Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles to run on regular unleaded gas

With per-gallon prices hovering around $4, customers are sensitive to every penny spent at the pump, and Ford Motor Company is leveraging technologies to help consumers avoid an even further hit to their wallets. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles, including luxury models like the all-new 2009 Lincoln MKS, run - and run well - on regular unleaded gas, a true competitive advantage given today’s skyrocketing fuel costs.

By developing vehicles that deliver both fuel efficiency and performance using regular unleaded gasoline, customers can save as much as $200 annually at the pump filling up a Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury product rather than using expensive premium unleaded fuel as some other automakers require. Read more

Supermarkets begin petrol price war

I am getting a little exited just thinking about this piece of new, it looks as though the UK’s top supermarkets have started a petrol price war. This will bring a huge relief to millions of motorists in the UK.

Asda have cut the cost of a litre of unleaded and diesel by 3p, Morrisons then reacted by reducing theirs by 4p. Both supermarkets have said that the reason for reducing the price of fuel is a direct result of the price of a barrel of oil going down.

Sainsbury’s have announced a new promotion, if you spend £50 in store; you will receive a voucher for 5p of a litre. That is the same deal that Tesco has on at the moment.

Tesco have also announced that they are reducing the price of a litre of diesel and unleaded by 4p.

BP are only lowering their prices by 1p, well at least it is better than nothing.

According to The Guardian, the AA president, Edmund King has said that this current price cuts show that the fuel spike has now reached a plateau. Hopefully if the price of oil drops further, then we could see even more reduction in the price of fuel.

Fisker Karma Hybrid: jet turbine sound from outside speakers

It seems that more of us are looking for fuel efficient cars; however that comes at a price to people who love the sound of a big engine. To save fuel Hybrid is the way to go and you know how quiet they are. Well the Fisker Karma car has a neat trick up its sleeve to help give the car the roar that we men like.

How would you like your car to sound something like a jet engine or maybe a Formula One car, well the Fisker Karma Hybrid achieves this by the use of strategically placed speakers around the inside and outside of the car.

However no matter how nice the car sounds, you know that as the driver you still just have a Hybrid car and that it will not perform like a Formula One car, oh well you can’t have it all.

Source - Forbes Autos