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Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift: Geneva 2012

2012 Rolls Royce Phantom Series II - the whole range gets a facelift The Rolls Royce Phantom Series II Facelift has been revealed at the Geneva Motor Show across the entire Phantom range. In showrooms June 2012. It would be quite hard to work out what Goodwood has done to the Rolls Royce Phantom to give it a facelift for 2012, despite which it is the most comprehensive raft of changes to RR’s flagship since the Phantom launched almost a decade ago, to create the Rolls Royce Phantom Series II.

Italian tuner recasts the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG as the WhiteStorm

Italian tuner Romeo Ferraris has churned out a more aggressive version of the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG--the WhiteStorm. Romeo Ferraris mainly tunes Italian rides, like the one wrapped up in its moniker. The house is also known for working with Fiat 500s and Frankensteining carbon-fiber Chevrolet Corvettes and tricked-out Land Rovers.

Kia Soul EV revealed at the Chicago Motor Show

The new Kia Soul EV (pictured) has been revealed in Chicago The Kia Soul EV is Kia’s first effort at a proper mass production EV, and if you’re looking for an electric car it does look promising. Due to go on sale later in 2014 in the US – initially in California, New York and Oregan because of their charging infrastructure – and, Kia promised, the UK and Europe later in 2014 or early 2015, the Soul EV offers a real world driving range of 80-100 miles from a recharge taking half an hour for 80 per cent on a rapid 50kW charger or up to 5 hours for a full recharge from a UK 240 volt supply. The range is helped by Kia’s third-generation regenerative braking system which manages to capture 12 per cent of the car’s kinetic energy, feeding it back in to the battery as electricity during braking and coasting, with four different regeneration modes.