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Renault's Mégane Coupe-Cabriolet Renault’s Megane line-up will increase with the addition of the Coupe-Cabriolet. The car will be first previewed at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The Coupe-Cabriolet will premiere in Switzerland on March 2nd and then onto L'Atelier Renault on the Champs Elysées in Paris, France, on March 5th. On December 18 we showed spy photos of the Coupe-Cabriolet [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Renault’s Mégane Coupe-Cabriolet Hyundai Blue-Will concept to make US debut at Detroit Motor Show Hyundai has announced today that its Blue-Will concept will make its US debut at next week’s Detroit Motor Show. Although the Hyundai Blue-Will concept made its world debut last April at the Seoul Motor Show, the brand’s first plug-in hybrid will still appear in concept form when shown at Detroit next week. Blue-Will utilises the same Hybrid [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Hyundai Blue-Will concept to make US debut at Detroit Motor Show Suzuki R3 MPV concept debuts at India's Auto Expo Suzuki's Indian partner, Maruti Suzuki, has today debuted its new compact multi-purpose concept vehicle at New Delhi's Auto Expo. Dubbed the R3 MPV concept, the mini people mover combines an impressive interior volume with a small overall footprint. Designed by Maruti Suzuki’s Indian R&D Department, the R3 MPV concept boasts seating for six passengers (in three [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Suzuki R3 MPV concept debuts at India’s Auto Expo Chrysler's US sales lowest since 1962 Chrysler’s tough times continue in the US, and as the 2009 sales figures are tabulated, the harsh reality of the brand’s economic uncertainty has become plainly obvious. Posting its worst sales figures in 47 years, the iconic US brand has seen sales of less than one million units (931,000) in 2009, a number last seen in [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Chrysler’s US sales lowest since 1962 Mahindra Pik-Up launches "rock bottom" sale Mahindra Automotive Australia (MAA) has today launched a national "Rock Bottom" sale on its entire range of Pik-Ups. All Mahindra Pik-Up variants are on sale with savings of up to $3,000 across the full range. Free alloy wheels will also be available on selected models during this time. "With our ‘09 run out this is [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Mahindra Pik-Up launches “rock bottom” sale Swedish Government, GM to meet in US over Saab's future A delegation from the Swedish government will meet with GM in the United States next week to discuss the future of Saab. Representatives from Sweden’s finance and industry ministries will meet in Detroit with Saab parent GM and Ford, currently in the process of selling its Swedish car unit Volvo. “As we understand it, GM has not [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Swedish Government, GM to meet in US over Saab’s future Toyota Etios low-cost car revealed at India's Auto Expo Toyota has today unveiled its new strategically important car for emerging markets at India’s Auto Expo. Dubbed ‘Etios’, the sub-light compact hatch is aimed at markets that include India, Russia, Latin America and other emerging markets that are quickly replacing major Western markets as a key battleground for car manufacturers. “India will play a pivotal role in [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Toyota Etios low-cost car revealed at India’s Auto Expo Tata looks to US sales as brand launches three new models in India The chairman of India’s Tata Motors said today that the brand may consider launching its ultra-cheap Nano model in the US within the next three years, following possible sales in Europe by the end of 2011. “We also recognise there is a market (for the Nano) not only in developing countries, but possibly in the developed [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Tata looks to US sales as brand launches three new models in India Facelift for the 2010 Volvo S80 Volvo is starting the new year with a fresh face for its S80 flagship range as well as other upgrades to help make it stand out in the luxury segment. The bold new grill with the larger Volvo insignia first seen on the XC60 lets people know its the new S80. With interior upgrades to lift [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Facelift for the 2010 Volvo S80 Honda New Small Concept unveiled at India's Auto Expo Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. (HCSI) has today unveiled its New Small Concept at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi, along with plans to begin sales of a new model based on this concept in 2011. To create a highly efficient compact car with seating for five people, designers have used a wide platform offering [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Honda New Small Concept unveiled at India’s Auto Expo Vauxhaul Meriva first pics & specs revealed In news almost certain to fall in to the category of “cars we’ll never get”, comes the first pics and specification details this morning of the UK’s new Vauxhaul Meriva. Meriva has adopted a more expressive and dynamic silhouette to its basic cab-forward monocab design. Like the Insignia and Astra, a 'blade' features down the side [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Vauxhaul Meriva first pics & specs revealed Skoda Superb Review & Road Test Superb by name, superb by nature Model Tested: 2009 Skoda Superb; 3.6-litre V6 petrol AWD; six-speed DSG; four door sedan – $56,990* Options: Metallic Paint $990 Space, power, sound, interior, smoothness, ride/handling balance Fuel tank size, awkward styling CarAdvice Rating: With the size of the country we live in, it’s no wonder we’ve become accustomed to large cars. Decades of [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Skoda Superb Review & Road Test Mitsubishi Lancer gains extra airbags Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has added more safety equipment to its popular Lancer for 2010. All Lancer sedans and hatches now come with standard side curtain airbags. Lancer now offers more occupant safety than any of its direct competitors totalling seven airbags, driver and passenger SRS airbags, side and curtain airbags and driver knee airbag [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Mitsubishi Lancer gains extra airbags Cadillac's new 2011 CTS-V Coupe Cadillac will debut the 2011 CTS-V Coupe at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The car is powered by a 556-horsepower (415kW) 551 lb.-ft. of torque (747 Nm) supercharged V8 engine which comes from the CTS-V sedan. Combining the CTS Coupe’s design and the power results in a luxury sports coupe for [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Cadillac’s new 2011 CTS-V Coupe