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The 2011 Chevrolet Aveo, spied by two different sources during the last week makes this the third encounter. Autoweek NL’ photographers caught the test mule during a routine cold weather test. Autoweek appears confused about the identity of this car, but we are clear. This is the next generation Chevrolet Aveo slated for release in 2010. The production car will be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year.

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The next generation 2011 Porsche 911, the 998, was caught road-testing on German public roads. At first glance, it looks very much like the current generation 997 model range but Porsche purists who claim that this is sure to be the next generation 911 also say that this car is likely to re-write the 911 design code. The new 998 version of the car, secretly called ‘project 991′, hints that this will feature a few radical departures from the 911′s classical lineage.

A very swift spy photographer has had a shot of heavily camouflaged Chevrolet Beat prototype lounging around at New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology. The camouflaged runabout was spotted in a parking lot on the university’s grounds.

As you may recall, the Chevy Beat was the most popular of a trio of concepts (Beat,Groove & Trax) that Chevy showed to the world at last years New York Auto Show. Based on General Motors’ new global mini-car platform, the Beat was originally designed to be the sportiest of the triplets with only two doors and a 1.2L 16-valve DOHC inline-four cylinder,turbocharged petrol engine mated to either a manual or automatic gearbox.

Speculation has it, that the Chevrolet Beat will be launched in the Korean markets first, as a four door version and without a turbocharger. The production is set to take place there in mid-2009, but with GM struggling to make its ends meet even after receiving the bail-out package, delays should be inevitable.

The latest edition of AutoBild magazine has a rendering of the Chevrolet Beat, along with 24 other cars. Grab a copy- it’s an exciting read full of eye candy.

The launch of the Facelifted 2009 Mercedes S-Class may be just a few months away, but that does’nt stop the German car giant from making a new S-Class model for 2010 ! Rivalry the way we see it, it just hotting up between the Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7-Series.

A few months ago, we brought you spy pictures of the upcoming Suzuki Kizashi testing in the U.S, which you can view here. It looks like the Suzuki Kizashi could well be the next vehicle from Maruti after the upcoming A-Star and the Splash in India. Maruti is taking bold decisions after the immense success of its latest models-The Swift and the SX4. We expect the A-Star and the Splash  [ Read More ]

The all new Chevrolet Beat which made waves in the 2007′s New York motor show is all set to replace the aged Daewoo Matiz, now called as Chevrolet spark. The spy pictures were taken in China when it was caught testing. Chevrolet Beat, is expected to arrive in Asia and Europe sometime around 2010.

A month or two back, Topspeed and Team bhp blew their trumpets claiming they had the exclusive snaps of the Suzuki A-Star (production version). What they in fact possessed were the production version’s snapshots of the next-gen Alto prepared exclusively for small car markets like India, which is to be unveiled Officially in the Paris Motorshow in October, this year. Maruti officials at the Delhi AutoExpo, where the A-Star was  [ Read More ]