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BMW has unveiled the M2 Black Shadow Edition, with a range of blacked-out styling tweaks to stand out from the crowd. According to the company, the M2 was the best-selling BMW M car last year, with more than 12,000 finding homes worldwide.

Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) crack Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) team has whipped the covers off its limited-run, three-door take on the Range Rover, dubbed the Range Rover SV Coupe. With a proper three-door body, Range Rover says the SV Coupe the "first full-size luxury SUV coupe" in the world. BMW and Mercedes-Benz have both dipped their toe into the water, sure, but their sloping-roofed four-door crossovers clearly weren't committed enough to the cause for SVO.

The new Supra is set to ‘make Toyota exciting again’, and the brand is keen to market its highly-desirable new performance car locally as a showcase for its sporty revival. Speaking to Australian media at the Geneva motor show today, vice-president for sales and marketing at Toyota Australia, Sean Hanley, said the Supra hasn’t been completely confirmed for our market, but the strength of its badge cannot be underestimated – and that the local arm will be doing all it can to bring the car here.

Toyota Australia has confirmed it will increase its hybrid lineup from five to eight models by the end of 2020, reinforcing its commitment to technology the brand says will lend it a stronger foothold in the market. The current Toyota hybrid range includes the Prius C, Corolla Hybrid, Prius V, Prius and Camry Hybrid. The three additional models are yet to be confirmed, but they likely won't include the recently-launched and very popular CH-R compact SUV.

Mercedes-Benz’s Smart subsidiary has released the first series production cars in the group’s electrified EQ sub-brand. The Smart EQ fortwo and forfour models premiered this week the night before the Geneva motor show, headlined by special ‘nightsky’ edition models, in black and blue. Clearly tiny city cars are an ideal candidate to be electrified, with range limitations rarely an issue and global megacities becoming more and more equipped with charging sites.