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After a series of minor adjustments and tweaking, the Nissan Juke all set for Europe in 2012 assures lower emission levels and better fuel economy. The Japanese automotive giants have said there has been optimization program conducted on the 1.6 litre petrol and the 1.5 litre dCi engines that included revised gear ratios for the models that had manual transmission. What they have arrived at is the [...]

BMW announced a sub brand ‘i’ a while back and now the first cars from the brand, the i3 and i8 have been revealed! This is a historic moment in the automotive world as BMW is among the biggest luxury car makers heading whole heartedly into electric vehicles. The i3 and i8 are the first cars for the BMW i brand and will go on sale in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Both these cars would be using BMW’s [...]

First photo of the 2012 Renault Twingo has emerged. Barring the Twizy, the Twingo is the smallest car in the Renault line up and the mid-life facelift keeps it going until the replacement expected a couple of years down the line arrives. Curtains for the public will be raised in the Frankfurt Auto Show scheduled to happen in mid September this year. Among the changes include a moderately more stylized [...]

Here we have images from a Japanese magazine Holiday Auto claiming that this is how the 2012 Toyota Camry hybrid will look like. There is a generous garnish of chrome on the front grill and the fog lamps. The styling at the front is very aggressive and sporty as expected. The rear reveals chunkier taillights, a thick chrome bar and a heavily redesigned bumper. In relation to the current model, the [...]

The next generation version of Europe’s best selling hatchback is coming together in Volkswagen’s design studio. The Golf is a spacious hatchback that doubles up as the Jetta with new body panels and a boot. Based on the company’s new MQB kit architecture, test mules have been spotted wearing the current Golf model’s body work and doing test rounds in Europe. Designed under [...]

Thankfully, not everything in the world is growing, increasing and getting out of hand. The world which is already quite troubled with increasing pollution, population, inflation, etc needs some kind of a breather and automotive companies are planning just that, eh well, almost. Smaller engine  seems to be the way to go for many car manufacturers today. Not very long ago companies started announcing [...]

The new generation Opel Combo is a stylish addition to the compact van segment in Europe. The panel van is offered in the choice of two wheelbases – 2,755 mm or 3,105 mm – giving an overall vehicle length of 4.39 and 4.74 meters respectively, as well as two roof heights, 1.85 m or 2.10 m. The Combo can be ordered as a family vehicle with five or seven seats and a paneled or glazed body. In [...]

Audi will launch the lengthened A6 in China in early 2012, ChinaCarTimes is reporting. You may ask why a lengthened wheelbase A6 when customers can opt for the bigger A8 – Here’s your answer - 1) Business and civil service communities commonly use this Audi and they are rear seat passengers. 2) For their budget, the A6L is the only Audi available with long wheelbase. 3) Audi offers the [...]

Hyundai plans to launch a crossover smaller than ix35/Tucson, AutoBILD is reporting. This compact SUV will be pitted against the Skoda Yeti and Nissan Juke. Said to be the little brother of the ix35, it has its sight set on the Nissan Juke as its exterior will be off-beat with brave design elements, taking the road less traveled like the Nissan. Designed in California, the mini SUV will base itself [...]

The 2012 Toyota Camry is turning out to be one of the best kept secrets in the Auto Industry. So far, Akio Toyoda has teased the JDM version, there has been a fake picture circulating on the internet and there has even been a dealer preview at Las Vegas but still nobody knows what it actually looks like. Now images of the Chinese market Camry in tease mode has been revealed on the internet. ChinaCarTimes [...]