The all-new Ford Fiesta is the latest application of the company’s kinetic design philosophy, building on the exciting momentum of Ford’s distinctive iosis and iosis X concept cars and the premium feel of latest-generation production models like the new Mondeo and Focus, bringing the modern Ford of Europe family style to the small car segment.

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Germany wants to put 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020, and it looks like the first of them will be the Lilliputian Smart fortwo EV that starts rolling off an assembly line in November.

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The new 2010 911 GT3 RS goes on sale in the U.S. in early spring of 2010 and will be priced at $132,800. We’ll see it in person at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. For now, sate your German desires with the press release and gallery below.

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Looking to bring zip to the brand, Scion will add the iQ small car in the fall of 2010.

MSN Autos

The Hyundai Equus is doing its homework on the American market before it arrives in the fourth quarter of 2010. We took a ride in the upscale sedan during the Pebble Beach weekend in Monterey, and from our brief time aboard, we guess that, if it’s priced right, it will do just as well as its only-slightly-less luxurious kin, the Genesis.

Autoblog

Over the past few days there has been a lot of chatter about the upcoming BMW hybrid concept for Frankfurt. Like usual we will have to wait until the vehicle’s official debut to get the whole picture, but up until now this is what we are sure of. The concept car, supposed to be called EfficientDynamics Vision will be a mix of classic BMW design and a modern, more aggressive coupé shape.

Top Speed

These are preview images that have been released for the 2010 Range Rover Sport that will be on display at the 2009 New York Auto Show this week. The RR Sports features a 5.0L direct-injection Jaguar V8 engine that’s mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. The engine produces 375-hp and a 0-60-mph time of 5.9 seconds. The exterior of the car has a new two-bar grille that’s centered in the newly restyled front end as well as new rear tail lamps and a newly redesigned rear bumper. The interior has been revamped with new high quality materials and new steering wheel. This new SUV definitely places on emphasis on being sporty.

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The American auto industry is hanging by a thread, with the fate of General Motors and Chrysler largely in the hands of the federal government. Taxpayer loans are keeping them alive for now, but their long-term success will depend on whether they have the cars and trucks that people desire.

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The tagline for Great Wall Motor Corporation of China is “Driving your colorful life!” Well, the makers of the Sailor, Safe, Sing, Socool, Deer, and Florid vehicles has another one in the pipeline, but this one is not so pithily named: the CHC011. It looks like it started off as a Mercedes CLS clone but then got lifted and slapped with bits left over from the new Star Trek movie.

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Back in 2004, when Toyota (TM) launched the Scion brand to grow into a younger niche, Scion’s xB showed that young buyers weren’t only into slammed Civics and souped-up Mustangs. A boxy, strange-looking vehicle, the xB was more about a rolling living room than a fast set of wheels. Now Nissan (NSANY) and Kia would like a piece of that action. They are using the original xB formula and coming to market with the Cube, for Nissan, and the Soul, for Kia, both of which are smaller than the latest-gen xB, which has grown bloated and more expensive than the original box that launched the Scion brand.

BusinessWeek