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  • Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Electric Combining electric propulsion with a performance orientation is a delicate balance. Tesla managed to pull it off to some success. Audi has toyed with the idea with its E-Tron concepts. And some have been experimenting with bringing F1‘s KERS regenerative...

    Honda EV-STER headed for production

    Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Electric Combining electric propulsion with a performance orientation is a delicate balance. Tesla managed to pull it off to some success. Audi has toyed with the idea with its E-Tron concepts. And some have been experimenting with bringing F1‘s KERS regenerative...

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  • Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Europe, Volvo, Design/Style, Luxury It’s been 50 years since Volvo introduced the P1800, and the Swedish automaker has chosen to mark the occasion by releasing a few sketches of what a modern interpretation of the sports coupe would look like. Christopher Benjamin, chief designer...

    Volvo designer pens P1800 for 50th anniversary, no chance at production

    Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Europe, Volvo, Design/Style, Luxury It’s been 50 years since Volvo introduced the P1800, and the Swedish automaker has chosen to mark the occasion by releasing a few sketches of what a modern interpretation of the sports coupe would look like. Christopher Benjamin, chief designer...

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  • Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan, Electric Every other year, Nissan trots out another Pivo concept to the Tokyo Motor Show, and each successive version is weirder than the next. But this latest version – the predictably named Pivo 3 – is different. Nissan wants to build...

    Nissan Pivo 3 inches closer to production

    Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan, Electric Every other year, Nissan trots out another Pivo concept to the Tokyo Motor Show, and each successive version is weirder than the next. But this latest version – the predictably named Pivo 3 – is different. Nissan wants to build...

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  • Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchback, Suzuki, Design/Style There’s something about the Suzuki Regina Concept that we like. A lot. For starters, it has a white roof. What’s cool about that, you ask? Well, after Ford stole the idea from Mini for the Flex, nothing. But darn...

    Gas-sipping Suzuki Regina Concept begs for production

    Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchback, Suzuki, Design/Style There’s something about the Suzuki Regina Concept that we like. A lot. For starters, it has a white roof. What’s cool about that, you ask? Well, after Ford stole the idea from Mini for the Flex, nothing. But darn...

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  • General Motors Co. will shut down the plant that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car for a week because sales have slowed and Japanese competitors now have ample supplies of competing small cars. msnbc.com: Autos

    General Motors to cut Chevy Cruze production

    General Motors Co. will shut down the plant that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car for a week because sales have slowed and Japanese competitors now have ample supplies of competing small cars. msnbc.com: Autos

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