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Hyundai Nuvis Concept makes waves in New York

The Hyundai Nuvis Concept - a startlingly good crossover concept from Hyundai [ad#ad-1] We really do need to start taking the Koreans seriously (if we weren’t already) when it comes to cars. They are moving very rapidly up the ladder and if European car makers, never mind the Americans, aren’t careful there’s going to be another sea-change to rival the one that Japan made a few decades ago. And one to keep watching is definitely Hyundai.

BMW to market new small-car line in U.S.

BMW AG's new front-wheel drive family of cars will be sold in the United States but the question is whether the U.S. market is ready to accept vehicles smaller than the 1-series coupe, said Ian Robertson, BMW AG board member for sales and marketing. The new class is being called UKL--an abbreviation for lower compact class cars sold in Germany.

Concept Car of the Week: BMW Spicup (1969)

The oddly named Spicup, standing for Spider and Coupé, was first presented at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show. Carozzeria Bertone had previous collaborations with BMW such as the 3200CS coupe by Giugiaro. The friendship between Nuccio Bertone and Willhelm Hoffmeister, head of bodywork construction at BMW, must have also contributed to the brand agreeing to provide an early pre-production of the E3 generation 2500 saloon as a base for the concept.