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- All-New 2015 VW Passat Loses Rear Doors in PhotoShop
- Swedish Tuner Aims to Extract 1050 HP Out of Ferrari LaFerrari via Remap
- Find Out What It's Like to Drive a BMW M4 for 1,000 Miles across Europe
- US Diesel Sales up by a Quarter so Far in 2014
- Next Audi R8 May Get V8 or V10 Diesel Version in 2017
- Orange Porsche 914 is Cool Because it Has a 3.2-Liter-Swap
- New Opel / Vauxhall Corsa Static Preview: 5 Things You Should Know About it
- 2015 Ford Mustang Will Tell Emergency Operators How You Crashed [w/Video]
- How Will You Have Your 2015 VW Passat? German Configurator Goes Live
- 707HP 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Does 1/4 Mile in 11.2 Seconds!
- BP Estimates World Oil Reserves Will Last Another 53.3 Years
- First Ever Mercedes C-Class Cabriolet Scooped
- Smart Tricks People into Thinking It’s Building the Biggest City Car Ever
- Breaking: Johan de Nysschen Leaves Infiniti to Take Over Cadillac
- Pagani Officially Launches Itself in America [w/Video]
- These Guys Must Have Had a Saint Looking Over Their Backs…
- VW Prices the Beetle Cabriolet Karmann from €25,250 in Germany
- Scoop: All-New Kia Sorento Finally Shows Some Skin
- VW Sold a Record 3 Million Passenger Cars in First Half of the Year
- Trailer for New Petrol-Fueled Crook Film Has Our Attention
- Art-Khan Shows Upcoming Retro-Inspired Roadster’s Lines and Flying Huntsman
- You Can Have a Honda Civic Black Edition in the UK from £249 a Month
| All-New 2015 VW Passat Loses Rear Doors in PhotoShop Posted: 11 Jul 2014 06:03 PM PDT  VW's all-new Passat didn't blow anybody' socks off when it was revealed last week, but that's normal, because it's a Passat and it's intentional. It did, however, show the new way forward for VW styling, in actual production form, and it's a better, more rakish way than before. Read more »    |
| Swedish Tuner Aims to Extract 1050 HP Out of Ferrari LaFerrari via Remap Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:46 PM PDT  The Ferrari LaFerrari makes 963 hp when its V12 and electric motor are working together giving all they've got. The LaFerrari is a really new car, and the limited numbers it will be available in means few will move past being stock, since it's not the kind of car you buy with the intent to tune… Read more »   |
| Find Out What It's Like to Drive a BMW M4 for 1,000 Miles across Europe Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:18 PM PDT  What would you say if BMW invited you to take a 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) trip in the M4 Coupe? Well, nobody in their right mind would say no to that, and neither did Auto Express' Mat Watson. Read more »   |
| US Diesel Sales up by a Quarter so Far in 2014 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT  Clean diesel uptake in the US is becoming increasingly more noticeable every time we do one of these sales roundup articles. This time, we're announcing healthy double digit increases that round out to around 25 percent, for the first six months of 2014. The numbers were even greater than the average in March (39.5 percent increase), April (60.4 percent increase) and May (26.8 percent). Read more »   |
| Next Audi R8 May Get V8 or V10 Diesel Version in 2017 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:21 PM PDT  When Audi presented the R8 TDI Le Mans concept car powered by a V12 diesel in 2008, everyone thought it would be followed by a production model. However, that never happen, but the second generation R8 might get a high-performance diesel engine. Read more »   |
| Orange Porsche 914 is Cool Because it Has a 3.2-Liter-Swap Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:28 PM PDT  One of the reasons why the Porsche 914 didn't end up being a successful Boxster of its day probably had something to do with the (four-cylinder) engine choices and the word Beetle that probably echoed in the minds of all who pondered buying one. Read more »   |
| New Opel / Vauxhall Corsa Static Preview: 5 Things You Should Know About it Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:38 PM PDT  So while visually speaking the all new Opel / Vauxhall   |
| 2015 Ford Mustang Will Tell Emergency Operators How You Crashed [w/Video] Posted: 11 Jul 2014 11:19 AM PDT  The 2015 Ford Mustang will be offered with the 911 Assist system, a subscription-free emergency feature that is part of the Sync technology. With the customer's consent, the system helps connect vehicle occupants directly to a local 911 operator following an airbag deployment or if the fuel supply shuts off. Read more »   |
| How Will You Have Your 2015 VW Passat? German Configurator Goes Live Posted: 11 Jul 2014 10:43 AM PDT  The line between luxury cars and regular cars is not a wall any more. Design (appearance), technologies, bits of shiny trim and high quality materials are what superficially define the genre, yet despite these elements' ever-increasing prevalence throughout the different classes of cars, the choice is being made much harder, not easier. Read more »   |
| 707HP 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Does 1/4 Mile in 11.2 Seconds! Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:29 PM PDT  For many, the Challenger looks outdated and border comic-eqsue, especially when opted with 1970s-style flamboyant colors, flashy pin stripes and decals, but no one can deny that its flagship edition, the 707hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is one helluva fast machine. Read more »   |
| BP Estimates World Oil Reserves Will Last Another 53.3 Years Posted: 11 Jul 2014 09:45 AM PDT  We have been told for years that the world is about to reach peak oil and that it will all go downhill from there on, and yet, the overwhelming majority of cars sold around the world (the exceptions are insignificant) are powered by oil-derived fuels. Read more »   |
| First Ever Mercedes C-Class Cabriolet Scooped Posted: 11 Jul 2014 09:06 AM PDT  Sedan, Estate, Coupe and Convertible – those are the four confirmed body styles for Mercedes' W205 generation C-Class, and up until now, we've only seen production versions of the more family-orientated, first two. The directly related C-Class Coupe and Convertible will probably appear in 2015. Read more »   |
| Smart Tricks People into Thinking It’s Building the Biggest City Car Ever Posted: 11 Jul 2014 08:39 AM PDT  Smart is perceived as a playful brand, and its ad campaigns definitely reflect that part of its character. As it is preparing for the launch of the all-new ForTwo, Smart thought about pulling a prank on some unsuspecting customers by making them believe its latest project is to build the biggest city car ever. Read more »   |
| Breaking: Johan de Nysschen Leaves Infiniti to Take Over Cadillac Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:31 PM PDT  Earlier this week, just two years after Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn snatched Johan de Nysschen from Audi and appointed him the new boss of the group's luxury brand Infiniti, the 54-year old executive submitted his resignation. Today, GM announced that it hired de Nysschen to lead Cadillac. Read more »   |
| Pagani Officially Launches Itself in America [w/Video] Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:47 AM PDT  You can now finally go out to an actual Pagani showroom in America and order your very own Huayra. The maker of exquisite supercars has finally made the leap across the ocean and now entices prospective millionaire buyers with dealerships now taking orders for the car in San Francisco, Dallas, Greenwich, Miami and Beverly Hills. Read more »   |
| These Guys Must Have Had a Saint Looking Over Their Backs… Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:22 AM PDT  Incidents and accidents that are beyond our control happen every day, and quite often, a blink of an eye, a split second, can sometimes make the difference between life and death. Read more »   |
| VW Prices the Beetle Cabriolet Karmann from €25,250 in Germany Posted: 11 Jul 2014 06:50 AM PDT  Volkswagen has put a price tag on the Beetle Cabriolet Karmann, the special edition model that debuted last month at the AMI Leipzig show. Featuring design tweaks and additional equipment features, the Beetle Cabriolet Karmann is priced from €25,250 ($34,431) in Germany and can be ordered at dealerships nationwide. Read more »   |
| Scoop: All-New Kia Sorento Finally Shows Some Skin Posted: 11 Jul 2014 06:25 AM PDT  Until now, Kia made sure that its new generation Sorento prototypes were firmly dressed in camouflage to keep the SUV's styling details hidden from common sight, but not so much anymore, as our spies caught a rather revealing tester. Read more »   |
| VW Sold a Record 3 Million Passenger Cars in First Half of the Year Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:59 AM PDT  For the first time in its history, the VW Passenger Cars brand delivered over three million vehicles in the first six months of a year. It happened in the first half of this year, when a total of 3.07 million vehicles were handed over to customers globally, accounting for an increase of 3.8 percent. Read more »   |
| Trailer for New Petrol-Fueled Crook Film Has Our Attention Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT  From the man who gave us the viral commercial "BMW M4: Ultimate Racetrack" that was purportedly filmed on an aircraft carrier (Miss CGI may have something to say about that), director Ozan Biron, comes a trailer for a new action movie called "Crook". Read more »   |
| Art-Khan Shows Upcoming Retro-Inspired Roadster’s Lines and Flying Huntsman Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:07 AM PDT  You might know Afzal Khan as the man who started Project Kahn / Khan Design, the luxury-oriented, UK-based improver of interiors through more leather and exteriors through fancy alloys. Read more »   |
| You Can Have a Honda Civic Black Edition in the UK from £249 a Month Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:44 AM PDT  Following its debut at the Geneva Auto Show this spring, the Honda Civic Black Edition is now available in the UK from £249 a month. Offered with either the 1.6 i-DTEC diesel or 1.8 i-VTEC petrol engines, the Civic Black Edition features a number of gloss black elements that give the car a more menacing look. Read more »   |
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