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Hyundai i20 (2014): first pictures of grown-up new supermini

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 11 August 2014 07:30 Here is the new 2014 Hyundai i20 supermini, unveiled this morning ahead of a Paris motor show debut in October. Designed in Europe and built in Turkey, this is a Europe-focused supermini and benefits from a new, pumped-up platform designed to close the gap between the i20 and class leaders such as the Ford Fiesta and VW Polo. Hyundai is claiming one of the most spacious cabins in the B-segment, thanks to a wheelbase stretched by 45mm – a couple of inches longer than before.

BMW Group unveils in-car G-force and tea-drinking engine

BMW AND Mini have today unveiled pioneering new technologies that produce artificial G-force and even let an engine run on tea leaves. BMW has revealed plans for a system called Force Injection Booster (FIB), which when activated fires artificial gravity at the driver and passenger through the air conditioning vents. But the style-conscious needn’t worry, because the German firm has also patented AirNet, the world’s first in-car hair protection technology.

Autoweek in review: What you might have missed

The rain-delayed Daytona 500 provided multiple headlines this year: Matt Kenseth won the big race, while Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a jet dryer under caution and Brad Keselowski tweeted from his race car. It was a 500 to remember as NASCAR went prime-time on Fox on Monday night. Click here for all of the Daytona 500 coverage.