Hyundai has revealed a brand new Tucson, following the same design as their new Sonata.
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Subaru unveils WRX STI Special Edition
Subaru has unveiled a Special Edition of their Impreza WRX STI at the LA Auto Show.
Special edition Range Rover makes North American debut
Land Rover’s Autobiography Limited Edition of the Range Rover Sport has made its North American debut in LA.
Hybrid Supercar Launched at LA Auto Show
Now, my general policy with hybrids is “AVOID”. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that they aren’t any good, but people keep buying them, and it sickens me. This is a bit different from your average hybrid though. It’s called the Capstone CMT 380, and it’s got 96 lithium-ion batteries doing the electric power, but instead of an internal combustion engine working with it, you get a biodiesel-powered micro-turbine, essentially a jet engine.
Pardon the lack of pictures, as it’s hard to find a good picture of it, but I’ll try and compensate with some details. The car has an electronically limited top speed of 150mph, which isn’t much, but it accelerates from 0-60 in just 3.9 seconds, which should be plenty.
The range is 80 miles on the battery, and 500 miles with the turbine. Capstone claims emissions are “ultra-low”, but no exact figures are available.
Capstone usually makes micro-turbines to power office blocks, which is where they’ve gotten the turbine from. The car itself was designed by Richard Hilleman though, a video games millionaire.
They plan to make 10 to 15 cars, each at a price of about 285,000 USD. They will probably be sold in kit car form.
Sounds interesting, but I’m still not too convinced. There aren’t enough details on it to judge.
Source: Autocar
Next generation Hyundai Sonata unveiled
Hyundai has unveiled its next generation Sonata at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It’s a very good looking car, a far cry from Hyundai’s original image of horrible, cheap cars. It has a Mercedes CLS style body, 4-doors in a coupe shape.
North American Mazda2 debuts
Mazda has debuted the North American version of the Mazda2 at the LA Auto Show.
New Toyota Sienna
Toyota has released a new Sienna at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
It’s taking a bit of an interesting approach compared to other minivans. It looks a bit sporty, albeit ugly at the front end, especially if you go for the SE trim, which I’ll go into further detail about a bit later.
VW New Beetle Final Edition
Apparently the Dodge Viper isn’t the only car we’ll have to say good-bye to soon. The Volkswagen New Beetle will be replaced by a new one soon, and Volkswagen have decided that the Beetle needs a good bye, just like the Viper. So they’ve released a special edition called the Final Edition at the LA Auto Show.
2010 Green Car of the Year finalists
The five finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the Year award have been announced at the LA Auto Show.
Infiniti G37 sedan facelift unveiled at Los Angeles Auto Show
Besides the new M, Infiniti has also unveiled an updated G37 sedan at the LA Auto Show. Unlike the M though, it’s a facelift rather than a total makeover.