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Jaguar C-X75: Jaguar’s Hypercar stillborn

The Jaguar C-X75 hybrid hypercar will not go in to production. Jaguar cite the poor economic outlook is behind the decision to scrap the C-X75. But the gas turbines soon bit the dust as Jaguar realised the technology was just not mature enough for a production car, so they replaced the gas turbines with a 1.6 litre turbocharged and supercharged petrol engine charging the batteries that powered the two electric motors, one on each axle.

MG3 supermini (2013) first official pictures

This is the MG’s new Fiesta-fighting supermini: the MG3. It’ll go on sale in late 2013 carrying Korean brand-challenging prices and what MG is touting as ‘a distinctive statement of modern British style’ aimed at young buyers. Though the 3 is more likely to draw in penny-pinching pensioners, given that MG’s past that is rather more evoctive than its present.

2012 VW Golf Cabriolet – The convertible Golf returns

2012 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet You like a VW Convertible, but you want a soft-top convertible, not a tin top. You used to love your old MK IV Golf Convertible, but VW decided the tin-top convertible EOS was the way forward, so you’ve been stuck in a coupe for a decade. But no more.