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2013 Kia Carens heading for Paris 2012 debut

Kia has revealed the all new Kia Carens compact MPV with a modified cee’d platform and 5 and 7 seat options. Paris 2012 debut. Kia has taken the wraps off its stylish new Carens compact MPV ahead of its Paris world premiere and the biggest news for families is that the company will offer both five and seven-seat versions of the model.

Jaguar: Four-wheel drive a priority. Hybrid Jaguars not.

Our long term Jaguar XJ would have been better in the snow with 4WD - but it's coming We’ve been talking about a four-wheel drive platform for Jaguars for a long time now. As far back as 2009, Jaguar privately confessed that the lack of an XF Estate was down to the lack of a 4WD platform to make the XF Estate a proper competitor in the luxury load-lugging market. And although we thought Jaguar could still make a success of the XF Estate without a 4WD option, we understood their perspective; Jaguar didn’t want to be the poor relation in the luxury estate market.

SSC Ultimate Aero II (2011) – First Photos

The SSC Ultimate Aero II (pics thanks to Jalopnik) The car world may have been in melt down for the last year or three, but some things are beyond recession. Ultimate hypercars is one, and it seems there are as many uber-wealthy people on the planet who are willing and able to indulge their desires for the best there can be as ever. Of course, we’re talking minuscule numbers of people to make the whole hypercar circus work.