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VW will build small run of XL1 plug-in hybrid

Volkswagen will begin production of its XL1 plug-in hybrid in two years. "We want to go into series production with this car starting in 2013," VW chairman Ferdinand Piech told Automotive News Europe on Tuesday at an event in Doha, Qatar, ahead of the 2011 Qatar auto show where VW unveiled an XL1 prototype. (a href="http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130221/GENEVA/130229972">Read the latest update here announcing the XL1 hybrid's Geneva Auto Show debut).

Exclusive -- Mercedes-Benz GT AMG spy shots

On Monday, we told you about the 911-fighting Mercedes-Benz GT AMG, which is scheduled to debut at the German Grand Prix in 2014. Today, we have fresh spy photos of the upcoming car. The two-seat coupe is codenamed C190 and will take the place of the bigger SLS AMG.

Is the new Jaguar sports car going to be the Jaguar C-XE?

Is the new Jaguar Sports car going to be called the Jaguar C-XE? Jaguar are keen to associate their new sports car – the Jaguar C-X16 Concept – with the legendary E-Type, so it seemed logical they would call it XE. But it looks like it may actually be the Jaguar C-XE.