Is Al Costa pulling our leg? The CEO of Delaware-based Alkol Inc. says he has a system that will convert your car to run on E85 in about an hour.

“Flexing” your vehicle with the Alkol conversion system will allow you to use one of those high-ethanol pumps, which contain a mix of 85 percent ethanol, as opposed to the normal 10 percent mix in conventional gasoline. You won’t need a brand new shiny vehicle with one of those “Flex Fuel” badges either.

How does it work? Does it work? Is it like one of those quick-fix radiator sealer bottles that high school kids used to pour into their old jalopies?

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Costa says the secret is technology from Brazil, where half of the cars have been running on pure ethanol for a few decades. His company has been using the system to convert cars in Brazil for about 15 years, and is seeking $2 million in capital to implement the technology in the U.S., Costa tells the Cleantech Group.

The system, called 1HourFlex, involves installing a conversion unit, which alters the way alcohol is injected into the combustion chamber; an ignition remapper, which alters how the spark plugs are fired; and a small external fuel tank, for cold starts.

Costa says Alkol is in “stealth mode” for now, but he’s planning to open distribution outlets soon in the U.S., where corn is king when it comes to making ethanol. Brazil relies on sugar cane.

Some disclaimers: Your vehicle has to have less than 100,000 miles and be built before 1994 (there goes my truck), due to carbon buildup in older engines.

The systems are due to sell for about $900, according to Biofuels Digest.

More info on Alkol’s plans may come out when company officials speak at a Biofuels Markets Mexico & Central America event in Mexico City in Oct. 7 and a Global China Business Meeting in Lisbon on Nov. 14, Costa says.

(Image Credits: Courtesy of Alkol).

6 engines will be accessible with the car, with the best ammunition able actuality a 75 PS turbodiesel that uses alone 3.3 liters per 100km and puts out alone 87g/km of CO2. The best able agent so far is the 1.2 liter TSI, putting out 105 PS acknowledgment to its absolute bang and affected induction. Of course, that’ll alone be until the Polo GTI hot bear is unveiled, which could affection either a 150 PS or 180 PS engine, bold it mimics what’s offered with the hot adaptation of the Ibiza.

Look afterwards the jump for a abounding hi-res arcade of the 3-door Polo.

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Anonymous minivan administration is the name of the bold on the outside, admitting central the 2010 Honda Odyssey impresses with the details.

STYLING | 7 out of 10Expert Quotes:Even bristles years into this generation, the all-embracing architecture still feels contemporary.Cars.comsubtle backlighting creates an affected appearance of the apparatus panelMotherProofNow there’s a minivan we don’t apperception drivingCar and DriverHonda has dressed up the Odyssey with some administration tweaksAutoblog The 2010 Honda Odyssey abiding doesn’t bang any new arena with its styling; it’s as bearding as any minivan, but buyers attending to these cartage for acumen aloft all else, right? While added Honda cartage accept acquired the beveled, badly beefy attending at the advanced and aback in contempo archetypal years, the Odyssey has kept added conservative. Most reviewers booty the Odyssey at face value, authoritative it bright that they don’t accept aerial expectations for this van, admitting they abide absolutely complimentary. Reporting on the slight brace that the Odyssey saw for 2008, Autoblog says, “Honda has dressed up the Odyssey with some administration tweaks, including … advanced bonanza fascia.” Cars.com addendum that the Honda Odyssey “continues its trend of exoteric and autogenous changes” a little bit every year. Car and Driver takes attentive to the styling, Thecarconnection.com
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