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Mercedes CLA to debut at Beijing

Mercedes CLA to debut in Beijing (new A Class pic tured) The Mercedes CLA – which is a four door coupe based on the new A Class – will debut at the Beijing Motor Show in April. We’ve been stumbling around what to call Mercedes’ baby CLS for a long time. But it looks like things may have become clearer after Mercedes announced that they will debut a new small 4 door coupe at the Beijing Motor SHow – the Mercedes CLA.

Strate College degree show 2009

Graduating students from Strate College in Paris, France displayed their final projects in a degree show held at the school's temporary facility late last month. Founded in 1993, the school has outgrown its rented facility and is in the process of relocating to a new purpose-built facility, which will be completed at the start of the next school year. Of the 60 students studying various disciplines, the design exhibition also included the works of 16 students in the Transportation Mobility program.

Spy photos: BMW i8 hits Swedish test track

Spy photographers caught the new BMW i8 testing on a secret track wearing the company’s familiar psychedelic camouflage. The test car pictured is a preproduction model rather than a concept BMW i8, similar to what should appear in 2013. As reported earlier, we’re expecting BMW’s 2014 i8 hybrid coupe to get a 1.5-liter, three-cylinder direct-injection gasoline engine--essentially the same unit earmarked to head into the next-generation Mini and the front-wheel-drive BMW 1-series due out in 2014.