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• First Recorded Crash of 2014 Corvette Stingray – It's the One We Showed You Last Month!
• Paging Mazda: The New RX-7 is Long Overdue, Better Build it ASAP
• New Audi S3 Now Available as a Five-Door Sportback with the Same 300PS 2.0 Turbo
• Scoop: New Mercedes-Benz GLA to be Shown as a Concept in Shanghai
• BMW Execs Rationalize New 3-Series Gran Turismo in Promo Video
• Form an Orderly Line: Honda Fit EV Now Available in the East Coast
• New Ford Focus RS to Stick with FWD, Reportedly Share a 2.3L Turbo with the…Next Mustang!
• Passenger Cars Make a Fool Out of a Driver in a Lexus GX 460
• Scoop: 2014 Hyundai ix35 aka the Tucson Pictured Inside and Out
• Fighting Nemo in an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Sounds and Looks Like a Lot of Fun
• New Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG Comes with 350PS, AWD and a 7sp Dual Clutch Transmission
• Cadillac Continues Development of New ELR Extended-Range Coupe
• Motor Trend Not Entirely Convinced by the 565HP, US$300k 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish
• Spy Shots: New BMW 2-Series Convertible Stretches Out in the Snow
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk Calls N.Y. Times’ Model S Cold Range Report “A Fake”
• Arden Takes on the Jaguar XKR-S Convertible
• In Russia, Mayhem is Everywhere…
• New Seat Leon Sports Coupé Officially Revealed [Photos & Video]
• First Glimpse at New McLaren P1's Minimalistic Cockpit
• Jolly Good News! Autocar has the CarScoop on Alfa Romeo 4C, will get 237hp and 266hp!
• Mcchip Injects Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Sedan with 650-Horses
• Alfa Romeo 4C Mid Engine Sports Coupe: This is it, The Production Model

First Recorded Crash of 2014 Corvette Stingray – It's the One We Showed You Last Month! Posted: 12 Feb 2013 05:11 PM PST The 2014 Corvette Stingray is so new that it hasn't even reached dealerships, and it won't be doing so until the end of summer, yet we have the first recorded accident, not at GM test facility but on a public road. To explain, this image, which was discovered by Motorauthority on Digital Corvettes, was posted by forum member named "gpetry", who claims to have received it from a friend in Arizona, just last week, with the following description: Read more »

Paging Mazda: The New RX-7 is Long Overdue, Better Build it ASAP Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:19 PM PST Right now, a group of designers and engineers in Hiroshima are supposedly working on Mazda's next sports car with a rotary engine. Nobuhiro Yamamoto, the company's car chief, let it slip a couple of months ago that a "new RX-7" is on the cards for 2017. This means it's still four years away. That's an eternity in the automotive world and many things can change until then. Especially those that, as Yamamoto acknowledged, are "not carved in stone"… Well, they'd better be. Read more »

New Audi S3 Now Available as a Five-Door Sportback with the Same 300PS 2.0 Turbo Posted: 12 Feb 2013 03:45 PM PST If you liked what you saw with the new S3 three-door hatchback at last year's Paris Motor Show, but would prefer the same cosmetic and performance treatment on the more practical and roomier five-door model, you're in luck as Audi has introduced the S3 Sportback. Read more »

Scoop: New Mercedes-Benz GLA to be Shown as a Concept in Shanghai Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:45 PM PST Our spy photographers had another meeting with a black-cladded Mercedes-Benz GLA test car in Germany where they managed to snap a couple of shots of the dashboard, which appears to be very similar to that found in the CLA sedan and A-Class hatchback, something we expected since all three cars belong to the same family of models. On an equally if not more interesting note, CarScoop reader Florian D. forwarded us a document containing Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche's speech at the company's Annual Press Conference in Stuttgart last week. Read more »

BMW Execs Rationalize New 3-Series Gran Turismo in Promo Video Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:02 PM PST Leave it to company officials (with scripted dialogues, of course) to convince you that what you're seeing is the perhaps most beautiful and practical piece of machinery ever invented in the history of mankind. BMW's promo videos are no exception to this rule, as you will soon find out for yourself in the clip that was created for the newly introduced BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo. Read more »

Form an Orderly Line: Honda Fit EV Now Available in the East Coast Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST East Coasters interested in Honda's subcompact EV rejoice, yes all five of you: the new all-electric 2013 Fit EV will be available for the first time at select Honda dealerships in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey before the end of the month. The move follows the market launch of the Fit EV in California and Oregon in July 2012. Read more »

New Ford Focus RS to Stick with FWD, Reportedly Share a 2.3L Turbo with the…Next Mustang! Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST The horsepower race in the hot hatch segment is heating up, with some models even surpassing the 300HP mark. Transmitting all that power through the front wheels, though, which also have to do the steering, is a bit too much. That's why the likes of Audi's S3, VW's Golf R and Mercedes-Benz with the A45 AMG have adopted all-wheel drive; even the BMW M135i, which is rear-wheel drive, is offered with AWD as an option. Read more »

Passenger Cars Make a Fool Out of a Driver in a Lexus GX 460 Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:33 PM PST By all means, the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and its more sumptuous and expensive Lexus GX sibling, are two extremely capable off-roaders that happen to be used, more often than not, on the road as regular passenger models. However, just because a vehicle is mechanically proficient in tackling the Australian outback, the African bush, or in a scenario like this, Russia's frozen roads, doesn't mean that the same applies to its driver as well. Read more »

Scoop: 2014 Hyundai ix35 aka the Tucson Pictured Inside and Out Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST Hyundai is readying a mid-life nip-and-tuck for its ix35 compact crossover that is known as the Tucson in North America. We've already had the opportunity to share some photos of a prototype model, but our man with the long lens has now captured images of a second test car, this time nabbing the interior as well. Read more »

Fighting Nemo in an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Sounds and Looks Like a Lot of Fun Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:18 AM PST Surprise, surprise; as it turns out, not everyone was stuck at home behind mountains of snow and blocked roads in Boston during this past weekend's winter storm "Nemo". There was a certain driver enjoying the slippery roads and snow-covered parking lots in an Alfa Romeo – and mind you, not just any Alfa Romeo, but the 4.7-liter V8-powered 8C Competizione coupe. Read more »

New Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG Comes with 350PS, AWD and a 7sp Dual Clutch Transmission Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:48 AM PST Photos of the new Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG surfaced on the internet today providing us with our first camouflage-free look at the German brand's high-performance hatch, designed to challenge the 315hp (320PS) BMW M135i and 335hp (340PS) Audi RS3. We don't have the official release in our hands yet, but Mercedes-Benz confirmed the A45 AMG's basic specifications last November. The hottest addition to the A-Class family of hatchbacks makes do with a heavily revised version of the brand's 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four petrol rated at 350-horsepower and 332 lb-ft (450Nm) of peak torque. Read more »

Cadillac Continues Development of New ELR Extended-Range Coupe Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:14 AM PST We know what some of you may be thinking; since General Motors revealed the production version of its Cadillac ELR extended range hybrid at last month's Detroit Auto Show, shouldn't it be ready to go on sale? Well, it's actually fairly common for automakers to display production models at auto shows around the world without having completed the final development and testing stages. The ELR is one such example, as it will be another year before it arrives in showrooms. Read more »

Motor Trend Not Entirely Convinced by the 565HP, US$300k 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:43 AM PST It appears that the limited-production One-77 had a double mission: put some much-needed cash into Aston Martin's coffers, something it certainly did with a price tag in excess of US$1 million, and to act as a test-bed for technologies used in other production models. The first to benefit from the lessons learned on the hypercar is Aston's DBS replacement as the brand's flagship, the 2014 Vanquish. Read more »

Spy Shots: New BMW 2-Series Convertible Stretches Out in the Snow Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST To the delight of our scoop photographers, the new 2-Series Convertible has made another appearance for the camera, this time while undergoing cold weather testing in Sweden. In the same way that the 4-Series Coupe and Convertible models are based on the 3-Series chassis, the closed and open-top versions of the 2-Series share their DNA with the latest generation of the F20-codenamed 1-Series hatchbacks. Read more »

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Calls N.Y. Times’ Model S Cold Range Report “A Fake” Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:37 AM PST Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk lashed out at a recent review of the Model S published by The New York Times, calling the story about the all-electric sedan failing to meet its reported range "a fake". Read more »

Arden Takes on the Jaguar XKR-S Convertible Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:22 AM PST It might come extremely close, but the 488hp (495PS) F-Type V8S still falls behind the 543hp (550PS) XKR-S Convertible went it comes to sheer power and performance numbers. Aside from improving the engine and making sure that it can handle all those ponies running under the hood, Jaguar also afforded the XKR-S Convertible a distinct look through an assortment of aero parts, special styling cues and alloy wheels, but that wasn't enough for German tuning house Arden that has presented its own take on the drop-top sports car. Read more »

In Russia, Mayhem is Everywhere… Posted: 12 Feb 2013 07:41 AM PST We won't blame you if, after watching this scene recorded by a dashboard mounted camera, you're wondering what the bleep just happened here. We can try to describe the incident, but don't expect any solid answers. What we see is an old Lada hatchback with Russian license plates coming to a stop at a red light next to an even older bus. Then, all of a sudden, a man exits the passenger model and goes around to the driver's side of the bus. Read more »

New Seat Leon Sports Coupé Officially Revealed [Photos & Video] Posted: 12 Feb 2013 07:10 AM PST As we anticipated when a set of leaked photos of the new Leon SC (short for Sports Coupé) hit the internet late last night, Seat came out with official details and images of its compact-sized three-door hatchback that joins the five-door model. At a first glance, it may look like Seat simply removed the rear doors from the regular Leon to create the SC, but the Spaniards made a few more important design changes to the car. Read more »

First Glimpse at New McLaren P1's Minimalistic Cockpit Posted: 12 Feb 2013 06:33 AM PST McLaren is starting to unravel the puzzle that is the new P1 hypercar, piece by piece. First, it was the concept, then some details about its lightweight structure and the changes on the production model, before the British firm told us about the P1's digital instrument panel with the "Race" mode function just last week. The latest visuals from McLaren concern the P1's carbon-fiber cockpit, which the automaker describes as being "fully focused on the driver, and is clear from clutter and distraction". Read more »

Jolly Good News! Autocar has the CarScoop on Alfa Romeo 4C, will get 237hp and 266hp! Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:07 PM PST Well, tickle me pink and call me Sir Nigel Featherstonehaugh-Smythe. Autocar Magazine is reporting that the Alfa Romeo 4C, which was officially revealed in production form on Tuesday, will be powered by a 1.75-liter turbocharged engine pushing out 237bhp in standard guise. And we quote news editor / journalist Mark Tisshaw: "Information leaked by Alfa dealers in Switzerland suggests the 4C will be offered with 237bhp in its initial launch guise." Remind you of something? Sure it does, but there's more from where that came from. Read more »

Mcchip Injects Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Sedan with 650-Horses Posted: 12 Feb 2013 05:27 AM PST As the flagship performance version of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan series, the C63 AMG is anything but a slouch with its 480hp (487PS) 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8, but German aftermarket firm Mcchip-dkr believes that it could do with some improvements. Read more »

Alfa Romeo 4C Mid Engine Sports Coupe: This is it, The Production Model Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:45 AM PST It's been a painful two years of waiting since the 2011 Geneva study but finally, Alfa Romeo has revealed the first images of the 4C sports coupe that will make its world debut in the upcoming Geneva Auto Show on March 5. The transition from concept to production hasn't robbed the 4C of its delicious styling, which is all but identical sans some details like the headlamps, tail lights and door mirrors, nor its specifications or dimensions that measure "less than 4 meters" long, 1.18 m high and 2.0 m wide and a wheelbase of "less than 2.4 meters". Read more »

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