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Popularly known by its codename TAM, Kia unveiled the Ray city car in South Korea last week. The company has revealed vital specifications and images for a better look and understanding of the vehicle. The “keicar” is similar to the Hyundai group’s i10 and Picanto vehicles. It is bodied on the same platform and is driven by a 998cc, 78hp engine paired to a four speed automatic gearbox. [...]

Over the last two years we have brought you several renderings of the next generation Volkswagen Golf slated for a late 2012 or early 2013 release. We now have clear spyshots of the mule testing in an undisclosed location thanks to Carscoop. The slightly larger 2013 Volkswagen Golf mule caught is cloaked to create optical discontinuity. Even with the arresting camouflage, we are able to determine [...]

German car tuner MR Car Design based out of Aachen has devised a tuning kit for the fairer sex obsessed with the Volkswagen Eon. The “Girlz Style” package is Barbie’s ride on a sunny Sunday morning in a world that’s yet to life the ban on pink body paint! It has sparkling Swarovski rose colored stones embedded on the rim, 19 inch wheels with rubber from Dunlop, special suspension [...]

Come 2012 and Volkswagen’s Caddy van completes three decades of market presence in the UK. To commemorate this rare and prestigious feat, Volkswagen will introduce a limited edition model based with a black roof, machine polished 17-inch alloy wheels, 170PS/350Nm from the 2.0-liter TDI engine paired to a DSG Transmission, steering mounted controls, tinted windows, leather gear knob and climate [...]

The recently launched three-door Volkswagen Up! and the Mk5 Volkswagen Polo that began penetrating global markets in 2009 are not US bound, Car And Driver has reported. For now the Jetta and the Golf are about the smallest Volkswagens will get in America. There have been new additions to the sub-compact market recently with cars like the Sonic and the Fiat 500 that deal with traffic conditions and [...]

Of course not a cost down variant! Mercedes Benz is working on a baby SLS AMG to take on the Porsche 911, BenzInsider is reporting. Just like its older sibling, the baby SLS premieres as a coupe followed by a convertible edition. As it comes with a much smaller footprint, power is expected to come from a naturally 5.5-liter V8 engine. Mercedes Benz SLS AMG chassis Despite lacking a quintessential turbocharger, [...]

The MPV version of the Fiesta will be mass produced in Spring 2012 in Romania, Wards Auto has reported. The Ford B-Max was shown in its concept form at the Geneva Motor Show and the production model is likely to come out very close to the concept. Ford B-Max sliding door It will sport sliding doors and a 1.0-liter EcoBoost petrol engine and will be 11cm longer than the Fiesta hatchback. The Craiova [...]

Reports on the internet have given a new twist to the ambitious four-door Veyron project – the Bugatti Galibier. The supercar experience for four will not see daylight until 2015 as engineers are reportedly reworking many parts of the car to make it more comfortable. It will boast of a multiple-turbocharger high-displacement engine producing no less than 986hp. The interiors of the Galibier [...]

By the end of 2013 or early 2014, Audi’s next generation Q7, lighter by four hundred kilograms, replaces the existing model. Audi’s standardized design language for its full portfolio gives us very little to expect. The new Q7 will have new siblings in the form the Q4 and the Q6, if reports on German media are to be believed. There is no surprise element in the new Q7 which sits on the [...]

While Kia’s version of the i10 is Picanto/Morning, there’s another i10 spin-off in the making. The project internally known as the Kia Tam based on the KV7 van concept enters production later this year and thats not a breaking announcement. The Tam is powered by an electric motor. Kia has set an achievable target of 2,000 units for Tam. Following Tam two electric vehicles planned in 2014 [...]