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  Sebastian Vettel’s Infiniti FX50 S will cost over £100,000

  14 May 2012 / 2 comments

  The Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel will be priced just over 120,000 euros in Europe, or just above £100,000 in the UK, Autocar UK reported. 50 units of the special edition will be headed for Europe […]

   

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  Nissan achieves record sales, first quarter profit doubles

  14 May 2012 / 5 comments

  Nissan is doing well compared to its Japanese peers. It was announced that profits made a sharp jump in the first quarter of 2012 on the back of an aggressive push in fast-growing markets. The […]

   

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  Porsche will add a smaller sedan, code-named Pajun

  11 May 2012 / 14 comments

  The Panamera will no longer be Porsche’s only four-door child. The baby Pana, codenamed Pajun, will be introduced by 2017 and will bring the total model lines to six. Price tag for the Pajun will […]

   

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  Toyota’s IMV vehicles reach five million unit milestone

  10 May 2012 / 12 comments

  Toyota recently announced that worldwide cumulative sales of its Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle (IMV) project series reached five million units at the end of March. Development of the IMV series started with three models – […]

   

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  Toyota RAV4 EV – all-electric SUV makes its debut in LA

  9 May 2012 / 11 comments

  Toyota has unveiled its new RAV4 EV, with the all-electric SUV making its debut at the 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. Built in collaboration with Tesla Motors, the vehicle has come about from […]

   

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  BMW Z4 – next-gen is in the works and due in 2015

  9 May 2012 / 4 comments

  BMW is lining up the Porsche Boxster in its sights and will do so with the next-generation Z4, according to a report from Insideline. The report quotes well-placed company sources, who also say the new […]

   

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  Geely GX7 SUV – the GLEagle has landed

  9 May 2012 / 17 comments

  Since we’re back on a bit of a roll, here’s another one from Beijing. Geely’s GLEagle GX7 is the first SUV from the company which owns Volvo, and the seven-seater has just made its market […]

   

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  Mazda RX-8 Spirit R – farewell special edition extended

  9 May 2012 / 21 comments

  The rotary-powered Mazda RX-8’s life is coming to an end, no thanks to stricter emission rules. And as a send off, Mazda created a final special edition for the unique four-door coupe called Spirit-R, launched […]

   

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  Changan Raeton – midsize sedan goes the posh route

  8 May 2012 / 68 comments

  More from the sifted pile of Beijing pix. The name sounds like a play on the name of the son of the Greek god Helios, which of course adorns a certain German luxury sedan. But […]

   

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  Nissan Juke-R goes into production, very limited run

  8 May 2012 / 19 comments

  Good news. The Nissan Juke-R will go into production. The bad news: Juke-R will be made in limited numbers on built-to-order basis. The price remains undisclosed but as my ex-Creative Director once told me, “If […]

   

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  Fiat Linea a.k.a. Punto Sedan gets a facelift

  8 May 2012 / 4 comments

  The Fiat Linea, which is a sedan bodied Punto with extended wheelbase for developing countries, has received a facelift. The front end of the Linea is now more rounded in appearance, compared to the “single […]

   

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  Youngman Lotus L3 sedan given a minor facelift

  8 May 2012 / 26 comments

  Found this while sifting through the plethora of photos taken at Auto China, and it’s of the Youngman Lotus L3 sedan, which might be of interest to Proton anoraks. The Persona form there has been […]

   

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  BMW and Hyundai rumoured to be in engine tie-up talks

  8 May 2012 / 8 comments

  Some news on the cooperation and partnership front. The latest talk about bedfellows concerns BMW and Hyundai – according to reports, the two companies are supposedly discussing a possible tie-up in engine development and other […]

   

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  Peugeot 208 R2 Rally Car – a race-ready car you can buy

  7 May 2012 / 15 comments

  This is Peugeot’s arrow-tip for the 208 range. Its full name is the Peugeot 208 R2 and yes, it is a rally car that you can buy. If you’re living in Europe, that is. The […]

   

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  Beware of loud bicycle – don’t mess with the Hornster

  7 May 2012 / 3 comments

  Alright, here’s something off the beaten track to wind down the Monday with, and it has all to do with a bicycle, one that can, quite literally, deafen you. Over in the UK, a bike […]

   

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