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In addition to the unveiling of the all-new 2009 Corolla and Matrix, Toyota also unveiled a tuned version of the Corolla, dubbed the Corolla S3.
Continue reading "2009 Toyota Corolla S3 Breaks Cover...It's a Supercharged Corolla" »

Lincoln is going to officially unveil its newest sedan at the Los Angeles Auto Show in two weeks, but the car has been caught filming either for a commercial or for the next Batman movie.
Continue reading "2009 Lincoln MKS Spy Photos...The Upcoming Lincoln Has Been Caught Filming" »
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Following the release of the all-new Toyota Corolla and Matrix last week, Pontiac has now officially unveiled the Pontiac Vibe (don't forget that the Matrix and Vibe are cousins).
Continue reading "2009 Pontiac Vibe Officially Unveiled...Better than the Matrix?" »
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The all-new 2009 Nissan Murano is going to be officially unveiled at the LA Auto Show next week, but thanks to the NICOclub forums we have the first few photos of it.
Continue reading "All-New 2009 Nissan Murano Photos Leaked" »
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2009 is going to go down in the history books as the year that diesels finally returned to the US. Volkswagen is going to be one of the first automakers to bring their clean diesels to this side of the Atlantic, but that introduction has been delayed.
Continue reading "VW delays the Introduction of its Clean Diesel Jetta TDI" »
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The revised Hyundai Sonata has just gone on sale in Korea. For the new model year Hyundai has made very subtle changes to its Camry fighter.
Continue reading "2009 Hyundai Sonata Gets Retouched and a Little More Power" »
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Last week the first few images of Nissan's all-new 2009 Murano leaked onto the internet. Now we have two more which provide further detail of that weird looking front end and a throughly reworked interior.
Continue reading "More Photos of the all-new 2009 Nissan Murano Leaked" »
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Thanks to "avid" reader Aaron we have a photo of a Toyota Tundra prototype that was testing in Orange County, CA today.
Continue reading "Toyota Tundra Prototype Spotted...What are they Testing?" »
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Lincoln has released the first official pictures of the upcoming 2009 MKS, which will be officially unveiled at the LA Auto Show this week.
Continue reading "2009 Lincoln MKS Officially Unveiled...Will Lincoln's New Design DNA Work?" »
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GM's new 2-mode hybrid system has already been revealed in the Cadillac Escalade and Chevy Tahoe SUVs and now it is making its way into the Silverado pickup.
Continue reading "2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid Unveiled...It's the Most Fuel-Efficient Truck!" »
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Right before Nissan brought out its awesome GT-R supercar, Nissan's CEO unveiled the all-new 2009 Murano CUV at the LA Auto Show today.
Continue reading "LA Auto Show: 2009 Nissan Murano Officially Unveiled" »
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Yesterday BMW unveiled the BMW 1-Series at the LA Auto Show. The automaker also released the pricing for the coupe that will be on sale early next year .
Continue reading "2008 BMW 135i Starts at $35,675 and the 128i Starts at $29,375" »
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Today Subaru unveiled the all-new Impreza WRX STI (US Spec) to the American public at the LA Auto Show.
Continue reading "2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Has 305 Horsepower and Starts at $34,995" »
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Chrysler confirmed earlier this month that the automaker is going to kill off the slow selling PT Cruiser convertible, Pacifica, Crossfire and Dodge Magnum models. It seemed that Chrysler still had hopes for the regular version of the PT Cruiser.
Continue reading "PT Cruiser May Follow the Path of Chrysler's Other Slow Selling Models" »
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It's no secret that the Acura's flagship the RL has failed to capture an audience. Acura hopes to change that next summer by giving the slow-selling sedan a makeover.
Continue reading "2009 Acura RL Will Get a Major Makeover...Will it Help?" »
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Nissan unveiled the all-new GT-R at the LA Auto Show last week and announced a starting price of $69,850 for the supercar.
Continue reading "The US Will Only Get 1,500 Nissan GT-R's a Year" »
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Ford has unveiled the four-door Verve concept at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China. Ford unveiled a hatchback version of the Verve at the recent Frankfurt Auto Show and a third variant is expected at the Detroit Auto Show this coming January.
Continue reading "Ford Verve Sedan Concept Unveiled...It Looks so Much Better than the Focus" »
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Motor Trend has announced the winner of their coveted "Car of the Year" award and this year the award goes to the 2008 Cadillac CTS.
Continue reading "2008 Cadillac CTS Wins Motor Trend's "Car of the Year" Award!" »
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Subaru is known for its all-wheel-drive systems that are standard on everyone one of its vehicles. In addition Subaru is also known for its boxer engines. Well that all may change in the near future.
Continue reading "Subaru is Considering Offering Vehicles Without AWD and a Boxer Engine" »
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Spies have managed to capture a few shots of the upcoming 2009 Ford F-150. Up until now we have only seen prototypes of the truck fully cloaked in camouflage.
Continue reading "2009 Ford F-150 Exposed...Is Ford Being too Cautious?" »
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According to the latest rumors and reports Aston Martin officials may be mulling the idea of producing cars outside of the UK for the first time in the company's 93 year history.
Continue reading "Aston Martin May Build Cars Outside of the UK for the First Time Ever" »
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The all-new 2008 Honda Fit, which is a newer version of what we have here in the US, just went on sale late last month in Japan. The all-new model has just received Japan's Car of the Year award.
Continue reading "All-New 2008 Honda Fit Wins Japan's Car of the Year Award" »
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VW has a lofty goal of selling 10 million vehicles per year by 2018. In addition the automaker wants to close the gap between itself and Toyota. One of the automaker's new plans is to develop four architectures that can be used across the Volkswagen Group brands, including Lamborghini, Audi and Bentley.
Continue reading "VW is Planning Four New Platforms to Help it Catch up to Toyota" »
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BRABUS has already developed tuning packages for the latest C-Class sedan. Just in time for the C-Class wagon's introduction, BRABUS has unveiled its exclusive tuning package for the new model.
Continue reading "BRABUS Tunes the All-New 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Wagon" »
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary of producing cars at its production plant in Hethel, Lotus has released the Elise S 40th Anniversary Limited Edition just for the European market.
Continue reading "Lotus Elise S 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Unveiled" »
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It seems like everyone is jumping on the RWD bandwagon. Hyundai just unveiled its RWD Genesis coupe and now there are rumors that Nissan is working on rear-wheel-drive replacement for the 240SX a.k.a Silvia in Japan.
Continue reading "Is Nissan Working on a RWD Replacement for the 240SX/ Silvia?" »
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Here is an episode of Top Gear in which Jeremy Clarkson takes the awesome Aston Martin DBS to the track.
Continue reading "VIDEO: Top Gear Takes the All-New Aston Martin DBS to the Track!" »
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Subaru has released a single teaser image of the upcoming Forester, which is very similar to the teaser images that the automaker released the last few weeks before the STI was unveiled.
Continue reading "Subaru Releases a Teaser Image of the All-New 2009 Forester" »
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The first Jaguar XF has rolled off the production line at the automaker's Castle Bromwich plant. The first XF produced was a 4.2 liter SV8 featured in Vapour Grey paint.
Continue reading "The First Jaguar XF Rolls off the Production Line" »
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According to the Los Angeles Times, Nissan is going to start taking orders for the 480 horsepower GT-R on January 1, 2008 and deliveries will start in June 2008.
Continue reading "Nissan is Going to Start Taking Orders for the GT-R on Jan 1, 2008" »
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Final details on the upcoming Corvette ZR1 weren't expected until January at the Detroit Auto Show, but Jalopnik has already received official photos of the LS9 V8 that will power the 2009 ZR1.
Continue reading "2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 6.2L LS9 V8 Leaked!" »
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Porsche has unveiled the limited edition Boxster RS60 Spyder ahead of its official unveiling at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy next week.
Continue reading "Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder Limited Edition Unveiled" »
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It was rumored a while ago that Mazda is working on yet another small crossover to add to its existing lineup, the CX-5.
Continue reading "Mazda's New CX-5 Crossover may Share its Platform with the MX-5 (Miata)" »
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Mitsubishi has released two photo renderings of the Concept-RA that is going to be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January. We can only hope that this concept is going to provide hints of what the next Eclipse is going to look like.
Continue reading "Mitsubishi Concept-RA Unveiled...Does this Give a Hint of the Next Eclipse?" »
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Subaru released a teaser image of the upcoming 2009 Forester two days ago and now we have two new spy photos of it without any camouflage.
Continue reading "2009 Subaru Forester Spy Photos...We Now Have a Clearer View" »
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Photos of Kia's new 7-passenger Borrego SUV have shown up on the internet ahead of its official release at the Detroit Auto Show.
Continue reading "2009 Kia Borrego Photos Leaked...Aren't Body-on-Frame SUV's on the Way Out?" »
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GMC has unveiled the Terrain crossover, which is essentially a rebadged Saturn Vue or Opel Antara depending on where you live.
Continue reading "GMC Terrain SUV Unveiled...It's Another Great Example of Badge Engineering" »
This video is pretty insane. These guys managed to push their Lamborghini Murcielago to 219 mph on a regular freeway in Arizona.
Continue reading "VIDEO: Lamborghini Murcielago Reaches 219 MPH on a Freeway in Arizona!" »
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We've seen a few spy photos and shots of Subaru's all-new Forester, which is not supposed to be unveiled until late next month. Now we have the Forester on the cover of a Japanese magazine.
Continue reading "2009 Subaru Forester Revealed on the Cover of a Magazine" »
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The Aston Martin DBS is by far one of the hottest cars unveiled this year. The car is so hot that reportedly the automaker has already received five times as many orders as they expected.
Continue reading "Aston Martin DBS Unveiled in Racing Green...Is it Better in Green or Silver?" »
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Car and Driver's January 2008 issue is just starting to hit mailboxes and in it is their 10 best list for 2008.
Continue reading "Which Vehicles Made Car and Driver's 10 Best List for 2008?" »
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