Wheelies: The Supercar Edition - NYTimes.com Jaguar is dropping its plans to build hybrid supercars based on the C-X75 concept. "After a thorough reassessment of near-term market conditions, the company's view is that the global economic landscape does not currently support the introduction of a supercar such as C-X75," Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar global brand director, said in a news release. In May 2011, the British luxury automaker said it would build 250 of the cars to ship in late 2013. The price was estimated at about $1.1 million. CNN Money The last Lexus LFA has rolled off the assembly line, Toyota announced in a news release. The 500th Lexus supercar was completed on Friday in Motomachi, Japan. The car has been in production for two years and only one car was built each working day. Toyota says it may use what it has learned about plastic reinforced with carbon fiber in future vehicles. Autoblog.com As the global auto industry heads for a record year, Toyota is on the verge of reclaiming the title of world's biggest automaker, according to Bloomberg News. General Motors, which was the world leader in 2011, is in a race with Volkswagen for the No. 2 spot in 2012. Total sales around the world will top 80 million cars and trucks for the first time, according to estimates from LMC Automotive. Bloomberg News Chevrolet is donating 24 Chevy Express vans to Habitat to Humanity to aid the recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The vans, which are leaving Atlanta on Monday and heading for New York and New Jersey, will also have tools donated by Lowe's and the Robert Bosch Tool Company. The donation will bring General Motors's contribution to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts to more than $2.8 million.