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Smart ForTwo (2015): it's the Smart Mk3

By James Clark First Official Pictures 16 July 2014 19:30 Daimler this evening unveiled the new 2015 Smart ForTwo - the third iteration of the world's most recognisable city car. Retaining many of the details that made the original ForTwo so popular, the new Smart features all-new tech with a fundamentally new architecture. City driving is the ForTwo’s bread and butter.

German car makers are dropping big engines

[ad#ad-1] It’s the trend at the moment, and one that won’t go down very well with our American cousins, who are fond of saying that ‘There ain’t no substitute for cubic inches’, as the three big luxury German Car Companies – Audi BMW and Mercedes – are planning to move away from their big ‘V’ engines. BMW V10 - on the way out The news started last week, when Audi let it be known that their new S5 will not use the V8, but will instead use a supercharged V6. Earlier this week, news came from BMW that its next generation of ‘M’ cars will forsake the V10s so beloved of M owners, and will instead go for turbo versions of the V8.

Air-powered car edges closer to reality

FANCY a car that runs on thin air? We all would, and Peugeot is almost ready to turn it from science-fiction to science-fact. The firm is ready to actually demonstrate its Hybrid Air technology, where a 208 supermini runs partly on petrol and partly on compressed air, resulting in astonishing fuel economy figures topping 140mpg.