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BYD E6 – Detroit show and going to America

The Electric BYD E6 will go on sale in the US this year at $40k BYD is a Chinese car maker very much on the up. They’ve gone from building no cars at all in 2001 to the fourth biggest car maker in China by 2009. That massive growth has lead to BYD’s founder Wang Chaunfu becoming the richest man in China.

Toyota iQ concept

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 11 September 2007 02:53 Toyota iQ: the lowdown The Japanese scored one of the very few surprises of the Frankfurt show this year, with the titchy iQ concept car that previews Toyota’s new sub-Aygo city car. It’s one of our favourite cars at the show, bristling with intelligent new thinking and design flourishes to make small cars interesting again. And the best news is that Toyota has committed to building a production version, probably due in European showrooms by 2009.

Infiniti demands luxury look for Leaf variant

Infiniti executives are taking pains to ensure that their luxury version of the electric Nissan Leaf hatchback will be markedly different and more upscale. This year, U.S. officials of Infiniti reviewed initial designs at Nissan's San Diego styling studio and complained that they simply looked like another version of the Leaf, say people who were there.