Hyundai Australia has announced the arrival of the i40 sedan, which expands its range of mid-sized passenger cars to three distinct models.
The i45 has been on the market the longest, while the i40 Tourer launched here in 2011. Now, the i40 sedan provides the i45 with a slightly smaller, slightly sportier sibling – a model strategy similar to Honda’s twinning of the Accord and Accord Euro.
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• Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk held a conference call on Tuesday morning to allay concerns that the departures of two executives indicated broader problems within the California-based company. Tesla announced last Friday that Peter Rawlinson, the company’s vice president and chief engineer, left for undisclosed personal reasons. Mr. Musk said on Tuesday’s call that Nick Sampson, a chassis engineering supervisor, was dismissed. After falling 19 percent on Friday afternoon, Tesla’s stock was rebounding on Tuesday morning. The company still intends to sell its Model S sedan this summer and reveal a prototype of the Model X, Tesla’s third vehicle, on Feb. 9, Mr. Musk said.
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Dressed in baby-blue clear coat and spinning a new twin-turbo engine generating more than 550 horsepower, the 2012 BMW M5 sedan was revealed online Wednesday.
Not unexpectedly, the car, which goes on sale in the United States early next year, closely echoes the prototype shown at the Shanghai auto show in April.
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The Lexus LF-Gh hybrid concept will make its global debut at the 2011 New York International Auto Show. The concept, which sets out to redefine the premium grand touring sedan, will be at the Lexus display through May 1.
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