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Hot snap shots from Brenda Priddy: KIA testing a new seven-seater SUV on public roads. The next-generation of the Sorento will be living large with increases for the requisite third row of seating.

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The president of MG Motors North America/Europe, Duke Hale, was interviewed about Nanjing Automobile’s plans for the MG brand, both in the U.S. and in Europe. Highlights of the interview include: – the manufacturing/R&D facility in Oklahoma is definitely going ahead – Nanjing will build three MG sedan models in China – MG Motors will [...]

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Brenda Priddy has posted spy shots of the 2008 Mazda 6. The new Mazda will be at once wider and longer than the current model. While this cobbled-together mule looks borrows heavily from the existing model, it is in fact longer. The new Ford’s CD3-2 platform is expected to underpin the new Mazda6 (a derivation [...]

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Chrysler today unveiled the 2007 Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition — a special-edition PT Cruiser. The Pacific Coast Highway Edition will be available later this summer as a limited-production version of the 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser. The U.S. Retail Price (MSRP) for the new PT Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition will [...]

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The 2007 Volkswagen Eos has arrived in U.S. showrooms. Consumers now may test-drive hot convertible, which features unique a five-panel folding hardtop roof with integrated sunroof. Volkswagen offers the Eos with two engines: an 2.0 liter turbo, 200 hp, four cylinder starting at $27,990 and a 3.2 liter, 250 hp version of Volkswagen’s narrow angle [...]

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Forbes has posted a very interesting list of unknown automotive brands. For example, how many people have heard of Koenigsegg? Or of Leblanc? Sweden’s Koenigsegg builds the $550,000 CCR supercar. Switzerland’s Leblanc makes the $650,000 Mirabeau. Both companies are little known because they produce their modified race cars in very low quantities. Hongqi, for example, [...]

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The China-based Shanghai Automotive will pay BMW about $22 million to use the Rover name. Rover logo will placed on its version of the Rover 75 sedan. New Rover badge has been designed, and a press conference announcing the deal with BMW is scheduled for Aug. 22. The first Chinese-made Rovers have been testing in [...]

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The official launch of the new Mercedes-Benz CL coupe is expected for the Moscow Auto Show in August, 30. For Europeans CL will unveiled later, at the 2006 Paris Auto Show, in September. The CL600 is powered by a 510-horsepower twin-turbo 5.5-litre V12 mated to a five-speed automatic transmission. Mercedes quotes a 0-60-mph acceleration time [...]

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Make over. Toyota Camry cabrio now. Without accident victims

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Meet the new 2007 Ford Expedition. The new Ford Expedition and Expedition EL are better in just about every way when compared to the 2006 model. The styling is more “butch,” it has a 6-speed automatic and new safety features are standard. It has a new-and-stronger frame, and a new-and-improved IRS. The all-new EL model, [...]

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