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  Tata appoints ex-GM Europe boss as Group CEO

  19 February 2010 / 4 comments

  Tata Motors has appointed Carl-Peter Forster as the Group CEO of the company. He will have the overall responsibility of managing Tata Motors Operations globally, including Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Forster, 55, has 24 […]

   

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  Suzuki reaches 20 million domestic milestone

  19 February 2010 / 14 comments

  Suzuki Motor Corp’s domestic car sales recently passed the 20 million unit milestone. This was spurred by strong performance in the small vehicle segment – Suzuki sold a total of 624,723 units in Japan last […]

   

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  Akio Toyoda to “testify” at US Congress hearing on sticky accelerator recall issue

  19 February 2010 / 31 comments

  As if he has not enough problems on his plate, Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, will now fly to the US to attend a hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February […]

   

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  First crash for Lotus Racing at a wet Jerez

  19 February 2010 / 107 comments

  After Fairuz Fauzy clocked in about 334 kilometres on the first day of testing in Jerez, earning himself a Superlicense in the process, the Lotus Cosworth T127 was passed to Heikki Kovalainen for the second […]

   

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  AC Schnitzer tweaks the BMW X1

  19 February 2010 / 21 comments

  Popular BMW tuner AC Schnitzer has worked on the BMW X1 and this white result you see here will be paraded at Geneva. This project is not a surprise though; just a matter of when, […]

   

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  Opel Flextreme GT/E is a “big Chevrolet Volt”

  19 February 2010 / 13 comments

  This is the Flextreme GT/E concept car that will be Opel’s showstar at the Geneva show next month. Using the Chevrolet Volt’s extended range electric vehicle (E-REV) technology, the 4.7-metre Flextreme is the first big […]

   

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  Tesla loses three employees in plane crash

  19 February 2010 / 6 comments

  Tesla Motors, maker of the battery powered Roadster sports car, lost three employees in a plane crash which happened over California’s Silicon Valley. The twin-engine Cessna 310 crashed shortly after taking off in fog from […]

   

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  Lexus hybrid hatchback to be called CT 200h

  13 February 2010 / 22 comments

  Lexus has released a teaser image of the CT 200h which will make its debut at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. The CT 200h is a development of the Lexus LF-Ch concept that was revealed […]

   

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  Citroën DS High Rider info and images released

  13 February 2010 / 25 comments

  We previously posted a single teaser image of a Citroën concept, and here’s more information and images released by the French carmaker of its Geneva showstar. Called the DS High Rider, it’s supposed to “represent […]

   

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  Second-generation Volkswagen Touareg premieres with Hybrid model

  11 February 2010 / 46 comments

  This is the second generation VW Touareg, which is lighter, more fuel efficient and cleaner than the original SUV to bear the name launched in 2003. The big news is that the Touareg range includes […]

   

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  New Hyundai Sonata and Tucson coming in April!

  11 February 2010 / 174 comments

  Hyundai Sime Darby will be a very busy company in 2010, and the first launches we can expect from them this year is the introduction of the new Sonata YF and Tucson SUV, which is […]

   

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  New Volvo S60 revealed ahead of Geneva

  10 February 2010 / 46 comments

  Used to seeing concepts watered down for production, we’re happy to see Volvo sticking to their guns for the new S60. The production version of Volvo’s mid-sized exec, revealed here ahead of its Geneva debut, […]

   

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  Subaru to launch “crossover Impreza” at Geneva

  8 February 2010 / 21 comments

  This Subaru Impreza hatchback with off-roader style body cladding is the Impreza XV, which will get its public airing at the Geneva show next month. Subaru describes the XV as having “new crossover styling” which […]

   

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  Volkswagen Passat CC Test Drive Review

  7 February 2010 / 120 comments

  As motoring journalists, we’re very lucky to have the newest and shiniest cars in town parked in our porch. After awhile, the “immune system” gets build up to a level that only the very captivating […]

   

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  Ford Focus WRC Edition – 50 units in Switzerland

  6 February 2010 / 40 comments

  The Ford Focus RS is one hot looking hot hatch and Ford of Switzerland has raised the temperature further with this special version called “WRC Edition”. It will be produced in a limited run of […]

   

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