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- Audi Brings Back A3 Hatch to U.S. But Only with Diesel, Debuts in New York [w/Video]
- Is This the Luckiest Pedestrian Alive?
- Mercedes-AMG GT Name Confirmed, HD Pics Released
- Ford May Built Next Explorer and Expedition Out of Aluminum Too
- Brabus CLS 850 Has Exactly that Many Horses Under its Hood
- 2015 Chevrolet Trax Small SUV Comes to U.S. as the Plain Jane Alter Ego of the Buick Encore
- More Extreme Ferrari LaFerrari XX Reportedly Coming in 2015
- 2015 MINI Countryman Comes to New York with Barely Noticeable Updates
- This 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari is a Massive Wagon with 550 HP
- Smart Launches ForTwo Grandstyle Edition in the UK
- New 2015 Mercedes AMG GT Sports Coupe: Official Shots of the Interior
- Consumer Reports Finds Honda Fit is a City Car of Diverse Talents
- Manhart's New 400HP BMW M235i Coupe Tune Looks and Sounds Promising [w/Video]
- Nissan Makes sure You Can Pronounce "Qashqai" [w/Video]
- Fiat Wants Maserati to Become an Italian Porsche
- Lada Samara is Tougher Than it Looks
- Aston Martin to Unveil Not So New V8 Vantage GT and DB9 Carbon in New York
- Pissing Contest Continues with Toyota Stating that Corolla is the World's Best Seller
- 2015 VW Golf GTI's U.S. Pricing Leaked, Starts at $25,215
- Toyota’s Updated Passo Citycar Gets New-Gen 68HP 1.0-Liter Petrol in Japan [w/Video]
- Audi Milks the Cash Cow with New $146,045 RS7 Dynamic Edition, Debuts in NY
- Video Shows Just How far from its Core Values Citroen is Nowadays…
- Next Gen 2016 Audi Q7 Continues Testing as Designers Rework the Styling
- Renault Builds 1 Millionth Duster Four Years Since Launch
| Audi Brings Back A3 Hatch to U.S. But Only with Diesel, Debuts in New York [w/Video] Posted: 16 Apr 2014 03:54 AM PDT  Following the introduction of the A3 Sedan, Audi is expanding the A3 compact family in the U.S. with the A3 TDI Sportback, which will launch in summer 2015. Making its debut at the New York Auto Show, the Audi A3 TDI Sportback is powered by the latest generation 2.0-liter TDI clean diesel engine mated to a standard 6-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission. Read more »        |
| Is This the Luckiest Pedestrian Alive? Posted: 15 Apr 2014 07:05 PM PDT  Go ahead, don't be shy; play the following dash-cam footage from Slovakia as many times as your heart and curiosity desire – thankfully, it won't change the positive outcome. Read more »    |
| Mercedes-AMG GT Name Confirmed, HD Pics Released Posted: 15 Apr 2014 06:37 PM PDT  Earlier today, we gave you a first glance at Mercedes upcoming Porsche 911 challenger with a batch of leaked interior photos, and now, we have the official commentary as well as higher resolution imagery from Benz, which also confirmed the new sport car's name: Mercedes-AMG GT. Read more »    |
| Ford May Built Next Explorer and Expedition Out of Aluminum Too Posted: 15 Apr 2014 05:35 PM PDT  Ford's move to swap steel for aluminum in the construction of its all-new F-150 pickup has been a controversial one, on the one hand promising better gas mileage and performance, while at the same time threatening future owners with higher repair costs. Viewed purely from a technological point of view, it is a more advanced way to build a vehicle, but if owners spend a fortune fixing dented panels than it will have been for nothing. Read more »    |
| Brabus CLS 850 Has Exactly that Many Horses Under its Hood Posted: 15 Apr 2014 05:03 PM PDT  For that 0.001 percent of the world's population that thinks the regular Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG is not fast enough stock, there are companies like Germany's Brabus (and Weistec from the US) that will eliminate those thoughts from your mind instantly. They'd have a straitjacket just waiting for you if you come back for more, after they had just finished extracting 850 horses out of your CLS. Read more »    |
| 2015 Chevrolet Trax Small SUV Comes to U.S. as the Plain Jane Alter Ego of the Buick Encore Posted: 15 Apr 2014 04:38 PM PDT  GM's new small car entry for the 2014 New York Auto Show wasn't the next generation Spark after all, but a vehicle we already know and one that the automaker had shown in Detroit last year: the Buick Encore's plainer Chevrolet-badged stable mate, the Trax. Read more »    |
| More Extreme Ferrari LaFerrari XX Reportedly Coming in 2015 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 04:10 PM PDT  Hardly anybody has been given the chance to drive the Ferrari LaFerrari and we hear that the Italian manufacturer is already looking at creating an even more extreme version of the car, one that would end in 'XX'. It's not clear how they would improve on it, but apparently the intention has already been made public. Read more »    |
| 2015 MINI Countryman Comes to New York with Barely Noticeable Updates Posted: 15 Apr 2014 03:45 PM PDT  If you can tell what has just changed on the 2015 MINI Countryman just by looking at the press shots, then you must surely be an avid fan of the British brand. Some four years after MINI presented its first ever model with four doors (not counting the tailgate), optional four-wheel drive and a length in excess of four meters (we're surprised they didn't call it the…FourMan), the Countryman has been oh, so mildly updated. Read more »    |
| This 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari is a Massive Wagon with 550 HP Posted: 15 Apr 2014 03:18 PM PDT  Were you to bring this tastefully modified 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari to Europe, people would be shocked, especially when you arrived at your destination and had to park… It's much more of an imposing car than even the latest of fast German wagons can muster, and this particular example also goes as fast as one of those too. Read more »    |
| Smart Launches ForTwo Grandstyle Edition in the UK Posted: 15 Apr 2014 02:51 PM PDT  Smart has announced yet another special edition ForTwo model, this time for the UK market. The Smart ForTwo Grandstyle Edition offers a more luxurious interior and a more stylish exterior, as well as added standard features. Read more »    |
| New 2015 Mercedes AMG GT Sports Coupe: Official Shots of the Interior Posted: 15 Apr 2014 02:23 PM PDT  What we have here are the very first official photos of the interior of Mercedes' upcoming AMG GT sports coupe that were handed over by the automaker to German magazine AutoMotorundSport. Mercedes officials have not yet revealed the car's designation in public, but one has to assume that along with the imagery, they also confirmed the name. Read more »    |
| Consumer Reports Finds Honda Fit is a City Car of Diverse Talents Posted: 15 Apr 2014 01:57 PM PDT  Since Consumer Reports thoroughly praised the new 2015 Honda Fit in their latest review of the car, we will start by mentioning the negative points they discovered. Firstly, the steering is reportedly noticeably less feelsome than on the old model, and the CVT gearbox that replaces the old five-speed is whiney and unpleasant. Read more »    |
| Manhart's New 400HP BMW M235i Coupe Tune Looks and Sounds Promising [w/Video] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT  BMW is stirring up quite a bit of interest around its new M235i Coupe to the point that, the larger 4-Series Coupe, the natural successor to the two-door 3-Series, is actually being overlooked by many enthusiasts. Read more »    |
| Nissan Makes sure You Can Pronounce "Qashqai" [w/Video] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Nissan went for weird when naming the Qashqai, a name misspelled and mispronounced at first, but one that has since become a mainstay in the vocabulary of a wide variety of car buyers that turn to it for their transportation needs. Read more »    |
| Fiat Wants Maserati to Become an Italian Porsche Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:10 PM PDT  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne wants Maserati to be for the Italian-led group what Porsche is for Volkswagen: a safe source of profits that depends less on the state of the economy than the group's volume brands. Read more »    |
| Lada Samara is Tougher Than it Looks Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:48 AM PDT  There's certainly no shortage of videos showing various Lada models drowning, failing and breaking into pieces on the interwebs, but guess what; sometimes Russia's most famous brand proves its strengths – or at least it seems that way… Read more »    |
| Aston Martin to Unveil Not So New V8 Vantage GT and DB9 Carbon in New York Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:20 AM PDT  You probably remember that Aston Martin last month unveiled the V8 Vantage N430 and DB9 Carbon Black and Carbon White editions at the Geneva Motor Show last month. Well, the British automaker will do exactly the same thing at the New York Auto Show, except for a minor name change for the V8 Vantage N430, which has been baptized V8 Vantage GT for the U.S. market. Read more »    |
| Pissing Contest Continues with Toyota Stating that Corolla is the World's Best Seller Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:54 AM PDT  If you're weren't expecting Toyota's response to Ford's claims that the Focus was the best-selling nameplate in 2013 with 1,097,618 deliveries, then you obviously haven't been following the pissing contest between two of the world's largest automakers – the same thing happened last October. Read more »    |
| 2015 VW Golf GTI's U.S. Pricing Leaked, Starts at $25,215 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:19 AM PDT  Pricing for the U.S market specification 2015 VW Golf GTI surfaced online today thanks to Autoweek, albeit for a…limited time as the site pulled down the piece faster than you can say Personenkraftwagen, the German word for passenger cars, but still, not fast enough… Read more »    |
| Toyota’s Updated Passo Citycar Gets New-Gen 68HP 1.0-Liter Petrol in Japan [w/Video] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:55 AM PDT  The updated Toyota Passo (also sold as the Daihatsu Boon in Japan) is the first model to be equipped with the carmaker's new generation of petrol engines, more specifically the 1.0-liter petrol engine. The new unit is approximately 30 percent more fuel efficient than the previous powerplant. Read more »    |
| Audi Milks the Cash Cow with New $146,045 RS7 Dynamic Edition, Debuts in NY Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:17 AM PDT  A bog standard Audi RS7 Sportback with a 552hp (560PS) twin-turbo V8 will cost you $104,900, plus $895 for destination and delivery (D&H) fees. For the new "exclusive" RS7 Dynamic Edition with the same 552hp 4.0-liter unit that debuts this week at the New York Auto Show, Audi commands no less than $146,045, again without D&H. So what gives? Read more »    |
| Video Shows Just How far from its Core Values Citroen is Nowadays… Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:53 AM PDT  Citroen is a brand that just grows on you the more you learn about it, and while you may not like all the decisions taken along the way, most of these resulted in cars that are still talked about today, looked at, analyzed and appreciated. Read more »    |
| Next Gen 2016 Audi Q7 Continues Testing as Designers Rework the Styling Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:29 AM PDT  While Audi engineers step up their efforts to evaluate the upcoming, second generation Q7 SUV on the road, back at the firm's Ingolstadt headquarters, designers have returned to the drawing board after the brand's new head of R&D Ulrich Hackenberg was reportedly unhappy with what they had come up with. Read more »    |
| Renault Builds 1 Millionth Duster Four Years Since Launch Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:05 AM PDT  Badged both as a Dacia and as a Renault, depending on the destination market, the Duster SUV has proven to be a very successful model for the French automaker, being the best-selling Renault model worldwide. It's no wonder then that the 1 millionth model was recently built, only four years after the model's launch. Read more »    |
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