V Cute Electric Car

Japanese car manufacturer, Mitsubishi, have just launched their first electric car, the iMiev and it's insanely cute!

I have to admit that with a range of just 70 miles, it's a bit unpractical but still a real breakthrough. Apparently it even has plenty of space for four tall adults to fit into it.

Had a funny thought, will telling our kids we had to fill our cars with petrol be like my parents telling me they watched black&white TVs?

http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/04/21/come-ride-me-all-electric-mitsubishi-imiev/

Toyota Takes on the Volcano!

Ok, so this isn't particularly girly but is pretty cool!

The Toyota Hilux has been used to monitor the Icelandic volcano due to the car's tough reputation. The Hilux was the first car to cross the Arctic to the magnetic North Pole and was also the subject of a Top Gear show in which they tried, and failed, to destroy the Toyota in a number of imaginative ways!

Flights may have only just started up but the Hilux has been all over the volcano in the meantime! Toyota and Volcano pic

An eco-sports car?

Just read an article on Digg about the new Lotus Elise and was thrilled to find out that there are some sports cars out there that are not completely destructive to the environment! The new Lotus Elise boasts the lowest C02 emissions for performance in the world and does 45 miles to the gallon (apparently that's pretty good for a sports car!) My nearest Lotus dealer is in Maidstone so may pop along and take a look - slightly out of my price range at the moment but good to know about for the future...and for dreaming about a little too! Lipscomb Lotus in Maidstone seem to have a really nice looking showroom so may go and be nosy! http://www.lipscomb.co.uk/lotus