Lexus planning new small hybrid crossover based on the CT 200h, 300h called CX

It seems that Lexus aims to boost its sales and the only solution would be to introduce new models. Due to the fact that consumers need smaller models, an ideal would be a little crossover, based on the popular CT 200h. The idea is not new to us, as in July, we reported that Toyota plans to launch six...

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BMW to launch the Mini for Indian markets

The Germany based BMW recently announced that they will be releasing the luxury car Mini in India in 2012. The small car will be optimized for the Indian market and will feature many interesting accessories.Andreas Schaaf, president of BMW India, said they plan to develop the brand image of the Mini...

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Hyundai's Sub-i10 Maruti 800 Rival to be Called "Eon": India

Hyundai is ready to roll out a small car in India that sits below the i10. Called Eon, the affordable five-door hatch will be Hyundai’s weapon against India’s best seller, the Maruti 800 as well as high spec versions of the Tata Nano.These sketches show that although the Hyundai Eon will be a bargain...

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Hyundai Veloster U.S. Deliveries Begin

Hyundai announced today that deliveries of the Veloster have finally initiated in America. Today, Daniel Jenkins took delivery of the first 2012 Veloster sold in the United States, becoming the first buyer of the innovative three-door coupe.The car was delivered to Jenkins at Henderson Hyundai in...

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Kia to Add Third Shift at Zilina Plant

production shift will be introduced at Kia's European production facility in Slovakia, recruiting 1000 new employees in order to keep up with rising demand. Recruitment will be completed by December 2011, allowing three-shift operations at Zilina in the first quarter of 2012."The creation of the...

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MORE IMAGES OF KIA'S GT CONCEPT: FRANKFURT 2011

Apparently, the release of the first official batch of photos of Kia's Frankfurt Motor Show-bound concept car couldn't keep the floodgates from opening as today, a fresh group of pictures were posted online. Aside from providing us with a better view of the exterior and a first look at the interior...

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2012 Volkswagen Beetle at the 2011 New York Auto Show Car picture and review

Competes with: Mini Cooper, Fiat 500Looks like: The last New Beetle, but newerDrivetrain: 170 hp, 2.5-liter five-cylinder with five-speed manual or six-speed automatic; 200-hp, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and 140-hp, turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine, both with six-speed dual-clutch...

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Kia GT Concept - Review And News

Here’s a change of pace: a Kia sedan whose shape doesn’t remind us at all of any Hyundai product. This four-seat concept, introduced at the Frankfurt auto show, hints at the expected rear-wheel-drive sports sedan from Kia—which would be a first for the brand. It’s looking like a pretty sure thing,...

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2012 White Chrysler 300C SRT8 Official Photos -Picture and Info

Although this cat already escaped the bag a few weeks ago when our spy photographers nabbed some clear pictures of an unmasked 2012 Chrysler 300C SRT8, we still felt giddy as we sorted through the official details. Indeed, the particulars have us looking forward to overwriting fond memories of the last-gen...

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2012 Gray Chrysler 300S V6 8-Speed Automatic Photo and Info

It should come as no surprise that our power preference in the brawny Chrysler 300 sedan has been the equally brawny Hemi V-8. Sorting commuter traffic in a big sedan requires power, a commodity abundant in Chrysler’s Hemis and scarce in the first-gen 300’s V-6s. But six-cylinder thrift became...

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2013 Blue Dodge Viper

What it is: A two-seat super–sports car left for dead in the wake of Chrysler’s stay in Chapter 11 purgatory, exhumed by Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne. Styling is expected to echo elements of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and Zagato’s Alfa Romeo TZ3 concept car. Dealers got to see a design study...

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2012 Silver Dodge Charger SRT8 Official Photos and Info

The Dodge Charger SRT8 is back. Scheduled to go on sale later this year, the 2012 Charger SRT8 adopts the 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 that first debuted in the Challenger SRT8 392, here making an estimated 465 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque. Those numbers are 5 down from the Challenger in each category, but,...

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The Car Black Un-Ferrari: Shaking Down the P4/5 Competizione

lt's a haunting sound—the shriek in the distance of a brand-new prototype race car, alone on a deserted test track in the dead of winter. Muffled behind a rise in the land, the four-cam, 4.0-liter Ferrari V-8 blares. With each finger-snap shift of the sequential gearbox, the engine barks, raw gas detonating...

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2012 Car Red 2012 Ferrari 458 Spider

As the auto industry gears up for the 2011 Frankfurt auto show, Ferrari has released the first official photos of the 2012 458 Spider, the roofless iteration of the mid-engine 458 Italia. Other than losing its lid and gaining some structural enhancements, the 458 Spider will be largely identical to...

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