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Paris Preview: GM unveils Chevrolet Cruze hatchback for Europe

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Budget , Europe , Paris Motor Show , Hatchback , Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback – Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors will be expanding Chevrolet of Europe’s lineup by adding a five-door Cruze , and while we won’t get our first look at this new hatchback for a few weeks, GM has decided to preview it early with a few pictures on the web. Sure to be one of the major draws at the Paris Motor Show in just a few weeks, the liftback ought to compete nicely with the 2012 Ford Focus five-door, but don’t expect GM to offer the more functional Cruze in the United States. “Americans don’t like hatchbacks,” remember?

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Sep

Paris Preview: Hyundai ix20 MPV sketched

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Minivan/Van , Paris Motor Show , Hyundai Hyundai ix20 Concept – Click above for high-res image When it comes to designing an MPV, it’s difficult to move beyond the standard two-box form. That’s where Hyundai’s “fluidic sculpture” design language comes into play. Penned by the automaker’s European R&D studio in R

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Sep

Next Defender expected in 2014 but Land Rover suffering from lack of focus?

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Filed under: SUV , Land Rover , Military , UK , Off-Road Land Rover Fire and Ice Defenders – Click above for high-res image gallery Land Rover seems to be having some trouble figuring out how to go about putting its plan for the successor to the Defender throne into motion. According to Autocar , the company knows what attributes the vehicle should have, but doesn’t know how to go about engineering the platform using existing components from the company’s parts bin. Word from the web had previously said that Land Rover had planned to use the company’s T5 steel platform for Project Icon (the internal name for the next Defender), though according to the report, the company now thinks that the chassis would be too heavy to be a viable option.

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Next Defender expected in 2014 but Land Rover suffering from lack of focus?

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Sep

SEMA Preview: Wraptivo Honda CR-Z Type-F

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Filed under: Aftermarket , SEMA Show , Hybrid , Performance , Hatchback , Honda Honda CR-Z Type-F – Click above for high-res image Nearly one year later, we’re still digging the idea behind Meguiar’s Wraptivo system . For under $2,000 you can design and have a professional installer wrap your car in vinyl, complete with custom graphics and textures. And to drum up more interest in the program after its debut at last year’s SEMA show , Meguiar’s has picked up a 2011 Honda CR-Z and enlisted the tuning talents of RJ De Vera and rendering artist Jon Sibal to show what it has planned for the 2010 show. Naturally, the CR-Z Type-F Concept is focused on the matte black and “carbon fiber” wrap, but the real party pieces are underneath the vinyl.

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SEMA Preview: Wraptivo Honda CR-Z Type-F

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Aug

Video: AutoExpress pits Ford Focus RS against Porsche Boxster

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Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Videos , Hatchback , Ford , Porsche Ford Focus RS vs. Porsche Boxster – Click above to view the video after the jump When it comes to a German-American face-off, you could do a lot worse than pitting the BMW M3 against Ford’s 5.0-liter V8 powered Mustang . How much worse? How about a comparison test between a base Porsche Boxster and Ford’s turbocharged, torque-steering Focus RS

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Video: AutoExpress pits Ford Focus RS against Porsche Boxster

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Aug

Revenge of the Electric Car coming to a theater near you… sometime

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Filed under: Ford , GM , Nissan , Electric Remember the documentary ” Who killed the Electric Car? ” Director Chris Paine created the film in 2005 and 2006 to bemoan the decision of some automakers to kill off their electric car programs. It’s now five years later and Paine and company are back with a vengeance videotaping ” Revenge of the Electric Car .” In the original film, General Motors was reviled for its decision to deep-six the innovative EV1 all-electric two-seat car. But thanks to the impending production of the Chevrolet Volt , GM is now considered one of the reasons that the EV is on the comeback trail