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The 2015 Kia K900 full-size luxury sedan debuts at the 2013 Los Angeles auto show. This flagship model for the brand is a rear-drive sedan based on the Korean-market Kia K9, which itself is built on a version of the platform shared with the Hyundai Equus and Genesis.

Using a new approach to product development, which incorporates input from younger customers at even the earliest stages of the process, Nissan has addressed the enthusiast and casual buyer alike with its pair of concepts just unveiled at the 2013 Tokyo auto show.

Despite Subaru’s April Fool’s joke about a diesel BRZ convertible last year, the Subaru Cross Sport Design -- essentially a BRZ wagon -- is no joke. It’s a real concept car at the 2013 Tokyo auto show, and although we have no idea whether it will make production, it’s an undeniably cool take on the crossover.

After years of tests and trials, Hyundai is ready to put a hydrogen-powered car on sale to the general public in the United States. The 2014 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell will launch in spring 2014, but with many caveats.

Los Angeles -- In the years since it came out in 2006, the Ford Edge has assumed the same role as the folding can opener in camp. It’s the indispensable utensil. You couldn’t have a plate of beans without it. Of course this leads to great sales of about 130,000 units per year in the United States. It also leads to fan mail from toasters and coffeemakers. A clothes dryer in Illinois even sent its lint trap after running on delicate cycle with a load of lingerie.