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- Consumer Reports Takes the New 2014 Mazda6 and 2013 Lexus LS for a Spin
- Watch a Container Truck Fall Right in Front of One Very Lucky Motorcycle Rider
- Designer Imagines a 2014 BMW M5 Touring
- Scoop: New Range Rover Sport Filmed in the Mojave Desert
- Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi RS is a Family Man's Golf GTI
- The Latest Super Bowl Ads from Audi, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, Subaru, Toyota and VW
- Spied: Here’s Proof that Volvo's Redesigned XC60 will be Offered Globally
- Scoop: Production Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe Sports Minimal Changes
- New Details on Ferrari F150 Hit the Web after Private Preview, Said to have 950HP
- Audi R8 Coupe Burns to the Ground During Mumbai Supercar Meeting
- Audi Quattro Boss Confirms RS6 Avant Plus with Around 600-Horses!
- New Mercedes-Benz CLA with AMG Package Filmed in Barcelona
- Spy Shots: Citroen's New 7-Seater Grand Picasso Minivan
- New Kia Cross GT Concpet Hints at a Premium CUV Larger than the Sorento, Debuts in Chicago
- SRT Boss Does 5,000 Miles in a Viper GTS to Get to Jay Leno’s Garage
- SsangYong Teases Brand New Rodius to Succeed the World's Ugliest Car
- Audi UK Bids Farewell to A3 Cabriolet with Final Edition Versions
- It's Good to be Alive: Incredibly Lucky Pedestrians
- New 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible Rumored to Debut at the Geneva Salon
- Toyota Recalls 907,000 Corollas and 385,000 Lexus IS Models
| Consumer Reports Takes the New 2014 Mazda6 and 2013 Lexus LS for a Spin Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:05 PM PST  The two latest arrivals in the garage of Consumer Reports is an early production version of the all-new 2014 Mazda6 sedan and Lexus' revised 2013 LS flagship, both of which were taken out for a first drive by the magazine's auto engineer, Tom Mutchler. Beginning with the new generation of the Mazda6, Mutchler gives it praise for its "sleek" design calling it one of the sexiest models together with Ford's latest Fusion in the (mainstream) mid-size sedan segment, its modern amenities and tech gadgets, while his first driving impression of the early production model is that it's "quite agile and light on its feet". Read more »       |
| Watch a Container Truck Fall Right in Front of One Very Lucky Motorcycle Rider Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:40 PM PST  Rest assured, if the scooter rider featured in this clip had not been able to back up a couple of feet before the container truck tipped over, we wouldn't be showing you this video footage shot from a nearby security camera. Then again, if he wasn't in such a hurry to sprint through the traffic light in front of the cars waiting on the zebra crossing, he wouldn't have found himself in this life-threatening position, would he… Read more »   |
| Designer Imagines a 2014 BMW M5 Touring Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:55 PM PST  Touring variants (BMW talk for station wagons) of the M5 have been an on-off affair for the Bavarian carmaker, which to date, has only presented two such models in the vehicle's 28 year-long history. The first M5 Touring came with the second-generation model (E34) in 1992 and the last, with the fourth generation E60 in 2007. BMW had also created a prototype for the third gen M5 (E39), which it kept a well-guarded secret until it finally showed the car to the public in 2009. Read more »   |
| Scoop: New Range Rover Sport Filmed in the Mojave Desert Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:18 PM PST  Vast as it may be, the Mojave Desert is a good place to begin your search for automotive engineers trialing camouflaged prototypes of future models. The scoopsters at KGP Photography know this all too well and were on hand to record a number of 2014 Range Rover Sport test cars. Read more »    |
| Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi RS is a Family Man's Golf GTI Posted: 30 Jan 2013 03:23 PM PST  Don't let those tiny wheels with the low-cost hub caps fool you; what you see here is the Combi variant of the new generation of the Skoda Octavia RS (labeled the vRS in Britain), the sedan, or rather liftback version of which, we saw through a series of leaked screenshots from an online car configurator in December. Read more »    |
| The Latest Super Bowl Ads from Audi, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, Subaru, Toyota and VW Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:27 PM PST  During the time we were offline, a number of carmakers released a whole new string of ads that will run prior to kickoff and during this Sunday's Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans. There's a little something for everyone, from Mercedes-Benz's new CLA spot with Kate Upton and Kia's Space Babies, to the re-appearance of Big Bang star Kaley Cuoco in Toyota's 2014 RAV4 spot and Subaru's dog friendly commercial for the 2014 Forester crossover. Read more »   |
| Spied: Here’s Proof that Volvo's Redesigned XC60 will be Offered Globally Posted: 30 Jan 2013 01:50 PM PST  When a Chinese website dropped a flurry of images of a restyled Volvo XC60 last month, we weren't sure if the aesthetic changes would be applied to the local market model alone or if it would be offered on all versions sold around the world. These scoops of a thinly disguised XC60 test car shot in Europe put that question to rest as it features the same styling treatment as the camouflage-free model from China. Read more »   |
| Scoop: Production Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe Sports Minimal Changes Posted: 30 Jan 2013 01:18 PM PST  It's almost time for Alfa Romeo to unleash its first true rear-wheel drive sports car since the demise of the 8C Competizione coupe and roadster in 2010, the new 4C mid-engine coupe. This week, our spies nabbed a pre-production prototype of the 4C testing in Europe. While Alfa Romeo's engineers had the car covered almost from top to bottom, we can still see all some of the styling modifications made over the impressive concept displayed at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. These include the addition of new exterior mirrors with a larger surface mounted on the doors, the visible door handles positioned right in front of the side air vents, the new circular tail lamp fixtures, and the redesigned (and dare we say, more impressive looking) diffuser at the rear end that also gains a set of auxiliary lights.
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| New Details on Ferrari F150 Hit the Web after Private Preview, Said to have 950HP Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:59 AM PST  Ferrari has an old habit of showing off its future models to potential buyers (read extremely wealthy) behind locked doors well before it reveals the cars to the rest of the world. One such private preview is rumored to have taken place on Wednesday, in Maranello, where Ferrari lifted the wraps off the F150 Project, which is the codename for the Enzo replacement that may or may not be called the F70 in production trim. To prove that this event did indeed occur today in Ferrari's home town, one participant took a shot of a metal plate from the event, while at least two people have shared some very interesting details about the new mid-engine hypercar, though, keep in mind, there's no way of confirming the numbers (yet). Read more »   |
| Audi R8 Coupe Burns to the Ground During Mumbai Supercar Meeting Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:27 AM PST  As it appears, Ferraris and Lamborghinis aren't the only mid-engine supercars to go up in flames. The same happened to an Audi R8 coupe that was trailing a phalanx of other supercars participating in the 'Parx Supercar Show 2013', in the city of Mumbai in India. Predictably, many by-standers and passengers of other cars were filming the ride and were able to capture the moment when the Audi R8 started to smoke and the driver and his co-passenger jumped out to save themselves. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Read more »   |
| Audi Quattro Boss Confirms RS6 Avant Plus with Around 600-Horses! Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:39 AM PST  If there's one thing German carmakers love more than premium pricing and over-complicated features, it is power. It wasn't always like this, but in past two decades, Germany's auto brands are constantly pushing the limits. The Audi RS6 Avant is a prime example of this love; it's a roomy and practical, mid-size station wagon model with all the comfort features you could wish for and then some more, which is motivated by a 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V8 generating 552hp (560PS) and 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) of torque. Read more »   |
| New Mercedes-Benz CLA with AMG Package Filmed in Barcelona Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:59 AM PST  Whereas in the U.S., most gearheads are on the lookout for the 2014 Corvette Stingray, across the Atlantic, it's the new Mercedes-Benz CLA compact sports saloon that is garnering a lot of attention lately. Mercedes, which seems to have a soft spot for Spain when it comes to filming, photographing and hosting media events for its latest cars, brought the CLA to Barcelona, and as luck would have it, YouTube channel owner "WillLillo", was in the right place at the right time with his camera set to record mode. Read more »   |
| Spy Shots: Citroen's New 7-Seater Grand Picasso Minivan Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:05 AM PST  We've been telling you for some time now that the Citroën is working on the replacements for its C4-based five-seater Picasso and 7-seater Grand Picasso minivans in the popular compact segment in Europe. We could in fact see one of the two models making their world premiere as early as the Geneva Auto Salon in March, with the Frankfurt motor show in September also being a possible venue for their presentation. Read more »   |
| New Kia Cross GT Concpet Hints at a Premium CUV Larger than the Sorento, Debuts in Chicago Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:56 AM PST  Someone put a leash on Kia… Only weeks after the presentation of the new North American market Cadenza mid-size sedan at the Detroit auto show, and days after it announced the new Cee'd and Pro_Cee'd GT sport hatchbacks, and the Urban Concept for the upcoming Geneva Salon in March, the South Korean automaker revealed plans for the world premiere of yet another study. Read more »    |
| SRT Boss Does 5,000 Miles in a Viper GTS to Get to Jay Leno’s Garage Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:37 AM PST  Jay Leno loves two things: jean shirts and cars. Being an American, he has a soft spot for homemade models, especially those with a powerful engine under their hood. One of them is the Viper. Leno already owns two of Chrysler's flagship sports cars, having brought the original way back in 1992 and then, since he wanted a coupe, a GTS as well. Read more »   |
| SsangYong Teases Brand New Rodius to Succeed the World's Ugliest Car Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:09 AM PST  If you think the mid-1970s AMC Pacer was a design abomination, then you probably haven't laid eyes on the SsangYong Rodius, a large MPV that has been voted multiple times as one of the ugliest cars in production. The funny thing about the Rodius (aside from its looks), is that it was penned by Ken Greenley, former head of the automotive design course at the Royal College of Art in London, which is one of the world's top automotive design schools. Read more »   |
| Audi UK Bids Farewell to A3 Cabriolet with Final Edition Versions Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:45 AM PST  The appearance of the first pre-production prototypes of the next generation A3 Cabriolet based on the longer platform of the upcoming sedan version of the series means that the current open-top model is breathing its last. In Britain, Audi made it official that it will soon withdraw the A3 Cabriolet from its lineup as it prepares to make room for the new model, but not before it releases a limited run of the car. Read more »   |
| It's Good to be Alive: Incredibly Lucky Pedestrians Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:19 AM PST  Not that life is easier for pedestrians residing in Russia and its neighboring countries during warmer seasons, but understandably, it's far more dangerous to try to walk across any road in the harsh winter weather conditions. Here were have two separate incidents involving pedestrians and cars, with a fortunate outcome, at least for the former. Read more »   |
| New 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible Rumored to Debut at the Geneva Salon Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:30 AM PST  About a fortnight ago, the internet was abuzz with a set of pictures of the convertible 2014 Corvette Stingray, with the word being that they could be renders of a future die-cast model from Maisto or leaked images from GM's design studio. If a report from Autoweek is to be believed, then we may have the chance to verify their authenticity much sooner than we originally thought. Read more »   |
| Toyota Recalls 907,000 Corollas and 385,000 Lexus IS Models Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:10 AM PST  On Wednesday, Toyota announced two separate, voluntary recalls involving around 907,000 Corolla models for faulty air-bags and around 385,000 Lexus IS vehicles fitted with defective wipers, from a number of countries around the world. Most of the affected cars are located in the U.S. where the recall concerns 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles from the 2003 and 2004MY, and 270,000 Lexus IS vehicles from the 2006-2012MY. Read more »   |
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