Tag Archives: Compact Cars
2012 Nissan Versa Hatchback

2012 Nissan Versa Hatchback price starts at $14,380, stays same as 2011 model year

Unlike the 2012 Nissan Versa Sedan, the 2012 Nissan Versa Hatchback will soldier on as it was in 2011. Why? Nissan says that since most of the Versa’s sales were five-doors, it wanted to debut an all-new sedan first before revamping the hatchback. On sale now at dealerships nationwide, the 2012 Nissan Versa Hatchback is available [...]

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Audi RS Q3 Concept

Audi RS Q3 Concept shows up with 360-hp

Audi’s RS badging is usually reserved for the most high-performance variants of its model lineup – i.e. Audi RS5, Audi RS4, Audi TT RS. At the 2012 Beijing Motor Show, Audi will bring the RS badging to the new Q3 crossover. Besides the visual changes and the sexy matt-blue paint, the Audi RS Q3 Concept [...]

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2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

2012 Fiat 500 Abarth prices starts at $22,000

Fiat has announced pricing on the new 2012 500 Abarth hatchback, which goes on sale later this year. Prices for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth start at $22,000 (not including destination). “The Fiat 500 Abarth feels like a double shot of espresso straight to your veins,” said Tim Kuniskis, Head of FIAT Brand for North America, [...]

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2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid

2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid price starts at $32,000

Toyota’s Chevrolet Volt competitor is here! The Japanese automaker today officially introduced the new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will hit dealerships in 14 launch states beginning this October through Toyota’s Online Order System at www.toyota.com. Deliveries of the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid strat in Spring 2012. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, [...]

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2013 Dodge Dart

2013 Dodge Dart price starts at $15,995

Chrysler Group LLC has finally announced the pricing on one of the most anticipated compact sedans – the 2013 Dodge Dart. Arriving in showrooms within the next couple of weeks, the 2013 Dodge Dart will start at $15,995 for the base model. Check out more news on the Dodge Dart. “The all-new Dodge Dart is a [...]

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Ford Focus Electric

Ford Focus Electric to be first EV pace car for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond 400

The 2013 Ford Focus Electric car will become the first all-electric pace car to ever lead the field for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Richmond 400. The Focus Electric will perform all pace care duties at Richmond International Raceway on April 28 as long as it doesn’t run out of batteries. Click [...]

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Mercedes-Benz A-Class Front

Report: Mercedes-Benz A25 AMG to get 350-hp, all-wheel-drive

When the 2013 Mercedes-Benz A-Class made its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show last month, the brand’s AMG department confirmed that they will indeed be building a performance version of the new hatchback. Check out more news on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Well, spies have now been seeing what’s being called the Mercedes-Benz A25 AMG [...]

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Fiat Viaggio Teaser

Chinese version of Dodge Dart to be called Fiat Viaggio, teasers released

The new 2013 Dodge Dart will be making its Fiat version debut at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show later this month and will go on sale in China in the third-quarter of 2012 as the Fiat Viaggio (meaning voyage). The Fiat Viaggio, which was teased today, is the first Fiat-Chrysler twin project that will be [...]

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Ford Focus Electric Facebook

Use Facebook to take a virtual trip with your friends in a Ford Focus Electric

Not a stranger to using social media to promote its vehicles, Ford is now using Facebook to promote the all-new and zero-emissions Focus Electric. The company has launched a new game called ‘Plug N Play Electric City with the 2012 Focus Electric’ where Facebook users can take their friends and themselves on a little ride [...]

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Nissan: Next LEAF to get better looks, better range and lower price

Nissan: Next LEAF to get better looks, better range and lower price

Nissan’s Colin Lawther, vice president of Nissan engineering in Europe, says that the company plans on giving the next LEAF electric-car a more European design and may also lower the price of the EV. “We’ll fine tune the car for the European customer from a design point of view,” Lawther said. Click here for more [...]

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