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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 daily bulletins

By Tim Pollard, Ben Pulman and Sarah-Jayne Harrison (good photos by James Mann, others DIY by writers) Motor Shows 06 July 2009 10:00 Welcome to CAR's coverage of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed. We'll be posting daily bulletins with news, photos, galleries, blogs and reviews from the Festival of Speed – live from Lord March's front drive. NB start at the bottom and work your way up!

Punchy diesel bound for Mini Cooper

By Phil McNamara Motor Industry 07 November 2006 09:00 Mini is planning the first ever diesel Cooper – and the common-rail unit will have almost 50 percent more power than the outgoing Toyota engine. The Mini Cooper diesel will run the 1.6-litre HDi four, which features in Peugeot-Citroen and Ford cars. Peak power is 110bhp, with 180lb ft of torque on tap.

Toyota sets electric car record at Nurburgring with TMG EV P001

Toyota TMG EV P001 - new EV lap record at the Nurburgring Every car maker wants a lap record at the Nurburgring, and Toyota is no different. What is different this time is that Toyota has taken a non-production car with an electric motor – the Toyota TMG EV P001 – to crack the record for an EV. Nurburgring regular Jochen Krumbach took the Toyota Motorsport EV P001 round the 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in a blistering 7m 47.794s, annihilating the previous record of 9m 1.388s.