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Tesla has announced to have appointed an new chairperson- Robyn Denholm who will replace Tesla's long existing current chairman, Elon Musk. The change in position comes after Musk recently being sued by the SEC for his infamous tweets over Tesla's going private for which both Musk and Tesla had to pay a penalty of $20 million. After the matter came into light, Musk was asked by the board to step down from his current position in the company. Earlier, in a series of tweets Musk has mentioned about taking Tesla private at $ 420 per share and he even claimed to have secured some funding.

Skoda has official announced that it will showcase the new Scala premium hatchback at an event in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 6, 2018. The new hatchback will essentially be a replacement for the now aging Skoda Fabia hatchback and will take on the likes of the Volkswagen Golf in international markets. What that means is that the Skoda hatchback will move up a notch from being a Polo competitor to a Golf competitor in Europe and across the world. The new hatchback will be based on the same MQB A0 platform that underpins the likes of the Skoda Octavia. As a distinction, the Skoda Scala will also be the first ever car from the brand that will not have the logo at the rear but instead will have S-K-O-D-A lettering on the tail gate instead.

The eight-generation Porsche 911 will be launched in Europe in early 2019 and the German carmaker has shared the pictures it took during the testing. The prototypes of the 2019 Porsche 911 have been tested in different climate zones with temperature difference being up to 85-degree Celsius. The prototypes have been tested for endurance in lengthy traffic jams across various cities and on the race tracks too.

The Mahindra Alturas G4 is the automaker's upcoming flagship SUV and bookings have now begun for the offering ahead of its launch on November 24, 2018. Dealerships across the country have started accepting bookings for a token amount of Rs. 50,000, while deliveries will commence by the end of this month, soon after the launch. The 'Alturas G4' is the name of the production-spec SUV, which was internally known as the Y400, and what was largely speculated to be called the XUV700 across the internet. The Alturas G4 moniker also diverts from Mahindra's strategy to have nameplates with the name ending with an 'O'. While Mahindra is yet to reveal prices on the Alturas, an aggressive strategy is expected from the company with the SUV carrying a price tag starting at Rs. 25 lakh (ex-showroom).

Toyota will be showcasing two new performance-oriented TRD models at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show. Based on the teaser released by the company, the models will the new Toyota Camry TRD and the Avalon TRD.

The new CLS is now in its third generation and gets an all new body style and the new Mercedes-Ben design language that also features on the likes of the A-Class, new GLE SUV and the AMG GT 4-Door too. The new CLS will be available in India with most likely both a petrol and diesel engine and will eventually also get an AMG version for India like has been the case in the past. Interestingly, even though the CLS accounts for a very small sales volume, all three generations of the car have been sold in India and have been popular with niche buyers.

McLaren will start the dynamic testing of the track-only supercar later this month and that is confirmed with some technical details shared by the working manufacturer. The McLaren Senna GTR will be powered by a 4.0-litre twin turbo V8 engine which is under the hood of every McLaren road and track car except its F1 team. In the Senna GTR, this motor will churn out 813 bhp and 800 Nm of peak torque. Moreover, the McLaren Senna GTR will produce a good 1000 kg of downforce which is enough even by track car standards.

Honda Cars India has confirmed to carandbike that the 2019 Honda Civic will be launched in India as a locally made product. The plan is to assemble the Civic locallu using completely knocked-down or CKD kits, at the Japanese carmaker's Greater Noida plant near Delhi. The Civic will share the recently launched 2018 Honda CR-V's assembly line at the plant.