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Small and mid-size steal Geneva Auto Show

The Detroit Free Press's auto critic Mark Phelan reports that small and midsize cars are dominating the Geneva Auto Show in Switzerland. Sure, the glamor cars are there - Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Bentley - but he says it's cars like the Ford Mondeo, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Toyota Auris, Opel GTC, Honda Small Hybrid Sports concept and Dodge Demon concept that are stealing the show.

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NHTSA mulls changes to crash tests

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is holding a hearing today on proposals to overhaul its crash tests of cars and trucks, according to USA Today. The agency has been rating vehicles for 30 years and currently gives vehicles one to five stars, five being best, based on how they perform in a 35-mile-per-hour head-on crash and in a side-impact crash. The agency is thinking of adding tests at lower speeds and considering how well vehicles avoid crashes.

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Toyota unveils future of hybrid design

Toyota introduced its Hybrid X concept car at the Geneva Motor show Wednesday which the auto giant says represents the future of its successful Prius. It's a 4-door conventional family car with a radical futuristic design that can be viewed at leftlanenews.com

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