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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).

BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe (2014) full details, price and pics

Already confused about the new BMW 3 Series and 4 Series range structure? Prepare to become even more boggled, as BMW has now officially revealed the new 4 Series Gran Coupe. Which is a five-door version of the two-door 4 Series Coupe that shares underpinnings with the four-door 3 Series Saloon, and looks from some angles like the slimmer, fitter brother of the five-door 3 Series GT.

GM China opens Advanced Design Center in Shanghai

General Motors China has opened a new advanced design studio as part of the establishment of its Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai. The Advanced Design Center will provide GM China's designers the tools to explore future mobility solutions and technology integration on a local and global scale. "Our new Advanced Design Center in Shanghai is part of the GM Global Design Center network, which webs from California to Germany to India and Korea and points beyond," said Wulin Gaowa, design director of the GM China Advanced Design Center.