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Mercedes S500 Plug-in Hybrid revealed – gets official 94.2mpg

The Mercedes S500 Plug-in Hybrid (pictured) has been revealed There will come a point when legislators wake up and realise that car makers are getting too clever at gaming their CO2 based taxation and change the goal posts. But until then, cars like the new Mercedes S500 Plug in Hybrid – revealed today – are the perfect company buy. That’s because the clever use of a plug-in electric motor coupled with a relatively frugal ICE engine – in the case of the S500 Plug-in a 329bhp 3.0 litre V6 and 80kW electric motor – produce official economy and emissions figures that are really only valid under test conditions but save a big chunk of tax for buyers.

Toyota's Lentz to spell out flaws, fixes

Toyota has taken several steps to improve its flawed quality control procedures, the company's U.S. sales chief plans to tell Congress today. But Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.

Show Review: RTT Salzburg Conference

This is the seventh annual conference that RTT has run, and the second year it has chosen to do so in Salzburg at the Salzburg Residence in the heart of this elegant historical city. RTT is now an established supplier of visualisation software solutions and services to various industries, principal amongst which is the automotive design industry. The conference was orientated around showing related digital visualisation case studies from the broad portfolio of RTT associates and clients including Porsche, BMW, EA Games and Audi.