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Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid: first official photos

By Ben Whitworth First Official Pictures 16 September 2008 15:08 This is the first official photograph of the new Chevrolet Volt – GM's landmark petrol-electric plug-in hybrid car, unveiled today to mark the General's centenary. CAR Online dropped into the centenary event and has the full photographs and details of the Chevy Volt and the other announcements made today. New Chevrolet Volt: is it the car to save GM?Amid an orchestrated flurry of congratulatory backslapping, GM pulled the wraps off the production version of its Volt – the car and technology tasked with hauling the General back from the brink of financial collapse.It's a landmark car for GM – and one of the first cars to evolve hybrids to be revealed in production spec.

Mercedes-Benz reveals new V-class

Mercedes-Benz has returned to the luxury MPV ranks with a resurrection of the V-class – the commercial vehicle based multiseat van first introduced to the German car maker’s lineup in 1996. Positioned as an upmarket rival to the likes of the popular Volkswagen Multivan, the new V-class was conceived and developed in a joint-engineering program with the third-generation Vito, which it will be produced with at Mercedes-Benz’s Vitoria factory in Spain. Set to go on sale in Europe shortly after its public debut at the Geneva auto show in early March, the V-class is being considered for sale in the U.S.

Toyota begins making fixes

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. said its dealers across the country have received the parts, information and training they need to fix accelerator pedals in recalled Toyotas and that repairs have begun.