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New MINI teased in competition to attend the reveal (video)

New MINI teased in competition to attend the reveal It may be a few more weeks until the new MIN I is unveiled – 18th November, Sir Alec Issigonis’ birthday – but MINI is already upping the tease with a new competition. The reveal of the new MINI is scheduled to happen simultaneously at events in London, Los Angels and Shanghai and MINI are offering the chance to get an invite to one of the three reveals for three lucky winners. If you want to in with a chance of attending the first reveal of the new MINI – before its proper public debut at both the Los Angeles and Tokyo Motor Shows –  then head over to MINI’s New MINI website to jump through a few hoops and enter.

Peugeot 207 Verve – 2010 updates

Peugeot has updated the 207 Verve for 2010 Now I don’t want you to get too excited at the prospect of the 2010 updates on the Peugeot 207 Verve. They’re not what you’d call extensive. In fact the only bit of any real significance is that the 207 Verve gets extra engine choices.

Carlos Ghosn's automaker mantra: Go big or you'll go away

Size matters in auto company survival, Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told an audience in Detroit on Tuesday. To cope with the escalating costs and scope of a global industry, successful automakers must complete a trifecta--be able to compete in every technology, every market and every segment, Ghosn said during a luncheon speech at the Detroit Economic Club “No 3 million-unit carmaker can make it,” Ghosn said, explaining why his Renault-Nissan alliance forged an alliance with Germany's Daimler AG. Competency in one or two of the three skills is not enough, and only very large companies can afford all three, he said.