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BMW 4-Series Grand Coupe Visually Compared with 4-Series Coupe, 3-Series Sedan and GT

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST


I've used every chance I've had to express my personal disapproval for the creation of the 4-Series Gran Coupe (or just GC for short), which BMW may think is giving them a foothold in yet another (previously inexistent) niche, but it's actually going to a) steal high-spec 3-Series sales b) rob the 3-Series GT of sales c) make the two-door 4-Series less of a special, bespoke sporty alternative. Read more »

Russian Girl Realizes the Best Parking Job You've Ever Seen

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:40 PM PST


Okay, you got us: the Moscow gal featured here wasn't actually trying to park her Opel Corsa, but by gosh, you better believe it when we say this is the most impressive parallel parking job we have ever had the chance to watch on film. Read more »

Mexico Set to Overtake Japan as No.2 Auto Exporter to U.S. in 2014

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:11 PM PST


Japan has traditionally ranked among the top two auto exporters to the U.S. since the 1970s, but that is about to change this year, when Mexico is tipped to take Japan's place as the No. 2 auto exporter to the United States. Read more »

Watch this Man Draw Up a Porsche Panamera

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:40 PM PST


Do you recall the days when you were a kid and school was all about pencils, pens and paper? If you do, then there's a good chance you filled tomes of empty pages with scribbles and perhaps even automotive designs of all sorts. Whether you were as good at it as Marcello Barenghi, is another story… Read more »

Stuck in the 1980s? Well, How About a Lotus Esprit?

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:10 PM PST


The Lotus Esprit is one of the UK-based sports automaker's best known models and one of the most sought-after cars of its era. It's hard to find cars that are more 1980s (though, it was originally introduces in 1976) than this, partly because it's deeply anchored in popular culture, appearing in two James Bond movies. Read more »

Another Automotive Love Story: Joe and His Custom Nissan 300ZX

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:53 PM PST


As a car owner, you can really fall in love with any car, no matter how crappy it is, if you drive it for long enough and give it attention – there are dedicated fan clubs for all major brands and their specific models. Read more »

New Top Gear Season Started Yesterday: What are Your Thoughts?

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:22 PM PST


You were probably sitting anxiously in your seat as the all-new 21st Top Gear season was about to begin, with the airing of episode one last night. However, personally, I wasn't impressed by all of it. I mean it's pretty obvious that something has been lost over the years, and the show isn't as funny as it used to be; well at least not constantly and in every episode that comes out. Read more »

India’s Popular Small Cars Fail Staged Crash Tests

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 01:51 PM PST


Airbags are still seen as an optional extra in India, especially when the cars in question are  small and popular models that an increasing number of people are now able to buy.

However, most of these cars have gone out of production in their respective home markets (they are older models), and are now manufactured locally – in order to keep costs down, airbags are among the first to go out of the door.

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Scoop: All-New 2015 Volvo XC90 SUV Breaks Cover for the First Time

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 01:24 PM PST


This just in from our scoop photographers in Sweden: the first pictures of an actual prototype of the production 2015 (or possibly 2016MY) Volvo XC90. We'll remind you that last time we snagged the XC90, it was a test mule wearing the body of the XC70 estate over Volvo's new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform. Read more »

Spied: This is Kia's All-New 2015 Soul EV Undisgused, and That's One Pissed Off Tester…

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:58 PM PST


Only a couple of months after Kia shared a raft of information surrounding its new battery-powered 2015 Soul, our spies caught up with an undisguised production model during a commercial shoot on a public road…and one very annoyed man inside the car, who we imagine to be working directly for Kia or the agency responsible for the filming.Read more »

Renault Clio 182 on Clio 182 Nurburgring Action

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:30 PM PST


Despite the fact that the Nurburgring Nurdschleife is pummeled into submission by some of the fastest and most powerful cars in the world, that doesn't mean that these are the best ones to choose for a lap of the famed Green Hell. Read more »

ABT Powers Up Audi 2.0 TFSI Models to 286HP / 290PS

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:05 PM PST


Every time Audi and other VW Group brands improve upon their engine power ratings, ABT Sportsline follows suit with its own tuning packages. For the latest 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four petrol engine found in Audi's A4, A5 and Q5, ABT has presented a new kit that boosts output by close to 30 percent. Read more »

BMW M4 Gran Coupe Speculatively, but Accurately Rendered

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 11:46 AM PST


With no mention of an M4 Gran Coupe, BMW will probably be playing its cards with only two models: if you want four doors, you get the M3, and if you don't, you just jump into the two-door M4 Coupe. Read more »

Drive-By-Shooting Prank Sounds Like the Worst Idea Ever

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 11:15 AM PST


We all know there are good pranks, there are bad pranks and then there pranks so foolish and dangerous that it just makes you wonder if there's something genetically wrong going on with the pranksters. Read more »

Facelifted VW Polo GTI to Receive Manual Gearbox in 2015

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 10:53 AM PST


The Volkswagen Polo suffered very minimal changes in the recent facelift it received, though, the mechanical upgrades are more important than the cosmetic ones. It seems that VW employees do have an ear turned towards the scene and have heard the complaints over the lack of a manual gearbox option in the hot GTI. Read more »

Scoop: Another Close Look at the New Opel Adam Cabrio

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 10:31 AM PST


Opel engineers packed their bags and headed to Sweden to evaluate the upcoming Adam Cabrio (to be sold as a Vauxhall in Britain), and especially how its electric folding canvas roof copes in extreme weather conditions. Read more »

Leaked Video Shows Apple’s Car-Friendly Versions of iOS Running on Infotainment Screen

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:58 AM PST


Despite the fact that previous generations of Apple's maps and directions system had the habit of sending people into the middle of the desert (at least in Australia it did so), the tech giant is not giving up and wants complete integration with future cars' infotainment systems. Much in the same way as Android is doing it, so too is Apple, if only to not lose ground and be left behind. Read more »

Ferrari 149M Project Invitation for Geneva Show Hints at New California

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:27 AM PST


A press invitation from Ferrari for a world premiere of a car dubbed "149M Project" at next month's 2014 Geneva Motor Show has surfaced on the web pointing towards the California's replacement. Read more »

Mercedes Touts the Arrival of Four-New S-Class Models in March, Including 4-Cylinder Hybrid

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:01 AM PST


European buyers will soon have four more choices when it comes to the new generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class, as the German automaker is extending the range with the (already revealed) S300 BlueTEC HYBRID, S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC, S600, and S65 AMG, all of which will hit showroom floors this March. Read more »

Ill-Intended Tow Truck Stole Cars Stranded on GA Highway After Snowstorm

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 08:33 AM PST


Reports are in that four people lost their cars on snowy Georgia highway in  last week's snowstorm, having had them swiped by Louis Mitchell, aged 34. All the cars were abandoned at the time they were taken away, so it was an easy job… Read more »

BMW Won’t Launch New i Model before the Market Asks for it

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 08:08 AM PST


A BMW top executive said the carmaker will not add a third model to its BMW i lineup until it has a better idea of demand for the existent i3 and i8 models. BMW has invested so far an estimated €2 billion ($2.7 billion) into its electrified range of vehicles and says it has more than 11,000 orders for the i3 hatchback since its November launch. Read more »

First Official Trailer of Transformers: Age of Extinction Airs During Super Bowl

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:35 AM PST


Super Bowl is known for airing hotly-anticipated blockbuster films and last night, Hollywood offered us our first gander at the fourth installment of the Transformers movie franchise dubbed "Age of Extinction", with Mark Wahlberg taking over the lead role from Shia LaBeouf, joined by Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz. Read more »

Ford Puts a Boot on Ka and Names it the Figo Sedan Concept

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:01 AM PST


One of the most noteworthy world premieres at this year's edition of India's Auto Expo 2014 (February 7-11) is the new Figo Concept, which is four-door sedan version of the Ka Study shown in Brazil late last year. Read more »

Tata Blows the Covers Off New Bolt Hatch and Zest Sedan

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:39 AM PST


India's Tata Motors may not have had the success it hoped for with the Nano, but the owner of Jaguar and Land Rover is far from giving up. At this week's Auto Expo 2014 in Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, Tata will host the world premiere of two new and related models, the Bolt hatchback and Zest sedan. Read more »

Skoda to Preview All-New Fabia with Geneva Motor Show Study

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:15 AM PST


Skoda will reportedly to bring a new concept car at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show that will preview the redesigned Fabia supermini, which is scheduled for a late 2014 reveal. Read more »
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