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0Featured: Toyota showing off pop art special edition iQ in Portugal 1363294140
Toyota is showing off its European-market minicar iQ with a splash on the streets of Portugal. An ultra-limited edition Toyota iQ, called the iQ Urban Art was created by award-winning artist Joana Vasconcelos. There are only five editions going on sale, each one featuring a color scheme inspired ...
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Official: Opel/Vauxhall Adam zooms into Europe's supermini fray [w/video] 1342094280
We've done a triple-take with the Opel/Vauxhall Adam, and after two rounds of grainy spy shots, this third official look brings the car into crisp, clear focus. From the looks of these photos, we like it a bit more than we thought we did initially. Yes, it's got plenty of Audi A1 going on in that ...
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Spy Shots: Opel Adam hatch caught sans camo 1341863940
Two weeks ago we brought you some of the worst spy shots ever, revealing the forthcoming Opel Adam minicar. Today we've got more. These are remarkably better – yet still low res – shots of Opel's long-gestating competitor to the Volkswagen Up! But hey, they're better than nothing, ...
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Official: ECOmove's QBEAK nears launch, gets Frost & Sullivan award 1331748060
QBEAK, the city electric vehicle that's been pitched by Denmark-based ECOmove over the past year and a half, received this year's 'European Electric Vehicles Early Stage Investment Opportunity Award' from UK-based Frost & Sullivan, which said that ECOmove is "very close" to starting sales of ...
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Report: Switzerland-based Catecar extended-range vehicle is tested in Geneva 1328392140
A Switzerland-based company is testing an extended-range plug-in mini-vehicle that it says gets more than 200 miles per gallon and has a single-tank range of more than 300 miles, according to website TechnologicVehicles.com. The company, Catecar, tested a prototype of the vehicle at the Geneva ...
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Tokyo: EV-STER rear-wheel drive electric sports car looks to recapture Honda's sporting spirit 1322665260
Honda has whipped the sheets off of its EV-STER, a rear-wheel drive electric roadster not dissimilar in size and scope to the late, lamented Beat kei car. If you're looking for a successor to Honda's S2000 or a Mazda MX-5 Miata rival, this isn't it – the EV-STER is significantly smaller ...
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Report: Scion sets 2012 iQ sales target at up to 2,000/month 1320242280
According to Ward's Auto, Scion is confident enough in its upcoming iQ minicar that a U.S. sales target of 1,000 to 2,000 units per month has been set. While that may not sound like much, remember that the iQ will have a staggered rollout across the U.S., beginning with the West Coast this Fall, ...
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Honda launches $8,018, 47-mpg Brio minicar in India 1317301800
The India arm of Honda Motor has officially launched its fuel-sipping Brio minicar, joining its Japanese rivals in the fight for a chunk of India's lucrative minicar segment. Toyota launched its Etios Liva in April of 2011 and Nissan rolled out its Micra in mid-2010. The no-frills Brio starts at ...
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Report: Upcoming Honda minicar to feature stop-start technology, 59 mpg 1317211260
After a four-plus-year hiatus, Honda will resume production of minicars (a.k.a. Kei cars, vehicles with engine displacements of 660 cc or less) for Japan. Coming first for the Honda line-up is a yet-to-be unveiled wagon-type minivehicle that's scheduled to roll off the lines this ...
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Toyota launches Pixis Space minivehicle in Japan 1317060240
Over in Japan, Toyota Motor just launched the Pixis Space, the automaker's first-ever passenger minivehicle sold with a Toyota badge and the microvan will soon arrive at more than 200 Toyota dealerships nationwide. Toyota says the Pixis Space, a rebadged Daihatsu Move Conte, has been designed to ...

