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Honda remains confident the new Civic Type R can still become the fastest front-wheel-drive production car around the Nurburgring despite the bar being raised twice since the car maker’s CEO originally set the ambitious target. Takanobu Ito made the bold claim when confirming the return of the Honda Civic Type R in 2012. Then, the Renault Megane RS265 held the record for a front-drive road car around the famous 20.8-kilometre German circuit, having stopped the clock in 8:07.79 in 2011.

The Ssangyong X100 will join Australia’s booming sub-compact SUV segment early next year, becoming the South Korean brand’s new entry model. Speaking exclusively with CarAdvice at this week’s Paris motor show, Ssangyong chairman Lee Yoo-il confirmed the X100 was scheduled to reach our shores around April, roughly three months after its domestic launch in January.

A front-wheel-drive entry variant will join the all-new Land Rover Discovery Sport late next year. The Discovery Sport eD4 will follow in the strictly on-road tyre tracks of the Freelander 2 eD4 and the Range Rover Evoque eD4, becoming the first 2WD model in the famously capable Discovery family’s history.

The covers have been pulled off the European Nissan Pulsar Nismo concept car at the Paris motor show. Nissan has yet to comment on which motor lurks underneath the Pulsar Nismo's bonnet. We do know, though, that the show car features a six-speed manual transmission and has a redline that's been set just shy of 6500rpm, although there's no boost or temperature gauge either in the instrument cluster or atop the dash.

The 2015 Fiat 500X has made its debut at the 2014 Paris motor show, with the high-riding hatch to be offered in two different trim levels: One more "metropolitan" and the other "ideal for leisure".