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About a decade and a half after Porsche eschewed its lightness-and-small-displacement strategy and built a five-liter sports racer to take down Ferrari at Le Mans, a different sort of war kicked off between the two marques: a battle for supremacy in the super-supercar market. In 1984, Ferrari built a radically modified twin-turbo 308 GTB with an eye toward Group [...]
This is the new five-door Skoda Citigo. Tested here, it carries the range’s lower-powered 59bhp three-pot petrol engine and five-speed manual gearbox. Prices are yet to be confirmed, but Skoda has said that the more practical of the two body variants (which will account for between 60 and 75 per cent of sales in Western [...]
This is the cheapest way in to the cute and compact Audi Q3 SUV. Ignore the faintly ludicrous £33,090 after-options ‘as-tested’ price of the car driven here; a considerably less challenging £24,560 buys you a front-drive, 138bhp 2.0 TDI engined example in SE trim and with a six-speed manual gearbox. What’s it like? Appealing, in [...]
Audi has combined two of America’s favorite things for its S7 ad, the Super Bowl and vampires. The German automaker released its one-minute commercial on YouTube, ahead of the big game next week. The S7 is the high-performance version of the A7 sedan. It has a coupe-like roof line with a cavernous trunk. The spot features a group [...]
Honda on Friday announced pricing for the 2012 Honda Crosstour. The new base model of the crossover will have a four-cylinder for the first time and will carry a sticker price of $28,465, including an $810 destination charge. The upgraded EX-L Navi model will sticker for $33,615. The 192-hp, 2.4-liter model will join the 271-hp V6 in the lineup. [...]
The SRT group at Chrysler is doing a little Facebook tease with the 2013 Viper. The company said that if it recorded 10,000 “likes” by Feb. 1, it will release a teaser shot of the upcoming muscle car. Well, it took less than 12 hours to go from 9,400 to 10,000, which means we’ll be in constant refresh [...]
California regulators on Friday approved a plan that would require 15.4 percent of new vehicles sold in the state be electric, fuel-cell or plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2025. The rule–supported by major automakers–is part of a broader package of regulations called the Advanced Clean Car program designed to cut vehicle greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions. [...]
Our spies have caught the updated BMW 7 Series testing ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut in March An update of the fifth-generation BMW 7 Series has been spotted, revealing subtle exterior changes. Changes include revised headlamps, which along with relocated indicators (now in the mirrors) will be LEDs, while there’s a new tail-light [...]
Nissan Note gets new flagship trim and revised model range to keep it on supermini-MPV pace The Nissan Note supermini-MPV has been updated with more equipment across the range. The new N-Tec+ flagship replaces the N-Tec and adds rear parking sensors on top of the NTEC’s satellite navigation and rear privacy glass. The N-Tec+ and [...]
Renault looks set to reveal a follow-up to the iconic Alpine A110 at the Paris Motor Show in September Renaultis working on an Alpine concept for the Paris Motor Show, paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of the iconic A110 Berlinetta. A Renault insider told Auto Express that although nothing has been officially confirmed, it [...]