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Hyundai plots brave new MPV future

Rated 4 out of 5

Jed Maxwell, 24 October 2008 09:00

Hyundai’s president believes his firm’s future lies in MPVs and more derivatives of its existing models. Kun-Hee Ahn, chief of the Korean firm’s European operation said: 'The world is currently a very unfriendly place for SUVs. For us the future has two directions. We will do more MPVs: our smaller B and C segment i20 and i30 will each have ...

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Hyundai plots brave new MPV future

Rated 4 out of 5

Jed Maxwell, 24 October 2008 09:00

Hyundai’s president believes his firm’s future lies in MPVs and more derivatives of its existing models. Kun-Hee Ahn, chief of the Korean firm’s European operation said: 'The world is currently a very unfriendly place for SUVs. For us the future has two directions. We will do more MPVs: our smaller B and C segment i20 and i30 will each have ...

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Peugeot Prologue concept: first photos

Rated 3 out of 5

Ben Pulman, 16 September 2008 11:14

This is Peugeot’s Prologue, a Paris motor show concept that preview 2009’s 3008 MPV. It’s another dot-dot-dot concept to join the RC, but the Peugeot Prologue is production ready. There’s a big egg-crate grille, boomerang rear lights and a full-length glass roof, but apart from toning down the big bumpers and sills, the Prologue should become the 3008 MPV with few ...

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Chevrolet Orlando MPV concept: first photos

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Tim Pollard and Richard Yarrow, 09 September 2008 11:00

Chevrolet's transformation continues unabated with the new Orlando seven-seat MPV. Unless you've been on an unusually long and distant summer holiday, you will have noticed that every manufacturer is whetting gourmands' appetites for a feast of new metal at the Paris motor show 2008 – and the Orlando is one of a handful of new Chevrolets being readied for the ...

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Subaru’s seven-seat Exiga: first pictures

Rated 2 out of 5

Ben Whitworth, 17 June 2008 12:08

This is the Exiga, Subaru’s rather straightlaced seven-seat people carrier, designed to bridge the gap between the current Legacy and Tribeca. Based on existing Legacy architecture, the Exiga has a long 2750mm wheelbase, and at 4750mm long, 1775mm wide and 1660mm high, it’s roughly the same size as Ford’s S-Max. There’s a choice of two engines – both 2.0-litre petrols ...

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Subaru Exiga: first pictures

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Tim Pollard, 19 May 2008 12:08

Subaru doesn't like to follow the herd. It's why the Japanese car maker sticks to boxer engines and four-wheel drive where others pick the cheaper, simpler option. And when it comes to MPVs, it's the same story. Not for Subaru the big, boxy people carriers of the Lego building block school of design. This new Exiga, announced today with this ...

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Hyundai HED-5

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Jonny Smith, 07 March 2008 17:13

What’s new on Hyundai’s Geneva Motor Show stand? Reinventing the Trajet by all accounts. Everyone’s doing MPVs now so it’s time to spice up the long toothed Hyundai under the concept codename of HED-5. It’s pretty outrageous. Remember all those curves when the first gen Coupe came out? The HED-5 ‘i-mode’ trumps it. Like the current popularity of rap music ...

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Opel Meriva concept

Rated 3 out of 5

Ben Barry, 05 March 2008 15:08

What’s new on the Opel/Vauxhall stand at Geneva? Opel (Vauxhall wasn’t represented) chose to showcase the Meriva concept for the first time in Geneva. It features the FlexDoor system – a combination of conventional front doors and rear-hinged rear ‘suicide’ doors. Unlike the similarly apertured Mazda RX-8 – where the two doors interlock to close, eliminating the B-pillar –the B-pillar ...

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Vauxhall Meriva concept

Rated 3 out of 5

Ben Pulman, 28 February 2008 11:45

This is Vauxhall’s new Meriva, and it will be the first mini-MPV with suicide doors. The car in our pictures is the concept, set to be unveiled at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. It gives us huge hints towards the final look of the production car, which will be shown at the Paris show in autumn 2008. The doors, which ...

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Vauxhall Zafira

Rated 1.5 out of 5

Tim Pollard, 15 February 2008 15:14

Vauxhall is about to give its Zafira MPV – Britain’s best-selling people carrier – a spruce-up. The facelifted model arrives in time for the new March 2008 ‘08’ number plate, but buyers will be hard pressed to notice the changes: new chrome detailing on the grille, different foglight surrounds, and redesigned lights front and rear give the game away. So ...

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Volkswagen Routan

Rated 2.5 out of 5

Ben Pulman, 07 February 2008 14:38

Volkswagen’s Routan minivan is here, with European-inspired style for the US masses. Based on a Chrysler Grand Voyager the Routan is over five metres long and will use the American car’s engines. In standard form the Routan will be powered by a 3.8-litre 194bhp V6, mated to a six speed automatic ‘box. If you want more grunt then there’s a ...

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