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Audi’s first plug-in hybrid will hit the UK by 2015, with the electric-assisted drivetrain installed in the A3. E-tron versions of the next-generation A4 and Q7 will follow, as Audi gets serious about plug-ins, and takes the fight to BMW’s forthcoming range of ‘born electric’ i cars. Audi A3 e-tron: the full lowdown Audi UK’s number-crunchers have been trying to ...

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Audi A3 e-tron (2015) to launch Audi’s plug-in hybrid attack

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Phil McNamara, 23 January 2013 08:50

Audi's new Quattro to be an Evoque-style crossover

Georg Kacher and Ollie Kew, 03 October 2012 10:00

There’s more disappointment afoot for fans of Audi concept cars. After previous admissions that Ingolstadt wouldn’t build the R8 V12 TDi or an electric successor to the A2, CAR can now reveal that a production version of the Quattro concept first seen at the 2012 Paris motor show has also been canned. However, a high performance Quattro-inspired coupe could still ...

Audi pulls plug on €40k A2 electric car

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Ollie Kew and Georg Kacher, 05 June 2012 07:00

CAR can reveal that Audi has cancelled its electric A2 city car project, citing concerns over the model's projected €40,000 price tag. But the A2 is not the only Audi to be put on ice in Audi's electric car review. The A1 e-tron also looks to have been axed, as Audi slims down its future EV plans. Why has the Audi A2 EV been ...

Hyundai reveals i-oniq concept teaser

Tim Kendall, 15 December 2011 17:19

Hyundai has hinted at its future design direction with this single teaser shot of its ‘i-oniq’ concept car. Further details will be revealed in the run-up to next March's 2012 Geneva show, but judging by this glimpse, the concept will take the form of a large coupe with a hatchback tail. It stops short of the full shooting-brake silhouette, but ...

Subaru BRZ (2012) - more on FT-86's shy sister

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Mark Hamilton, 26 September 2011 09:42

Since the joint venture between Toyota and Subaru was announced in 2009, we've seen four concept cars from Toyota of its version, the FT-86/Scion FR-S. But barring some unfortunate-looking Impreza based engineering mules, we've yet to see the Subaru edition. That situation didn't change at the recent 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, where Subaru once again exhibited the rear-drive platform of ...

Peugeot EX1 concept (2010) sets 'Ring record

Mark Hamilton, 04 May 2011 16:26

Peugeot is not the first brand you'd suspect of testing at Germany's Nurburgring circuit. But not only has it taken its 2010 EX1 concept sports car to the infamous German circuit, but it's claimed a lap record. I'm sick of Nurburgring records. Why should I care about the Peugeot EX1? Because the EX1 concept car is an electric car. Under that rakish and ...

Mini Rocketman concept (2011): a guided tour

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Mark Hamilton, 07 March 2011 12:43

Anders Warming, Mini's new chief designer who took over from Gert Hildebrand in December 2010, spoke to CAR about the new Rocketman concept car at the 2011 Geneva motor show. Here's the Danish designer's guided tour to the Rocketman - and thoughts on Mini design in the future. CAR: Mini Rocketman: tell us about the front view Anders Warming: 'The front view of the ...

CAR interviews Mazda design chief Ikuo Maeda (2010)

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Tim Pollard, 02 September 2010 13:30

CAR has been out to Italy to see the world premier of the new Mazda Shinari concept car. It's the car that ushers in chief designer Ikuo Maeda's new Kodo design mantra, a sharper, faster stylistic treatment that will take over from Laurens van den Acker's Nagare vision. Maeda is the first Japanese design boss for a generation – it ...

Mazda's new design strategy revealed in autumn 2010

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Tim Pollard, 22 June 2010 21:56

Mazda will show off its first 'post-Nagare' concept car in autumn 2010 – providing a glimpse into the future design strategy under the new styling boss. Nagare has been the design mantra at Mazda since the series of concepts kicked off in 2006 with the eponymous show car, each influenced by flowing waves and patterns from nature. But since the ...

British EV prototype competes for $10m prize

Sam Burnett, 08 March 2010 16:05

A Silverstone-based company has emerged as the only British (and European) contender for the $10m Automotive X-Prize, a competition to find the most environmentally friendly car on the planet. Delta Motorsport’s E-4 Coupe concept has been accepted into the next stage of the X-Prize competition and the company now has to prepare a fully functioning prototype. What’s the Automotive X-Prize ...

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