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Following rumours that Lexus has been working on a small crossover to slot below the RX (pictured), Automotive News Europe reports that the production-ready CUV will bow at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show next March. Later this year, Lexus will preview this new crossover by way of a concept car at ...

Organizers for the Tokyo Motor Show have a problem on their hands. Ever since the financial crisis, the biannual auto show has been on a downturn. Though 2011's attendance of 842,600 visitors was an improvement of 37 per cent from 2009, the overall trend is downward from 1.43 million visitors in ...

There was nary a peep of discontent about the looks of the Subaru Advanced Tourer concept revealed at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. But when everyone was clamoring for Scooby to transfer the Advanced Tourer's looks to a production vehicle, never once did people ask for that transfer to be foisted ...

The Suzuki Regina concept shown at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Show was an unusual little piece of green. We don't want to get our hopes up about production – especially since we'll probably never get it in North America anyway – but the Regina will be returning to the spotlights again at ...

Las Vegas, NV - As far as new model introductions go, it was certainly a strange one. The invitation from Acura revealed nothing about which cars would, in fact, be making their debut, although we knew there would be two all-new models. No photography would be allowed at this ...

Funny thing about the Tokyo Motor Show is that it's one of the last such shows of the year, so you'd think it'd be about as anticipated as leftover pizza in the fridge. But that's just not the case. On the contrary, it's a very big thing for the public and media alike, probably because each Tokyo ...

Combining electric propulsion with a performance orientation is a delicate balance. Tesla managed to pull it off to some success. Audi has toyed with the idea with its E-Tron concepts. And some have been experimenting with bringing F1's KERS regenerative braking system to road-going sports cars. ...

Turns out the Volkswagen Cross Coupé concept shown off at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show was for testing audience reaction. And apparently the reaction was positive enough to the integrated grille and sloping hindquarters that the picaresque four-door SUV could inspire a production version ...

Maybe you've seen My Fair Lady – the musical story of an ordinary girl turned into someone altogether more elegant. Now meet Miss Fairlady. Borrowing the name from the original JDM version of the Nissan Z, Miss Fairlady is the Japanese automaker's program for training its show-stand ...

Toyota is flush with buzz surrounding the company's new 86 sports car, and that could translate into additional performance models if the vehicle's chief engineer has anything to say about it. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Tetsuya Tada, the mind that brought the Toyota 86 to life, ...