Before the US Treasury has even approved the proposed alliance between Chrysler and Fiat – in which the Italian carmaker would take a 35 percent stake in the troubled American company – the first tiff has broken out between the two manufacturers.

Last week, Chrysler went on record saying that Fiat, in taking a 35 percent [...]

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The French, I don’t get. Love ‘em of course: mad as snakes and randy as hell, but I just don’t get them. Too many contradictions. Take Gerard Depardieu for instance. He’s got a head like a Burbank potato, yet, in France, is considered a sex symbol. But also a sex symbol is the knees-meltingly gorgeous [...]

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Honda have launched the Freed compact minivan in Japan, which delivers seating for up to eight people in a package that uses just 6.1 litres of fuel per 100km.

Based on the same platform as the Honda Jazz, the Freed lays claim to being the first true 8-seater in the small car class. Of course, it’s [...]

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Earlier this week, Toyota launched the next generation of its flagship JDM luxo-van. Unlike the rest of the civilized world, in Japanland a minivan can actually serve as luxury vehicle. It makes sense; they offer plenty of headroom, space for cargo or factory installed amenities, and contortion-free entry/egress for panty-eschewing Hollywood starlets. It’s no wonder [...]

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Mazda announced a new minivan for the JDM market today, called the Biante. Specs are sparse at the moment but it looks to be one notch larger than the existing MPV. As you can see the styling is, um, interesting. It’s taken the whole tall headlight look to a new extreme, extending them all the [...]

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Mazda has announced that it will reveal the all-new Mazda2 (known as Mazda Demio in Japan) sedan to the public at the 2007 Guangzhou Motor Show on November 20, 2007.

The all-new Mazda2 sedan is produced by Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. at its Nanjing plant, and will go on sale in the first half [...]

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The world’s largest motor show is due to begin on the 13th of September in Frankfurt, Germany. If you’re a CarUpdate regular you will be aware that the last couple of months have seen manufacturers announcing various new models and concepts that will be debuting to the public, for the first time ever at the [...]

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