Galpin and designer Henrik Fisker recently unveiled the Rocket Speedster Concept, a 2-seat version of the $109,100 Rocket coupe, derived from the ’15 Ford Mustang GT. The Speedster has not yet been confirmed for production.

The change is effective with ’16-model SV and SL grades, and is due to a new 30-kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

Toyota sold 181,221 liftbacks, the original Prius body style, in 2007 in the U.S., but last year liftback and V wagon deliveries combined totaled 166,802.

A rating of 55 mpg gives the Prius best-in-class fuel economy among vehicles without a plug, Toyota says.

Bentley’s new SUV carries over some of the 2012 concept’s themes, namely the prominent haunches and steeply raked backlight. But there the similarities end. The headlights and grille are smaller, and the whole front end leans backward...

“If one were sentenced to eternal damnation,” one WardsAuto editor concluded, “there’s no finer way to get there than in the Hellcat, running into the abyss at wide-open throttle while the helpless soul hangs on for dear...

The subsidy reduces the cost of EVs and PHEVs with carbon-dioxide emissions of 75g/km or less by 35%, up to a maximum £5,000 ($7,695). Sales after six months of 2015 surpassed the full-year 2014 total.

Combined with strong sales of the just-released Chevrolet Impala that is imported from parent General Motors’ Hamtramck, MI, plant in the U.S., GM Korea CEO Sergio Rocha is confident of capturing 10% of the Korean market this year.