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The Hongqi L5 is the most expensive Chinese car you can buy

China's oldest car company rolled out its first vehicle on Aug. 1, 1958; it was a chrome-lined black sedan designed -- like the pastiche of 1950s cars it resembled, including the Packard-esque Chaika -- to strike equal amounts of fear and inspiration into the revolutionaries. In Chinese, "Hongqi" in means "red flag," the most potent symbol of the Chinese Communist Party, making it a fitting name for a company that supplied the apparatchik.

Will this Datsun crossover concept be a new Nissan CUV?

We've heard a lot about Datsun in the past few months. The defunct-but-returning brand was part of the inspiration for the Nissan IDx concepts seen at the Detroit auto show, but Nissan has been talking about selling cars under the Datsun brand in developing markets like India, Russia and Indonesia since last July. The company released a concept sketch on Wednesday of a small people carrier, set to debut at the Delhi Auto Expo in February.

New Honda Vezel crossover on sale in U.S. mid-2014; new turbo engines coming

Honda is ready to take a run at one of the U.S. auto industry's fastest-growing segments: compact, sporty crossovers. The Honda Vezel -- a small crossover based on Honda's redesigned Fit subcompact -- goes on sale in Japan on Dec.