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Next Auris, First Toyota with BMW Diesel Engine
Next Auris, First Toyota with BMW Diesel Engine

21 Dec 2011, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW and Toyota have recently signed into an agreement to share technology for the mutual benefit of both companies. The deal says that the Germans will supply some of their smaller diesel engines, t...

 
Rendering: 2014 Audi R8 Will Be True Supercar
Rendering: 2014 Audi R8 Will Be True Supercar

20 Dec 2011, 09:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Don’t adjust your screens, that is not the latest Lotus mid-engined model, but a rendering of the next generation Audi R8. To be honest, we’re still waiting for the facelift, which shoul...

 
2014 Chevrolet Impala Will Be Based on Cadillac XTS
2014 Chevrolet Impala Will Be Based on Cadillac XTS

20 Dec 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As we’ve already said, it looks like GM is making too many cars again, and now there’s a new one coming, the Chevrolet Impala replacement. We were quite taken with the shape of the new M...

 
2013 Hyundai i30 Hot Hatch With 1.6 T-GDI?
2013 Hyundai i30 Hot Hatch With 1.6 T-GDI?

19 Dec 2011, 16:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The title of this article is pretty self explanatory, isn’t it? Hyundai has the Veloster turbo in the pipeline, which will debut next month in Detroit. It will basically be their hottest FWD c...

 
2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster Confirmed
2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster Confirmed

15 Dec 2011, 14:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Aston Martin found it fit to take the most powerful engine they have, the 6.0-liter V12 from the DBS, and squeeze it into the smallest chassis, that of the Vantage coupe. Ever since the car was reve...

 
2013 Kia Forte Sedan Official Sketch Leaked?
2013 Kia Forte Sedan Official Sketch Leaked?

15 Dec 2011, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, the Korean automakers are at the top of their game, not only in North America, bur also in Europe. Hyundia is obviously the sales leader of the two, but Kia too has made huge leaps in rec...

 
Lotus EV City Car Delayed But Will Be Cheaper Than Cygnet
Lotus EV City Car Delayed But Will Be Cheaper Than Cygnet

13 Dec 2011, 14:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Lotus took a “wait and see” attitude to the fact that the whole automotive industry was viewing their plans as being to ambitious. And here we are at the end of 2011, with numerous delay...

 
2013 Chevrolet Spark EV Will Use Safer Battery than Volt
2013 Chevrolet Spark EV Will Use Safer Battery than Volt

11 Dec 2011, 16:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chevrolet Volt is catching a lot of flak right now for the potential fire hazard that seems to have been swept under the rug. Recent industry speculation says the problem will cost $1,000 per ve...

 
Mercedes C- and E-Class Coupes Will Get AWD
Mercedes C- and E-Class Coupes Will Get AWD

8 Dec 2011, 12:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It almost looks like German automakers are making each other’s cars these days. BMW has already added all-wheel drive to its 6-Series, which was already very Audi-like, with its automatic gear...

 
Not Again: Next Mitsubishi Evo Rumored to Be a Plug-In Hybrid
Not Again: Next Mitsubishi Evo Rumored to Be a Plug-In Hybrid

6 Dec 2011, 12:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In our latest Coverstory, we suggested that the tenth generation of Mitsubishi Evo should be on your top 10 list of cars to buy if you ever become a millionaire. The Japanese automaker is really str...

 
Grand Evoque Rumors Emerge: Possible FWD, New 1.8L Turbo
Grand Evoque Rumors Emerge: Possible FWD, New 1.8L Turbo

6 Dec 2011, 10:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Let’s just start this post by saying that the international automotive industry gave a unanimous thumbs up to the Range Rover Evoque. And as our test drive proved, the compact SUV has looks li...

 
Toyota Pondering Supra Revival and sub-86 Sports Car
Toyota Pondering Supra Revival and sub-86 Sports Car

5 Dec 2011, 10:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota might be busy developing a 300 hp version of the GT 86 sports car, but it seems that the automotive producer is planing much more than that in terms of sports cars. According to The Sydney Mo...

 
Mazda Working on RX-8 Replacement, CEO Says
Mazda Working on RX-8 Replacement, CEO Says

1 Dec 2011, 17:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota has a brand new sports coupe with a 2.0-liter Subaru-developed boxer engine, but where does that leave Mazda and its rotary fans, who have been hit hard by rumors of the hard revving setup&rs...

 
BMW M6 Coming Next Year, Will Have 600 HP
BMW M6 Coming Next Year, Will Have 600 HP

30 Nov 2011, 14:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Since we’ve already met the 2012 BMW M5, our greedy nature now only wants to get to know the brand new M6. And according to Autofans.be, we don’t have that much to wait, because the all-...

 
Honda NSX Successor: AWD With Hybrid V6 Engine
Honda NSX Successor: AWD With Hybrid V6 Engine

30 Nov 2011, 14:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Rumors that Honda is working on a successor to the NSX have been circulating the internet for a while now. Back in September, CEO Takanobu Io said that the project was given the green light, and yes...

 
Honda NSX Reborn as Concept at 2012 Detroit Show
Honda NSX Reborn as Concept at 2012 Detroit Show

29 Nov 2011, 12:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We are getting really tired of reporting on these Honda NSX rebirth rumors that seem to go nowhere fast, due to the fact that the Japanese automaker really doesn’t need an over-the-top halo ca...

 
GMC Envoy Could Be Coming Back Based on New Trailblazer
GMC Envoy Could Be Coming Back Based on New Trailblazer

28 Nov 2011, 16:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / GM brought back the Trailblazer name with a concept that made its debut at the 2011 Dubai Motor Show. The mid-size SUV is based on the same body on frame chassis as the 2013 Colorado pickup, and cou...

 
GM Is Considering a Cruze Plug-In Hybrid
GM Is Considering a Cruze Plug-In Hybrid

24 Nov 2011, 13:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota won’t have the run of the eco market for long, as just about every major automaker is investing in electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Of the Big Three, General Motors seems to be th...

 
Hyundai Eyes Turbocharged V6
Hyundai Eyes Turbocharged V6

23 Nov 2011, 10:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai is an automaker with the wind in its sails, but it needs to stay true to what the market wants if it’s to keep this up. Right now, its performance ambitions look a bit divided - on the...

 
Jaguar XF and XJ to Get AWD Within Two Years, Hybrids to Follow
Jaguar XF and XJ to Get AWD Within Two Years, Hybrids to Follow

18 Nov 2011, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Jaguar is, like BMW, an automaker that only makes rear-wheel drive cars. Wait, that didn’t come out right! But a recent article on the future of the big cat has a striking similarity to what t...