Brazil's alcohol cars hit 2m mark

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Brazil's new generation of cars and trucks adapted to run on alcohol has just hit the two-million mark, motor industry figures show.

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Ethanol-driven cars have been on sale there for 25 years, but they have been enjoying a revival since flex-fuel models first appeared in March 2003.

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The idea fell out of favour in the 1990s after sugar prices rose and the price of oil fell, while Brazil's state oil company Petrobras discovered new offshore oilfields which reduced the need for imports

See : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5263384.stm

Most of the early conversions were to VW Beetles. When the price of sugar went through the roof a lot of those Beetles were simply dumped. Apparently they were lying around here, there and everywhere looking like road kill.