The familiar headlines blare about the pain at the pump, but before putting on a hair shirt and ordering up an anemic econobox as atonement, a look through our road test data confirms what we've intuitively felt all along -- high performance does not necessarily come at the expense of poor fuel economy.All too often, sporty cars are lumped in with pickup trucks and sport utes as fuel-wasters. True
Nissan Nismo 350ZFast & Frugal Index: 103.58The 350Z wouldn't normally come to mind when talking about fuel economy, given the stock car's powerful 306-bhp 3.5-liter V-6 and 6-speed manual gearbox. And yet, the car's highway rating of 25 mpg puts it on par with such family haulers as Nissan's own Altima, which also uses the VQ V-6. While the engine gives the 350Z good performance numbers, such as
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Aston Martin shocked the industry when it took the wraps off of the baby-blue V12 Vantage RS concept back in December. The idea was revolutionary yet stunningly simple at the same time: take the lowest car in the line-up and turn it into the highest. Would Aston build it? We all hoped so, and ourNoah Joseph
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Project Better Place is set to expand beyond Israel and Denmark with an agreement for Portugal to join the electric vehicle infrastructure project. Portugese Prime Minister Jose Socrates will soon sign on to the plan that will use electric cars from Renault and Nissan. Part of Project Better Place involves setting up networks of public charging points and battery exchange stations. Utility company Energi
