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Nobody can blame Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn for smiling this past week. VW has just turned the tables on would-be raider Porsche, placing Europe's biggest carmaker in the driver's seat for a planned merger with the much smaller and sportier firm. And while colleagues at rivals like Daimler, Fiat, General Motors and Peugeot are busy trying to survive the current economic storm, Winterkorn seems poised to throw VW into high gear...
...Reva officials say they are improving their cars and plan to sell 8,000 vehicles next year after the new factory opens. In May, the company began equipping Revas with more-powerful lithium-ion batteries that increase range to 75 miles (120 km). A new model with sportier looks and upgraded electronics is expected to be launched by 2010. (Watch TIME's video about charging your electric car for 60 cents...
...Indeed, the best-selling kei such as the Move and Suzuki's Wagon R are practical and conservative. But manufacturers introduced 11 new models last year, among them sportier, more technologically sophisticated cars geared for younger buyers. Mitsubishi automotive designer Akinori Nakanishi likens the company's new Mitsubishi i to an iPod Nano on wheels, down to the bright colors. (A deluxe version comes with a docking port for a Nano and a satellite navigation system.) Mini design might sound like dull work-tight budgets, less room for bells and whistles-but Nakanishi says his team welcomed the challenge...
...still provides resistance in a crash to the same level as other sports cars and subcompacts. The result is the Loremo LS, a car with a two-cylinder, 20-horsepower, turbo-diesel engine that maxes out at 160 km/h and is expected to cost just €11,000. The sportier version, the Loremo GT, has a three-cylinder engine, gets 100 km to 2.7 L of fuel and can hit speeds of 220 km/h. There are, however, a few design issues that could give consumers pause. For example, the Loremo has no side doors. Passengers enter the car through...
...this moment, black feels very new for bags) and look at details (braided trim, exaggerated hardware) and fashion trends that have migrated from clothing to accessories (pleating, distressed leather). "There's a lot of pleating in the market," says Krakoff. "It's a detail that evokes something a little sportier, kind of 1970s chic, but prettier." In other words, it's not sporty casual, which Krakoff says was so last season...