The plan to return the Mazda MX-5 Miata to its roots with a serious weight-saving scheme is nothing new. Nor is the plan to fit it with a tremendously efficient SkyActiv engine. But lopping 700-plus pounds from a still-lightweight roadster? That's new. Crediting a "senior insider" at Mazda, InsideLine says the engineering team behind the next-gen...
One of those pesky, little complaints that today's electric car just can't live down is the fact that it can't quite perform at the same level as its dirtier, gas-pumping brethren. It can't travel as far. It can't drive as fast. And it may just leave you for dead in the middle of nowhere. But the gap is slowly closing, and teams of determined...
With the sighting of a prototype for the 2013 MINI Cooper confirming that the third-generation modern MINI would be growing in size, both in length and width, rumors have ignited once again that MINI is making way to launch its smallest model yet, a true ‘mini’ MINI. We got the biggest indication yet that MINI was planning a new model...
Now that we’ve had a few days to absorb the controversial look of the new 2012 BMW 1-Series Hatchback’s styling, dare we say it, it's actually starting to grow on us--just a little. Over the course of the last couple of days, BMW has also released some promo videos for its latest 1-Series, giving us a preview of what the car will look...
Volvo showed us its C30 Electric zero-emissions hatchback at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show back in January, which included a crashed example with the car's expensive battery pack fully intact, but now the automaker has confirmed that customer leases are about to start. Unfortunately, those leases are only scheduled to begin in Europe as Volvo has no...
Though the 270 horsepower Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet Concept we saw debut last week at the Wörthersee Tour 2011 in Austria is unlikely to make it to production anytime soon, there is a strong chance that this GTI-badged drop-top based on the 2012 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet will. The latest concept car essentially drops the Golf GTI drivetrain...
It won’t be on sale until fall but you can configure the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster to your exact specifications right now via a new online configurator on the AMG website that’s just gone live. This isn’t a complete configurator as it only allows you to adjust a few features such as the exterior paint finish...
The 2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan was revealed in facelifted form back in February but the latest version of its two-door sibling, the upcoming 2012 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, isn’t set for a debut until the 2012 Detroit Auto Show in January of next year, according to a new report. Key changes expected for the car include fresh new styling and more...
Remember our post last week about Audi’s new advertisement for the 2012 A6 Avant featuring a music score very similar to the one in Eminem’s top-selling track ‘Lose Yourself’? Yes, the same track famously used, with permission from the rap star, in Chrysler’s original Imported From Detroit ad for the 200 Sedan, which...
As we reported earlier in a first look at all-new photos, the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class looks poised to get a somewhat glossier, more finished appearance inside and out, along with better on-road performance. While we haven't yet driven the new M-CLass, we've now seen it in person and note that while the new ML is hardly revolutionary...
Factory-built luxury security vehicles are, without doubt, members of one of the smallest segments anywhere. But with their rarity and exclusivity comes a certain cool factor, a factor enhanced by their capabilities. Mercedes-Benz states outright that "The aim of the Guard models...is to protect the occupants from violent criminal acts." Not...
Daimler's 125th anniversary celebrations have been ongoing for a while now--and we don't expect them to end anytime soon--but that doesn't mean we're tired of it. At least not when the party includes a gallery of some of Mercedes' best over the past 1.25 centuries. Our only quibble with the company's enthusiasm for its long history? The "125!" in...
Building cars outside the U.S. is, for American brands, old news. Except, mostly, for Cadillac. Today GM CEO Dan Akerson announced during its first annual meeting since going public in its "new" GM form that Cadillac will be building more models outside the U.S. by the end of 2012 in an effort to make the brand its global luxury marque. This won't...
The 2013 Lotus Elan, revealed at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, won't be seeing production for fear of it stepping on the toes of the all-new Esprit, but there's good news to come from its demise: Lotus will use the funds from that project to build its own engines. Lotus, in its former pre-Bahar guise, was essentially a chassis builder that bought and...
There’s good news from Chrysler for performance car fans: the automaker has announced that the Street and Racing Technology (SRT) group has been spun off to form its own brand. Better news? At the helm is none other than Ralph Gilles, who was formerly the CEO of the Dodge brand. Gilles is an accomplished driver and motorsports fan, so...
The plan to return the Mazda MX-5 Miata to its roots with a serious weight-saving scheme is nothing new. Nor is the plan to fit it with a tremendously efficient SkyActiv engine. But lopping 700-plus pounds from a still-lightweight roadster? That's new. Crediting a "senior insider" at Mazda, InsideLine says the engineering team behind the next-gen...
One of those pesky, little complaints that today's electric car just can't live down is the fact that it can't quite perform at the same level as its dirtier, gas-pumping brethren. It can't travel as far. It can't drive as fast. And it may just leave you for dead in the middle of nowhere. But the gap is slowly closing, and teams of determined...
With the sighting of a prototype for the 2013 MINI Cooper confirming that the third-generation modern MINI would be growing in size, both in length and width, rumors have ignited once again that MINI is making way to launch its smallest model yet, a true ‘mini’ MINI. We got the biggest indication yet that MINI was planning a new model...
Now that we’ve had a few days to absorb the controversial look of the new 2012 BMW 1-Series Hatchback’s styling, dare we say it, it's actually starting to grow on us--just a little. Over the course of the last couple of days, BMW has also released some promo videos for its latest 1-Series, giving us a preview of what the car will look...
Volvo showed us its C30 Electric zero-emissions hatchback at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show back in January, which included a crashed example with the car's expensive battery pack fully intact, but now the automaker has confirmed that customer leases are about to start. Unfortunately, those leases are only scheduled to begin in Europe as Volvo has no...
Though the 270 horsepower Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet Concept we saw debut last week at the Wörthersee Tour 2011 in Austria is unlikely to make it to production anytime soon, there is a strong chance that this GTI-badged drop-top based on the 2012 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet will. The latest concept car essentially drops the Golf GTI drivetrain...
It won’t be on sale until fall but you can configure the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster to your exact specifications right now via a new online configurator on the AMG website that’s just gone live. This isn’t a complete configurator as it only allows you to adjust a few features such as the exterior paint finish...
The 2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan was revealed in facelifted form back in February but the latest version of its two-door sibling, the upcoming 2012 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, isn’t set for a debut until the 2012 Detroit Auto Show in January of next year, according to a new report. Key changes expected for the car include fresh new styling and more...
Remember our post last week about Audi’s new advertisement for the 2012 A6 Avant featuring a music score very similar to the one in Eminem’s top-selling track ‘Lose Yourself’? Yes, the same track famously used, with permission from the rap star, in Chrysler’s original Imported From Detroit ad for the 200 Sedan, which...
As we reported earlier in a first look at all-new photos, the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class looks poised to get a somewhat glossier, more finished appearance inside and out, along with better on-road performance. While we haven't yet driven the new M-CLass, we've now seen it in person and note that while the new ML is hardly revolutionary...
Factory-built luxury security vehicles are, without doubt, members of one of the smallest segments anywhere. But with their rarity and exclusivity comes a certain cool factor, a factor enhanced by their capabilities. Mercedes-Benz states outright that "The aim of the Guard models...is to protect the occupants from violent criminal acts." Not...
Daimler's 125th anniversary celebrations have been ongoing for a while now--and we don't expect them to end anytime soon--but that doesn't mean we're tired of it. At least not when the party includes a gallery of some of Mercedes' best over the past 1.25 centuries. Our only quibble with the company's enthusiasm for its long history? The "125!" in...
Building cars outside the U.S. is, for American brands, old news. Except, mostly, for Cadillac. Today GM CEO Dan Akerson announced during its first annual meeting since going public in its "new" GM form that Cadillac will be building more models outside the U.S. by the end of 2012 in an effort to make the brand its global luxury marque. This won't...
The 2013 Lotus Elan, revealed at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, won't be seeing production for fear of it stepping on the toes of the all-new Esprit, but there's good news to come from its demise: Lotus will use the funds from that project to build its own engines. Lotus, in its former pre-Bahar guise, was essentially a chassis builder that bought and...
There’s good news from Chrysler for performance car fans: the automaker has announced that the Street and Racing Technology (SRT) group has been spun off to form its own brand. Better news? At the helm is none other than Ralph Gilles, who was formerly the CEO of the Dodge brand. Gilles is an accomplished driver and motorsports fan, so...
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