FORD CEO ALAN MULLALY took the wraps off the Ford’s upcoming Indian-market Figo city car today, revealing a vehicle that the American automaker hopes will become a big seller in the emerging Indian small car market.

To be built at Ford’s Indian assembly plant in Chennai, the Figo will take on the Maruti Suzuki Alto and [...]

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We’ve all seen them lurking outside supermarkets and inside shopping centres, and odds are most of us have ridden one at some stage in our lives. But does a kid-size fibreglass Postman Pat van have what it takes be be a practical road-going vehicle?

We’d say no, but Englishman Perry Watkins has taken the plunge anyway [...]

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The common assumption that small cars offer the worst crash protection is one that refuses to go away. The logic goes that the less metal there is between you and whatever you’re about to hit, the more likely you’ll sustain serious injury.The smaller the car, the bigger the trauma.

However, Toyota’s tiny iQ city car has [...]

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We’re amazed it’s taken this long for a major manufacturer to commit to a decently-sized electric car for the masses. Fortunately, it appears that after years of empty promises from big automakers and garden-shed startups alike, Nissan will be the first marque to offer such a vehicle.

Nissan’s European product executive Pierre Loing hinted earlier that [...]

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Perky, breezy, not too squeezy, and more than a bit of fun to poke around town.

Toyota’s Yaris has ‘city smart’ written all over it. In updated YRX trim, it comes with a bit more style and a few more goodies. Even better, in five-door hatch form, it offers surprising accessibility and interior space to [...]

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ADELAIDE, 22 December 2008. GM Holden today announced the production of a new locally-built four cylinder addition to the Holden line-up to be produced at its Elizabeth plant in South Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, South Australian Premier Mike Rann, and Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr were on hand to underscore the importance of the [...]

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