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Feb 10, 2009
VIDEO: Toyota iQ gets tested by the other British car show

Toyota created its new iQ with the intention that it be smarter than a Smart ForTwo. Unlike the Daimler-made micro car, the iQ has room for more than two passengers. The crew at the British car show that doesn't feature Jeremy Clarkson sampled the iQ and found it quite impressive. With its 1.0L three cylinder engine, the iQ is rated at 54 mpg (U.S.) and 99 g/km of CO2. Toyota touts the iQ as a 3+1 seater thanks to its clever packaging. On the passenger side, Toyota claims a 5'10" pass

Sam Abuelsamid
Feb 10, 2009
Lo-Res Rumormill: BMW PAS concept surfaces

BMW's 5 series-based Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS) is due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month, but the very low-res image you see above could be the first official shot of BMW's new segment-defying se

Damon Lavrinc
Feb 10, 2009
Baby Come Back: Wolfgang Bernhard returns to Daimler

Wolfgang Bernhard is coming back to Daimler. The man who helped facilitate the sale of Chrysler to Cerebus, was instrumental in the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve supercar concept, and, most notably, the guy that drove the V10-powered Tomahawk motorcycle onto the stage at the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, will take over the van division of Mercedes-Benz on April 1st.

Damon Lavrinc
Feb 10, 2009
Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: Electric cars marked down on aisle 6

Might your next (first?) electric vehicle purchase be transacted at Wal-Mart? It's not out of realm of possibility. Mexican company, GS Motors, is already selling 3 different models from China's First Auto Works (FAW) at a so-called "big box" retail chain in Mexico and has plans to replicate the strategy north of their border. Company CEO Kathleen Ligocki says, "I th

Domenick Yoney
Feb 10, 2009
Nissan seeks U.S. loans to develop electric vehicles

Nissan is the first Japanese automaker to confirm that it has asked for funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. The amount of the request is not yet known, but it would be used to upgrade Nissan's assembly plant in Smyrna, TN and would ostensibly be used to develop electric cars and the batteries that power them. Nissan's longstanding goal is to introduce fully electric vehicles to the American market in 2010. The other two big Japanese automakers, Toyota and Honda, say that they have not soug

Jeremy Korzeniewski
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