CityCars

While the current crop of Minis aren't exactly mini anymore, the company's upcoming city car concept – described as a Smart ForTwo rival – should help fill the void. Mini is putting a heavy emphasis on the word rival, otherwise, we might think Mini ...

Remember the original Mini? It was absolutely tiny compared to the batch of Mini Coopers and Clubmans on our roads today. The current crop of Minis have grown substantially compared to the iconic models of the past, which has left a size void for the company ...

South Korean-based CT&T, makers of quirky little electric cars like the one pictured above, has chosen the beautiful island state of Hawaii as the new locale for a $200 million assembly plant that could employ as many as 400 people once construction is complete. CT&T is pondering four ...

According to a report in Autocar, designers of the Vauxhall / Opel city car will be getting final approval for the new car within the next six to eight weeks and the production vehicle will be ready to go on sale by the end of 2012. Autocar spoke with Nick Reilly, head of General Motors Europe, ...

A few French media outlets are toying with the possibility that Renault could build a microcar to compete with the smart fortwo, the Toyota IQ or even the upcoming Volkwagen Up! The idea would be to use a shortened version of the current Twingo, ...

It's been widely reported already that Fiat is working up a new city car that would revive the old Topolino nameplate in Europe. Now it seems that the Italian automaker is considering launching a completely new marque for that city car along with two additional models that would be based on ...

Gordon Murray has very big ideas, but sometimes those ideas turn into something very small indeed. Such is the case with the T.25, which is the twenty-fifth unique design to come out of the man's head. Past projects include the McLaren F1 and ...

With sales of the smart going well and cars like the MINI flying off the showroom floor, you might expect the big automotive giants to want in on that action too. Perhaps they do, but it doesn't seem likely that General Motors ...

Fiat is apparently considering a production of a new mini-car to challenge the Smart ForTwo and upcoming city cars from Volkswagen and Toyota. The latter two companies will be displaying concept versions of their models at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The Fiat would likely share a platform ...