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BMW Megacity Vehicle (2013): the first pictures

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 02 July 2010 00:05 BMW has issued this first design sketch of its innovative new Multicity Vehicle. The BMW MCV won't be launched until 2013 and this is our first look at the new electric city car.The Multicity Vehicle is designed for the growing number of 'megacities', that is metropolitan areas of 10 million or more. Big conurbations like London, Los Angeles and Tokyo are being joined by more and more sprawling cities in China – and BMW is confident they will change the way urbanites drive around.BMW Multicity Vehicle: the detailsThis design sketch of the BMW MCV shows a compact city car, not dissimilar to a Smart in spirit.

Audi shifts to eight-speeds for most models

A formal press conference probably won't happen until this summer, but we hear that Audi dealers have received their 2011 order guides, and it looks as though the company will be going from 0 to about 70 percent of U.S. sales being eight-speed automatic transmissions. Beginning this fall, the eight-speed will replace today's six-speed automatic in the A4 2.0-liter turbo sedan and wagon, the A5 2.0-liter turbo coupe and cabriolet, the Q5 2.0-liter turbo, the Q7 3.0-liter turbo, the Q7 diesel, the Q7 with the 3.0-liter supercharged V6 and the all-new A8 and A8L with the 4.2-liter V8.

Rinspeed UC? (2009) first official pictures & video

  Swiss concept car specialist Rinspeed has unveiled its latest off-beat creation, the UC? electric vehicle, which will be displayed at the Geneva motor show in March 2010. The UC?, which stands for both Urban Commuter and You See?, is another link in Rinspeed boss Frank Rinderknecht’s chain of innovative and environmentally friendly concepts.