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Hyundai to eschew electric cars

Hyundai Blue2 is Hyundai's future - not electric cars We were beginning to think that we were a lone voice in the wilderness crying about the futility of the headline dive in to developing electric cars. But we’re not – Hyundai has decided to eschew electric car development. Hyundai has declared that in future they are to concentrate on hybrid car development (which we still feel offers a negative cost/benefit advantage for cheaper cars) and hydrogen fuel cells – of which we approve enormously.

2013 Hyundai Santa Fe revealed

2013 Hyundai Santa Fe arrives on Twitter The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe – the car we thought would be the Hyundai ix45 – has been revealed ahead of a debut at the New York Motor Show in April. If there’s a design hole in the Hyundai range – the one car Hyundai hasn’t bashed with its ‘Fluidic Stick’ – it’s the Santa Fe. But that looks set to change at next month’s New York Motor Show with the reveal of the 2013 Santa Fe.

Mazda Hazumi Concept previews new Mazda2 – teased for Geneva Motor Show

The Mazda Hazumi Concept (pictured) teased ahead of Geneva Mazda are gearing up for the Geneva Motor Show next week with the first teaser image of the Mazda Hazumi Concept. The Hazumi Concept – which apparently means ‘Spring up’ or ‘bound’ (as in ‘bound around’ not ‘bound up’) – is the firts clear view of the next generation Mazda 2 featuring the latest iteration of Mazda’s Kodo design language and clearly takes design cues from the new Mazda3. We’ll get more details on the Hazumi/new Mazda2 as Geneva approaches, but we’re expecting it to spawn a production version of the next generation Mazda 2 that will go on sale before the end of 2014.