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Mercedes E Class gets AMG Pack

Mercedes quietly unveiled the 2009 Mercedes Benz E Class at Detroit. Quietly, because it wasn’t actually planned, but due to details leaking out ahead of the show, it seems Mercedes decided they may as well get the reveal over. Bigger than the last generation E Class, the new E Class gets a complete styling overhaul, with a new style in keeping with Mercedes more recent ‘Family’ looks.

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Own exclusive Jaguar XJ press kit when you subscribe By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 15 July 2009 12:35 To celebrate our new September 2009 issue of CAR Magazine starring the new 2010 XJ on the cover, we’ve persuaded Jaguar to give new subscribers a money-can’t-buy multimedia press kit of the important new limousine. Click here to take advantage of CAR’s exclusive offer. Usually reserved for journalists, the lavish presentation pack tells the full engineering and design story of the new Jaguar XJ and is bursting with exclusive design sketches and cutaway drawings.

Kia GT and Provo look to be heading in to production

The recent Kia Provo Concept and the impressive Kia GT look like they’re heading in to production as Kia move upmarket. Equally, the stunning Kia GT concept we saw at 2 years ago at Frankfurt  - a swoopy coupe Kia take on the Mercedes CLS – was equally convincing, although we’d begun to think Kia had gone cold on the idea of putting the Kia GT in to production. But Auto Express are reporting that both the Provo (with a change of name ) and the GT are close to being signed off for production after a conversation with Benny Oeyen, Kia’s marketing boss in Europe.