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Ford has today opened up its new B-Max, literally. The new B-Max is almost a wanton show-off next to the Fusion that it replaces. It's a mini-MPV with sliding rear doors, a bit like those on the ill-fated Peugeot 1007. They're more normally found on full-size or compact MPVs, such as Ford's own C-Max range. So what's so clever about the Ford B-Max's ...

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Ford B-Max at 2012 Geneva motor show

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Tim Pollard, 09 February 2012 23:00

Fiat 500L (2012) first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 03 February 2012 09:12

Fiat will show its new addition to the 500 range at the 2012 Geneva motor show: the new 500L mini MPV. It's designed to squeeze MPV practicality into the footprint of a B-segment city car – with a sprinkling of SUV style raised ride height. Turin says the 'L' badge stands for large. So, you guessed it, this is a ...

Dacia Lodgy MPV ice racer (2011) first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 14 November 2011 17:06

Strip away the ice-racing livery – this is being presented as Alain Prost's ice slider for the 2011-12 Trophee Andros – and this is the new Dacia Lodgy, as revealed in our artist's impression. That unusual name signifies the budget brand's new small MPV, which could come to the UK. We won't see the new Lodgy in roadgoing spec until ...

Seat unveils electric Altea, Leon plug-in hybrid (2011)

Tim Pollard, 14 November 2011 10:00

Seat has unveiled a pair of prototype electric cars to underline its commitment to EVs: the Altea XL Electric Ecomotive full electric car and the Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive plug-in hybrid. Martorell has also confirmed plans to build hybrids in 2015 and electric cars from 2016. They'll be designed, developed and manufactured in Spain, as the VW group devolves green car ...

Mercedes B-class (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 25 August 2011 08:00

This is the new 2012 Mercedes B-class, the first in a new family of small Mercs. It presages the new A-class – due later in 2012 – and a suite of new compact models, including a coupe and an off-roader. So take note of the new B-class. The hardware you see here will pop up across future small Mercedes. Merc ...

Mercedes B-class (2012): the first look inside

Tim Pollard, 29 July 2011 14:50

Mercedes is giving its new small car range a much more modern cabin. This first official photo inside the new 2012 Merc B-class reveals a cockpit with distinctive round air vents from the SLK and a heavily stylised dashboard. We've been to Mercedes' Italian design studio to sit inside the new B-class and can report it's a much slicker affair ...

Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 first of string of new Peugeot hybrids

Tim Pollard, 28 June 2011 08:56

Peugeot will launch the new 3008 HYbrid4 crossover in autumn 2011 as the world's first diesel-electric hybrid car - and it's the first in a string of hybrid cars coming from Peugeot and Citroen. The 3008 HYbrid4 will be followed by a brace of 508 hybrids in spring 2011, and engineers have told CAR that any car on the mid-sized ...

Volkswagen Bulli (2011) at 2011 Geneva motor show

Tim Pollard, 28 February 2011 21:30

This is the new VW Bulli, a small electric MPV unveiled on the eve of the 2011 Geneva motor show. 'Bulli' was the German name for the 1950's T1, what the US market called the Microbus, and the new Bulli concept is an evolution of the lovely Microbus concept revealed in 2001. The new concept is smaller than Microbus concept and ...

Kia KV7 concept car (2011) at the Detroit auto show

Tim Pollard, 10 January 2011 19:00

Kia whisked the covers off the KV7 concept car at the 2011 Detroit auto show this afternoon. These are the first official pictures of the KV7, a spectacular gullwing people carrier that's as bamboozling to look at as an adventurous Korean lunch to a westerner. Kia's KV7: the background The Kia KV7 is an SUV-MPV crossover, designed at Kia's Californian styling ...

Hyundai ix20 and facelifted i10 (2010) first photos

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Tim Pollard, 14 September 2010 14:48

After the design sketches, now it's the real McCoy: the new Hyundai ix20 mini-MPV.No surprises for guessing it's the Hyundai equivalent of the Kia Venga. Engineered and designed in Europe, the ix20 is the second car – after the bigger ix35 crossover – to adopt the family's new 'fluidic sculpture' design look.The ix20 will be on UK sale from November ...

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