Report: Spyker in talks with other manufacturers to build compact Saab

Saab 9-X BioHybrid Concept
In April, Spyker CEO Victor Muller told shareholders that there is a strong desire to develop a new compact model for Saab if it could find the right partner and proper financing to do so. Muller has now confirmed that his company is in talks with other automakers about sharing technology to build a new model that will fit under the 9-3 model.
Muller did not say which manufactures Spyker and Saab are in discussions with, but did say that the new compact will have the tear drop…

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Wild-Ass Rumor Of The Day: GM Re-Committing To Compact Pickup Market?

If you’ve been reading TTAC regularly, you might have noticed that many of us have something of a soft spot for compact pickup trucks. And what started for me as an innate affinity for all forms of cheap, honest, rugged transportation has become full-blown affection on the strength of several months driving a ‘92 Toyota [...]

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Toyota Prius compact MPV to be called Alpha, coming in March 2011

Toyota FT-CH Concept
We’ve been hearing about a Toyota Prius MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) for ages now. Well, according to insiders, the compact Prius minivan is in the final stages of development and will be called the “Alpha.” The model will be the first hybrid in the Prius lineup to adopt lithium-ion batteries when it hits markets in March 2011.
The Toyota Prius Alpha MPV will be built on the current Prius sedan platform and will get a third row. The overall length of the Alpha will b…

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Toyota Prius Compact Minivan Named ‘Alpha’, to Debut in March 2011

Toyota is charging ahead with its plans to expand the Prius range, with a compact people-mover as one of its top priorities. Now in its final stages of development, the Prius mini-minivan, dubbed Alpha, will be the first vehicle in the Prius line to use lithium-ion batteries when it debuts in March 2011. Just one-third the weight of the nickel-metal hydride battery pack used in the current production Prius sedan, the new lithium-ion batteries generate greater power and are already in use in the prototype…

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Land Rover Will Build Two-Wheel-Drive Version of Compact Range Rover, Hybrid Models Coming

Land Rover has confirmed intentions to up the green quotient on its next batch of SUVs with more fuel-efficient model variants. For the upcoming “compact Range Rover”—based on the LRX concept—Land Rover will offer—blasphemy alert!—an economical two-wheel-drive variant. For larger vehicles, the company plans a new diesel hybrid powertrain.
The new compact Range will offer both two- and four-wheel drive. Along with lightweight construction and efficient engines, Land Rover claims the 2WD model…

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Lexus Debuts Interactive Film for CT 200h Compact Hybrid

Lexus wants to give people a chance to call the shots in a new video campaign focusing on its upcoming 2011 CT 200h five-door hatchback. It’s called “Dark Ride”.

The luxury marque is making a short action film with a recognizable star racing around it a new model. Now you’re thinking, “Wait, didn’t BMW do this a while back? And Audi (kind of),…

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15 Years Of Compact Sedan Sales

Honda’s decision to delay a redesign of its Civic piqued some curiosity amongst our Best & Brightest, particularly Mark MacInnis who requested a five-year sales chart on the Civic and a few competitors. We’ve gone one better and worked up a 15-year graph of sales volume for some of the more popular compact sedans in [...]

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Breaking: Bmw X4 will be based on the new X3 compact crossover

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Hands-On Preview: Sony’s NEX-3 and NEX-5, Compact Digicams Packing a Punch

Sony NEX-5 Sony’s new camera series bring larger sensors, interchangeable lenses and HD video in a surprisingly small package
Just a few months ago, Sony made it clear that the next extension of its Alpha brand would come in the form of an HD-video-shooting interchangeable lens compact. Now, those prototypes have become full-blown cameras in the form of the new NEX-3 and NEX-5, which will be hitting shelves in July. Both come packing the same new 14.2-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, which is almost…

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Chrysler’s Fiat-based compact vehicles might arrive before 2012:

Chrysler Group could bring several Fiat-based compact vehicles to the United States sooner than expected, CEO Sergio Marchionne said on a conference call on Monday.

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