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Nissan Leaf wins Car of the Year in Japan

The Nissan Leaf electric car has won Japan's Car of the Year award. It's the first time in the award's history that the honor has gone to an electric car. The Leaf was praised for its high-performance electric motor, quietness, ride comfort and handling stability.

UPDATED: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette LT1 V8 to make 460 hp, 465 lb-ft

UPDATED 5/28/2013: Chevrolet has officially rated the 2014 Corvette Stingray LT1 V8 at 460 hp at 6,000 rpm and 465 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm. Chevy claims up to 316 lb-ft of torque is available starting at 1,000 rpm. Check out complete LT1 details below, and look for an upcoming breakdown of the latest LT1.

Italdesign Giugiaro debuts electric Clipper MPV

The Volkswagen T-ROC wasn't the only Geneva Motor Show concept unveiled this week that uses the Golf platform, Italdesign Giugiaro unveiled an MPV concept that managed to turn quite a few heads. Italdesign is owned by Volkswagen, so this design and engineering exercise seemed like a no-brainer, allowing the company to show off an extra concept car in an entirely different wrapper. The Clipper an all-wheel drive six-seat MPV sitting on the MQB platform, which Volkswagen is keen to expand beyond the Golf and the next-generation Scirocco, and it features two electric motors producing 149-hp each, one for each axle.