Hot News: Lotus to Build Small Car?

It’s the hybrid supermini with sports car DNA! Just when you thought Lotus had enough new models on its plate, our sources have revealed that the company is readying its biggest surprise yet – and our detailed images show just how the MINI rival will look.Dubbed internally as the Lotus Global Small Car, the hatch will be based on one of its parent firm’s prototypes – the Proton EMAS concept, shown at March’s Geneva Motor Show. The plan is to sell a Proton-badged five-door version in Mala…

New Car: 2011 Renault Laguna

The show-stoppers keep coming at Renault! These are the official pictures of the new Laguna that will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, joining the European-spec Latitude which debuted in Moscow last week.The evergreen French saloon has been updated for 2011 and sports a number of styling tweaks and mechanical changes intended to bring the Laguna’s styling closer to the rest of the range, although the coupé will remain unchanged.The redesigned nose features a much narrower grille, outlined i…

New Concept Car: Chevrolet Cruze Htachback

Last week, we told you GM was reportedly eying a hatchback version of its Chevrolet Cruze. Today, we finally have official photos of the show car, which will make its public debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show later this month.In typical GM fashion, the Cruze hatchback shown in Paris is technically a show car, but is really little more than a gussied-up version of the upcoming production model. It’s a safe bet that styling will remain unchanged, with the only likely styling changes applied to the bl…

New Car: 2011 Suzuki Swift One Million Edition

Celebrating landmark achievement of selling one million cars in a year, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has launched a limited edition of its premium hatchback Swift. Branded as the ‘Swift One Million Edition’, only 1000 examples will be manufactured in a specially created goldsmith black color scheme with added graphics externally. On the inside, the hatchback gets limited edition leather seats, cushions, foot-mats and special integrated audio system with USB and speakers. “It is indeed a…

Strand-Craft 122: It’s a boat and a car:

Feel like boating this holiday weekend? Here’s what every AutoWeek reader needs: Mega-yacht builder Strand-Craft has introduced its extravagant 122, which the company calls a “high-performance streamlined Open super yacht.”

New Car: 2011 Dodge Durango

Don’t be alarmed if you think the 2011 Dodge Durango looks a lot like a stretched Jeep Grand Cherokee with a crosshair grille, because that’s essentially what it is. While the underpinnings are largely shared, Dodge tells us that the Durango is more focused on hauling people—it has three rows to the Grand Cherokee’s two—than crawling over rocks. And so while Jeep boasts about off-road capability, Dodge will play up the crossovery-ness and on-road performance of the Durango.After taking a …

Should you buy an all-new car or a proven carry-over car?

Fall brings the annual new-car model-year transition, and both television screens and dealership lots are now being filled with 2011 cars. Expect to be pummeled with ads focused on the latest performance, styling, and technology hype—all aimed at making your current ride seem boring, quaint, and destined for an imminent trade-in. But buying a brand-new model the minute it arrives from the factory may not be the best strategy. Consumer Reports car-reliability data shows that most vehicles improve o…

New Car: 2011 Toyota Verso – S

At the upcoming Paris Motor Show in September, Toyota will present its latest offering in the competitive mini-minivan segment. The Verso-S, an MPV with a footprint barely larger than Toyota’s current North American offerings, will segue Toyota back into the B-segment with an able, space-efficient competitor.While Verso S details are still thin, the photos shown here indicate that Toyota has taken styling cues from some of the major European marques, such as Renault, in designing its MPV. The chunk…

New Car: 2011 Citroen DS4

MEET the Citroen that’s riding high! These are the first pictures of the firm’s new DS4 hatch, which delivers on the style promised by the DS High Rider concept seen at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.Following the DS3, which is based on the C3 supermini, the DS4 features a more extravagantly designed exterior than the C4 which underpins it. The newcomer measures 4.27 metres long, 1.81 metres wide and 1.53 metres high, making it shorter, wider and 10cm taller than the regular C4 and a little bi…

New Concept Car: Mazda Shinari

Meet Mazda’s future. This is the Shinari concept, which will make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September. The stylish four-door coupe previews the look of the next generation of Mazdas and ushers in a new design language.Called Kodo, which translates from Japanese as ‘soul of motion’, the new look has been created by Mazda’s new design chief Ikuo Maeda.At the front, the Shinari concept features the familiar Mazda prominent wheelarches and angular front grille. But…

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