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Mazda Hazumi Concept Bounds into Geneva
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Small cars are BIG, especially in places like Europe where space is at a premium. Foreshadowing an upcoming next-generation subcompact model the folks at Mazda revealed their Hazumi Concept here in Geneva.
McLaren 650S Thunders into Geneva Motor Show
Superlatives are the name of the game at the McLaren display in Geneva. The company claims its alluring 650S is the fastest, most engaging, best equipped and most beautiful production supercar they’ve ever made. Is that the truth or just a bunch of bullroar? Here’s the skinny.
Volvo Concept Estate Proves Wagons can be Sexy
This beautiful vehicle is the Volvo Concept Estate and it just made its global debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. It may simply be a design study but what exactly is it? Is it a station wagon, a hatchback or a shooting brake? Volvo calls it a three-door sports wagon but we call it…
2015 Jeep Renegade to Offer Diesel Engine in US
Editor’s Note: Contrary to early reports, official specifications have revealed that the Jeep Renegade will not be offered with a diesel in the US at launch. It will be fit with a 1.4-liter or a 2.4-liter gasoline engine in the US. For more on the new Jeep Renegade, click here. The new 2015 Jeep…
Alfa Romeo 4C Spyder to Drop its Top in Geneva
Like a dog staring lustily at his master eating a steak dinner we’ve been drooling buckets of slobber, pining for the Alfa Romeo 4C. Upping this car’s sexiness, the Italian Automaker will supposedly reveal a Spyder version of it at next week’s Geneva Motor Show.
Volkswagen Polo Range Updated for 2014
Volkswagen will reveal a quartet of subcompact Polos at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. Naturally fuel efficiency is a top priority with these models but the company hasn’t forgotten about performance.
Volvo V60 and S60 Polestar Models Define Swedish Performance
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Volvo is not usually known for building lust-worthy performance machines. Generally their products are safe, solid and secure, important attributes to be certain but they’re hardly the stuff dreams are made of. However, the addition of performance-tuned V60 and S60 Polestar models is spicing things up for the Staid Swede.
2014 Kia Optima Hybrid Receives Tiny Tweaks
Looking to save money at the pump and reduce your tank-track-sized carbon footprint? Kia just revealed its updated 2014 Optima Hybrid in the Windy City.
Top 10 Automotive News Stories of 2013
As it tends to do around this time, the year is steadily drawing to a close; 2013 is dwindling like a tiki torch running out of citronella-scented oil. The last flickers are smoldering, but she burned brightly for 12 months so the end is not in vain. Lots of important car news broke through the…
2015 Audi A3 Sedan Pricing Announced, Starts Right Around 30 Grand
Audi just announced pricing for its all-new 2015 A3 sedan. The company had hinted that this compact four-door would start right around 30 grand and they nailed that price point.
18 Automakers Revealing New Product in Detroit
Now that we’re well into autumn temperatures are steadily dropping but auto-show season is heating up to scorching levels. Like an overloaded pressure cooker it’s threatening to blow, flooding the market with scalding shrapnel, copious news and of course exciting products.
Labor Day Timing Skews September Sales Numbers
Labor Day is full of wonderful stuff: inflatable gorillas, free hot dogs and enough sheet metal on sale to drown a city in consumer debt several times over.
Maserati Levante to be Built in Italy, Not Detroit
Maserati’s upscale Levante SUV was slated to be built in the good ol’ US of A at Chrysler’s Jefferson North assembly plant in Detroit, but that plan has since changed.
Is the Volkswagen Scirocco Coming to America?
It’s human nature to want what you can’t have. American car enthusiasts stare longingly across the Atlantic at all the cool and unusual products their European counterparts have access to.
Tesla Added to Nasdaq-100 Index, Shares Hit New Peak
The latest in a string of good news for Tesla Motors came in two parts today.
Gran Turismo 6 Confirmed for PS3 This Holiday Season
Rumors that Gran Turismo 6 will be available for the PlayStation 3 this holiday season have just been confirmed.
Top 10 Cars of the 2013 New York Auto Show
Winter’s icy stranglehold on the northern hemisphere has finally been broken. After months of gray skies and freezing weather spring is finally in the air. Automakers are responding to the warmth and sun by emerging from product hibernation. Companies located in places ranging from South Korea to the United Kingdom have unveiled a bumper-crop of…
2014 Mercedes CLA 45 AMG: First Look Video
The engine wizards at Mercedes AMG went completely bonkers with the new CLA 45 model, pumping out 177-hp per liter of displacement. That means that this turbocharged 2.0L engine is the most powerful four-cylinder engine available on the market.
2014 Acura MDX Revealed in Manhattan
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Acura’s been hard at work in the kitchen, cooking up a new flagship sedan in the form of the RLX, but the luxury brand’s ever-popular MDX crossover has been redone practically from scratch. The chefs in the company’s engineering department just took the freshly prepared 2014 model out of the oven in Manhattan.
2014 Mercedes CLA 45 AMG Sizzles with 355 HP
It’s said March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. It may be late in 2013’s third month but that hasn’t stopped the weather from being cool in New York City. Cranking up the thermostat in the NY Auto Show the folks at Mercedes-Benz just revealed a 355-horsepower compact, the CLA …
2014 Range Rover Sport is 15% Lighter, 100% Sexier
It was impressive enough when the 2013 Range Rover debuted 700 lbs lighter than its predecessor, but the smaller and more agile Range Rover Sport tugs its belt even tighter to lose 800.
Top 10 Cars of the 2013 Chicago Auto Show
Trucks, tuner cars and even a diesel compact came out to the 2013 Chicago Auto Show this year. While it wasn’t a worldwide debut, the Nissan GT-R Track Edition made its first U.S. appearance during the show. The car is limited to 150 units and features performance enhancements including better brake cooling, a stiffer suspension…
2014 Volkswagen Bettle GSR Video, First Look: 2013 Chicago Auto Show
The Volkswagen Beetle GSR unveiled at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show is much more than a pretty face, its the fastest Beetle that VW has ever made.
2013 Dodge Challenger R/T Redline Tweaks HEMI Power
The wind, snow and ice might be blowing into Chicago in true February fashion, but it’s business as usual for Dodge at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show.
