Archive for April, 2010

Nissan has begun a long-term project to produce a VW Golf rival and regain ground, once occupied by the Nissan Almera and here is a rendering of the hatchback. Nissan official - The C segment is an obvious growth area. The Qashqai and Juke will take sales in that market, but tackling it head on means building a car that is better than the VW Golf. That’s the challenge we have set ourselves. That [...]

Toyota’s plans with the Prius seem to be interesting, as always.  Toyota might make the Prius an exclusive brand, very soon. An SUV, station wagon, Coupe and a convertible to come under that? We’re just guessing. If you were wanting to know how one of those would look, here is a rendering of the Toyota Prius Coupe. The Toyota Prius Coupe will be competing against the Honda CR-Z which [...]

They shouldn’t call this the M1. The M1 needs to be reserved for supercars or performance cars that make a lot of noise and turn heads. Not a budget BMW that’s received treatment from a racing company. A BMW 1 Series Coupe, prepared by the company’s M division and planned to slot beneath the M3 Coupe was spied during regular runs at the Nurburgring. Sources have reported that the modified [...]

Thanks to our friends at Carplace Brazil, we’re able to bring you the first clear shots of the 2011 ‘Novo’ Fiat Uno with absolutely no camouflage. The new Fiat Uno will be launched on April 18th. The technical specifications have been discussed in a previous post and images of the interiors have also been shown on Steering News before. The new Fiat Uno will be offered with a 1.0-liter [...]

The Toyota FT-86 is a car that is jointly being developed by Toyota and Subaru and is scheduled for a 2012 debut. The vehicle uses many design cues from the earlier FT-HS concept. We have details of this future sportscar – it will host a light front engine, rear drive, 4 or 5 seat coupe, with a new 2 liter Toyota-Subaru “D-4S” Boxer engine. The FT-86 sits on a modified Subaru Impreza [...]

What if you want to buy a new Mercedes sedan with a budget that can only accommodate the B-Class? Help’s on its way. The Mercedes Benz B Class (codename W245) was introduced in March 2005. It is basically a bigger A-Class and shares key components with the Baby Benz. Dubbed compact sports tourer, the front engined, front-wheel-drive model has sold like popcorn over the years in major global [...]

Looks like the 2011 Fiat Uno will hit the South American market in no time. This is a picture of the car’s rear, allegedly captured in a production line. We’re guessing this is a picture from a production line that’s put in place for producing the Uno. The word “Uno” is written using fancy graphics and “Attractive” could denote a trim. The interiors of the [...]

The 7th generation VW Golf is already in the works. Designing of the car is underway by the famous designer Walter de Silva, who is credit with designing many of the existing VW’s. The design shows clear links to the Scirocco sports hatchback. VW’s Twin Drive hybrid technology will debut on the Golf for the very first time. Combining a 1.5-litre diesel with three electric motors, it will [...]

Clearer pictures of the upcoming Chevrolet Sail hatchback have leaked online. The car is expected to make its debut at the Beijing Motor Show later this month. Engine power will still come from a 1.4l and 1.2L S-TEC engine which is also found in the Chevrolet Spark. The 1.2L model produces 87bhp, the 1.4L makes 103BHP and has a max torque of 131Nm. These engine will help the car in commuting through [...]

The Chevrolet Sail is a cost down Aveo in the Chinese market. The sedan version of this model was launched in China with a choice of two petrol engines, a 1.2 litre S-TECH II and a 1.4 litre S-TECH III. The vehicle was jointly developed by GM and SAIC in China. The hatchback variant is expected to launch by the end of this year and probably debut in emerging markets like India, Brazil and Russia [...]