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Volvo unveiled its first electric C30 prototype in September, but already has a second-generation car ready to show at the 2010 Detroit auto show in January. Volvo will build a test fleet of its new electric C30 to help further its development.inline_mediumwraptextright27775741/green/news/1001_electric_volvo_c301001_01_z+electric_volvo_c30+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

It’s a Prius! It’s an iQ! It’s…well, we’re not exactly sure. All Toyota’s saying at this point is it’s a conceptual “dedicated hybrid” model, and that it will make its world debut at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.inline_mediumwraptextright26492525/green/news/1001_toyota_hybrid_concept1001_08_z+2010_nAIAS_toyota_hybrid_concept+emblem.jpgTrue

Q+A: Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain inline_mediumwraptextright31800924/features/news/1002_garth_stein_interview_speed_writer1002_03_z+garth_stein+the_art_of_racing_in_the_rain.jpgTrue

I like wagons, but the CTS is one car that I didn't think needed a long-roof variant. For marginal volume, it seems a strange place for GM to be spending money these days, even if it is a relatively minor investment.inline_mediumwraptextright31897236/reviews/editors_notebook/1001_2010_cadillac_cts_sport_wagon_premium1001_03_s+2010_cadillac_cTS_sport_wagon_premium+side_view.jpgTrue

Looking back over the past few decades, it's easy enough to stereotype Buick as the preferred ride of octogenarians -- but during a few (and all too brief) years in the late 1960s, early 1970s, and 1980s, the phrase "performance Buick" didn't elicit fits of laughter. Those days may soon return, if the Regal GS concept -- which debuts at the 2010 Detroit auto show -- is any indication of things to come.inline_mediumwraptextright31985028/features/news/1001_buick_regal_gs_conceptbuick-regal-GS-front-three-quarter-1.jpgTrue