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  New Volkswagen Beetle Turbo with manual transmission?

  20 April 2011 / 26 comments

  Here’s a new batch of photos of the new Volkswagen Beetle. Our previous story detailing what the latest generation of Beetle is all about featured a new Volkswagen Beetle with a DSG gear lever seen […]

   

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  Suzuki Kizashi EcoCharge Concept debuts in New York

  20 April 2011 / 7 comments

  Suzuki has unveiled two Kizashi-based concepts ahead of the New York show; the first is the earlier mentioned Kizashi Apex Concept, and the other is this one, called the Kizashi EcoCharge Concept. If the Apex […]

   

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  New Toyota MPV to be launched in Indonesia this July

  20 April 2011 / 34 comments

  There will be a new MPV from Toyota launching in Indonesia soon, as revealed by PT Toyota-Astra Motor (TAM) bosses. It could be a new Avanza or Kijang Innova, as these two models have been […]

   

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  Suzuki Kizashi Apex Concept – 295 hp turbocharged manual

  20 April 2011 / 7 comments

  Click to enlarge Suzuki has unveiled two Kizashi-based concepts ahead of the New York International Auto Show, one of them an eco-friendly version, the other a performance variant. The latter is the one here, and […]

   

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  Rolls-Royce Ghost Extended Wheelbase for China market

  20 April 2011 / 24 comments

  Chinese bosses love legroom and want lots of it, which is why we see “L” versions of cars like the BMW 5-Series, Audi A6 and Volvo S80. But a long wheelbase version of the Rolls-Royce […]

   

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  Baojun 630 launched in China – sales begin this month

  20 April 2011 / 25 comments

  The announcement of the launch of the brand was made last November, with production of its first model beginning the same month. Now, five months on, GM’s newest car brand, Baojun, has officially launched the […]

   

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  2013 Ford Taurus SHO: No power up for Ecoboost V6

  20 April 2011 / 14 comments

  Earlier, we showed you the facelifted Ford Taurus. The 2013 model year full-size saloon of the Blue Oval comes with a fresh face, more features and a new 2.0 Ecoboost engine. Both that four-cylinder turbo […]

   

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  Nissan Compact Sport Concept – 190 hp 1.6 litre flash hatch

  20 April 2011 / 20 comments

  Click to enlarge Well, here’s a cute little critter then, though perhaps it may be a bit too kitschy for many. It’s called the Nissan Compact Sport Concept, and it’s a Nissan debutant at the […]

   

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  2013 Ford Taurus facelift makes New York show debut

  20 April 2011 / 20 comments

  With the whole automotive world focusing on Shanghai and its world debuts, the unfortunately timed New York Auto Show is firmly in the shadows. Faced with a choice, where would you want show off fresh […]

   

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  BMW’s DesignworksUSA to open new studio in Shanghai

  20 April 2011 / 2 comments

  Not that proof is needed any further that China is the biggest and brightest growth market, but here’s something to cement things anyway. BMW’s California-based strategic design consultancy, DesignworksUSA, is set to open a new […]

   

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  Infiniti JX luxury crossover to join line-up in 2012

  20 April 2011 / 0 comments

  Click to enlarge Infiniti has announced that it will be bringing the JX, an all-new three-row luxury crossover, into the market sometime in the second quarter of 2012. The company has released an exterior sketch […]

   

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  Audi A3 e-tron: preview of the upcoming sedan

  19 April 2011 / 13 comments

  Like the sedan showed at Geneva last month, this Audi A3 e-tron Concept is billed as a “Technical Study”. But it’s obvious that Audi is planning a small saloon that will slot under the A4 […]

   

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  BMW Z4 sDrive28i now powered by N20 4-cylinder turbo

  19 April 2011 / 34 comments

  The second car in the BMW stables to receive the new N20B20 4-cylinder direct injected turbocharged petrol engine is the BMW Z4, in the sDrive28i model. The first model to get the engine was the […]

   

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  Subaru XV Concept – how to mix professional with trendy

  19 April 2011 / 10 comments

  Okay, the bright yellow-green shade isn’t the only thing that’s funky about the Subaru’s Shanghai debutant, the XV Concept crossover. The key design concept for it is too – “Protren” then is the word for […]

   

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  Audi Sand Art performance at Audi A8L Launch

  19 April 2011 / 9 comments

  When Audi launched the new Audi A8L earlier this year, they had sand artist Loong Bee to perform as part of the launch gimmick. Enjoy the sand art performance video above, which features various Audi-inspired […]

   

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