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Today Toyota officially revealed its Opel Insignia-rival at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The facelift brings cosmetic changes both on the outside and the cabin. While overall dimensions remain the same as the previous model, the mid-size sedan and the estate version benefit from a fresh face with a redesigned grille that has a chrome upper “lip” and new, narrower headlights that incorporate daytime running lights. At the rear, both body styles gain redesigned tail lamps.
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Subaru unveiled its new small crossover at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Its a Nissan Qashqai rival, which is based on the Impreza.
The compact sized Subaru XV measures 4,450mm in length, 1,780mm in width and 1,570mm in height and will launch in Europe with a choice of three boxer engines, including 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter gasoline units, and a 2.0-liter turbo diesel.
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Subaru has issued a recall for 2010-2011 Outback and Legacy vehicles manufactured from January, 2010, through May, 2011. Subaru says faulty components inside the wiper motor’s bottom cover could overheat.

If the motor’s bottom cover overheats, the windshield wipers may no longer function, which could lead to reduced visibility and increase the chance of a crash.
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BMW has decided to start promo videos for its all-new 1-Series by producing the “Origins Film Season” in collaboration with Picturehouse Cinema. The “Origins” season will run simultaneously with the advertising campaign that uses the same thing to underline the different variants of BMW’s 1-Series.
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Here are videos from special event in Ferrari’s home town of Maranello in Italy to present its latest hot car to the press. Its a video of a selection of 458 Italia Spiders finished in various colors including the traditional red, yellow, black and what looks like a dark plum finish.

The roofless version of the mid-engine 458 utilizes a lightweight, aluminium retractable hardtop with Ferrari claiming that it offers a number of gains over the traditional folding soft-top, including a reduction of 25kg in weight and a deployment time of just 14 seconds.
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Honda recalling three of its models globally in order to repair three unrelated problems. The bulk of the recall campaign concerns the Fit/Jazz subcompact: 960,000 cars built between 2005 and 2009 and sold mainly in Asian countries are recalled to fix malfunctioning power window switches.
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A member of forum BBZnet has made a few spy shots of test mule of all-new Colorado pickup. The Chevrolet Colorado successor has lost the integrated rear bumper of the concept as well as its large 20-inch wheels, but remains fairly true to the original design otherwise.
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Great news for automakers: nine out of 10 cars tested this year earned the 5 starts in Euro NCAP’s crash tests. The five-star winners are: the Audi A6, the BMW X3, the Chevrolet Aveo, the Chevrolet Orlando, the Citroen DS5, the Hyundai i40, the Opel Ampera, the VW Golf Cabriolet and the VW Jetta.
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Here are the first interior photos of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz B-Class. The new B-class will make its world premier at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show next month, and sales start in next year.
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