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As part of a general refresh for its C-segment contender, Fiat has introduced the Tipo Cross.

Ten years after the demise of Hummer, General Motors has revived the nameplate for use on a zero-emissions four-door “supertruck” that runs purely on electricity.

A new trim grade structure, some minor design changes and a simplified powertrain selection sum up the refreshed 2021 Fiat Panda.

Rather optimistically, the latest Best Global Brands report by Interbrand is subtitled ‘A New Decade of Possibility’. On the face of it, such hopefulness might be understandable, given that the total value of the world’s top 100 brands rose by 9 percent year-on-year. However, in these extremely unsettled times, the combined result masks some dramatic ups and downs.

Two years after the original version arrived, BMW has given its R 1250 RT tourer a mild refresh.

Ford has confirmed that limited quantities of the high-performance Mustang Mach 1 are soon going to be available in Europe.

Dacia has confirmed that the Spring Electric is only going to be offered across continental Europe, so it won’t be available in either the UK or Ireland. Such news is disappointing, mainly because this all-new model promises to make pure-electric vehicle ownership more affordable.

At the 1980 Geneva Motor Show, Audi revealed the original four-wheel drive Quattro. The fortieth anniversary of that event deserves to be celebrated, so a limited edition based on the current TT RS Coupé has been created.

Bentley is now offering its four-door Flying Spur with a 4.0 litre, twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine.

With its one-off EQC 4x4² concept, Mercedes-Benz wants to demonstrate that pure-electric vehicles can be adapted to tackle challenging off-road conditions.

As an expensive van-based people-carrier with rudimentary accommodation facilities, the new California Beach is certainly a niche product. This returning member of the Volkswagen range is being offered in two versions.

Attendees at this year’s Bronco Super Celebration East event (which is currently taking place in Townsend, Tennessee) will get to see a special one-off 2021 Bronco 4-Door . Named the Overland concept, it has been designed by Ford to showcase how the all-new SUV can be personalised.

Evidently, Ford couldn’t be bothered to concoct a fancy name for the new Fiesta ST limited edition, because it’s simply called the Fiesta ST Edition. The target audience is likely to be only interested in the car’s enhanced specification, though.

This year saw the worst September for new car registrations since the current bi-annual number plate system was introduced in 1999. Only 328,041 units were retailed, a reduction of 4.4 percent compared to the same month last year.

Since its introduction earlier this year, the Panda Mild Hybrid has been offered in City Cross, Launch Edition and Trussardi guises. While they all have nice specifications, each of them also costs in excess of £14k.

Offering an increased gross vehicle weight of 5.0 tonnes (11,023 lb) should enable the Ford Transit to appeal to an even broader range of operators. Both panel van and chassis cab variants are going to be available when deliveries begin next month.

Due to obvious reasons, many automotive product launches have been delayed this year. Consequently, organisers of the 2021 North American Car of the Year, Utility Vehicle of the Year and Truck of the Year decided to accept more entries after the initial eligibility lists were published.

For its latest concept, Nissan has imagined what a pure-electric disaster response vehicle might look like. The result is named Re-Leaf (a clever play on the word ‘relief’).