions in comparison with the conventional model.
Fitted with two additional turbo loaders, the Porsche SP 550 mean & clean boosts the power unit from 480 to 550 hp. A special air filter system provides additional cooling. The six-cylinder engine electronics have been reprogrammed improving acceleration from zero
to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 331 km/h.
Geneva - Volkswagen highlighted the new, fuel-efficient Polo BlueMotion with fuel consumption of 3.3 litres at the Geneva Motor Show. Production will probably be scheduled for 2010.
A team led by Development Chief Ulrich Hackenberg said development of the new 1.2 litre TDI engine had to be completed first, but that: "I anticipate that we will be able to go into production in February 2010."
Geneva - Swedish sports car maker Koenigsegg has joined forces with the Swiss NLV to build an all-electric, high performance super car with an output of 512 hp and a top speed of 275 kilometres an hour.
At the heart of the power package is the FAES battery system that can be charged from any electric plug in just 20 minutes with a range of 500 kilometres. The battery pack is positioned in the centre of the carbon-fibre monotube chassis.
Geneva - Niche car producers stole the limelight at the Geneva Motor Show with such high-end sports car makers as Maserati, Lamborghini and Aston Martin apparently unaffected by the global financial crisis.
"There is a small section of customers who neither look at money nor carbon dioxide emissions," says market analyst Nick Margetts of Jato Dynamics.
If sales show a downward trend, these manufacturers use another trick.
Geneva - The United Nations emergency air service, used to move food, medical assistance and aid workers to remote and dangerous locations, will have to shut its West Africa operation due to a lack of funds, the organisation announced on Tuesday.
The air service, run by the World Food Programme, is used to get aid and staff to areas that cannot be reached by land, whether owing to security concerns, lack of infrastructure or rough terrain.
Geneva - Lindt & Spruengli, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer, said Tuesday it would not meet profit and growth targets this year due to the global economic downturn.
In a statement the company said "2009 is set to be a year of transition, in which long-term growth and earning targets will not be attained."
Geneva - The Swiss tuning firm Sportec is offering a Porsche 911 with compressed natural gas (CNG) drive that it claims offers both more power and reduces carbon dioxide emissions in comparison with the conventional model.
Geneva - Volkswagen highlighted the new, fuel-efficient Polo BlueMotion with fuel consumption of 3.3 litres at the Geneva Motor Show. Production will probably be scheduled for 2010.
Geneva - Swedish sports car maker Koenigsegg has joined forces with the Swiss NLV to build an all-electric, high performance super car with an output of 512 hp and a top speed of 275 kilometres an hour.
Geneva - Niche car producers stole the limelight at the Geneva Motor Show with such high-end sports car makers as Maserati, Lamborghini and Aston Martin apparently unaffected by the global financial crisis.
Geneva - The United Nations emergency air service, used to move food, medical assistance and aid workers to remote and dangerous locations, will have to shut its West Africa operation due to a lack of funds, the organisation announced on Tuesday.
Geneva - Lindt & Spruengli, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer, said Tuesday it would not meet profit and growth targets this year due to the global economic downturn.
