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CAR Online: some technical glitches

Refresh error By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 03 June 2009 13:14 CAR Online’s been struck by some rogue page breakages in the past few weeks – and we’d like to keep you in the loop with the problem. You might have noticed that our scoop on the Jaguar XJ broke overnight, leaving readers with an error page if they clicked to read the article. Sadly, a few pages have broken recently in this fashion.

Cadillac may get future rear-drive hybrids

General Motors' two mode hybrid powertrain, used only in trucks, will migrate to rear-drive cars in the next generation, said Tom Stephens, GM's vice chairman of global product operations. Two likely candidates: Cadillacs, says consultant Jim Hall of 2953 Analytics in suburban Detroit. Last month, GM said it is developing an electric motor that is 25 percent smaller and 20 percent more powerful than the motor used in today's two mode hybrid full-sized trucks.

New Volvo V40 gets record-breaking Euro NCAP score

The new Volvo V40 has been given a 5 Star rating by Euro NCAP, in the process getting the best result ever recorded. If a Volvo can’t get a 5 Star rating in the Euro NCAP tests then Volvo’s USP is in trouble. So the news that the new V40 got a 5 Star rating in the latest round of tests comes as no surprise.