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Geneva show: Ooh la la, it's the new Renault Twingo


SAY SALUT to the new Renault Twingo, the next generation of city car Renault badly needs if it’s to join the trend for drivers downsizing to more...
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Geneva show: McLaren announces new 650S 'baby' P1 supercar


A NEW 'baby' version of the P1 supercar will join the McLaren range, the British sports car maker announced today.
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Geneva show: Ferrari turbocharges the California roadster


FOR JUST a moment, picture yourself on the Amalfi coast with your Ferrari roadster’s roof stowed in the boot, blue skies and sunshine above and...
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Geneva show: New Mercedes S-class coupé handles like...


MERCEDES AND motorcycling have never had much in common – until now
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Geneva show: Skoda unveils “go-anywhere” Octavia...


IT CAN'T light a fire with two sticks or help old ladies cross the road, but with its high ground clearance and four-wheel drive system, the Skoda...
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News: Hyundai shows radical Intrado concept inspired...


NOT SO long ago, Hyundai was turning out indifferent cars such as the Sonata and the Trajet. But what a difference a decade makes and to prove it...
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LA show round-up: How La La land turned Motown


Its only major car maker is Tesla up the road near San Francisco but this week, California gave every impression of being at the heart of the world’s...
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Tokyo show: Volkswagen’s baby Up! gets plug-in hybrid...


VOLKSWAGEN HAS unveiled a version of its baby Up! city car capable of a super-miserly 256.8mpg.
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Tokyo show: Honda shows off Juke-rivalling Vezel SUV...


HONDA WILL be launching a major challenge to the best-selling Nissan Juke compact SUV in 2015 with this, the Urban SUV, or Vezel as it will be known...
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Tokyo show: the view from the show floor on press day


TEN YEARS ago, every major car manufacturer in the world would have been at the Tokyo motor show, but now the list of premier league no-shows is actually...
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LA/Tokyo motor shows: Mercedes says goodbye to SLS...


AS IF its gullwing doors weren’t statement enough, a special version of the outgoing Mercedes AMG SLS has been unveiled at the LA and Tokyo motor...
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Tokyo show: Nissan to launch 3E Google Glass-style...


Nissan has released a dramatic film previewing a glasses-type wearable device that could allow a driver to download information from the internet...