Ford Fiesta ST Review by Chris Harris (Video)
In the newest episode, he decided to go for something a little more timid and got behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta ST.
Archive for August, 2011
Citroen DS-5 & All DS Models Ready for Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
It’s show time for Citroën that is getting ready to display the complete DS line for the first time in Europe at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Unless the French automaker is hiding a surprise under the hat, the company’s star attraction will be the final production version of the DS5, which will be making its [...]
Ford Evos Concept Set For The Frankfurt Auto Show 2011 (Photos & Images)
Evos… now that is one Sexy Ford, hope it’s not just a concept. On Wednesday, Ford released the first images of the Evos concept, a fastback-style sedan with gullwing doors expected to be unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show next month. J Mays, the group vice president for design at Ford, had previously shown [...]
Subprime Auto Lending On The Rise
In one signal that access to credit continues to improve after the recession, credit rating agency Experian Automotive reports today that the ratio of subprime auto loans made to new-vehicle buyers in the second quarter increased to 40.8 percent compared with 37.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010. As auto companies and the economy [...]
2012 Renault & Dacia Logan New Fluence Platform? Benefits
Although Mahindra and Mahindra has bought the rights to the old Logan from Renault and rebranded it to Verito, internationally the Logan still belongs to Renault and Dacia. It is a very successful model in the eastern European countries such as Romania and Slovakia and western European countries such as France. The key USPs of [...]
2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Spy Shots (Pictures)
We came across these pictures of what appears to be a significantly restyled 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe on Gencoupe, a fan site devoted to the sporty two-door Hyundai. Apparently taken in a warehouse or other shipping facility (maybe even a ship), the grainy photos show off a complete redesign of the Coupe’s nose, and a [...]
2012 Lexus Price List for All Models (Slight Car Price Increases)
Lexus revealed pricing for its 2012 model lineup this morning, and while there were a few modest increases, it’s surprising to see that the luxury manufacturer held the line on many of its vehicles. In addition, the price increases were held to less than two percent for all 13 models that actually went up, and [...]
2013 Chevrolet Colorado Pickup Truck Caught Photos
The next generation of the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck concept has been doing the motorshow rounds this year having made appearances (in chronological order) at the Bangkok International Auto Show in Thailand, at the Buenos Aires Motorshow in Argentina and more recently, at the Australian auto show in Sydney. While each model was presented in a different trim and body style, all [...]
VW Is Working On An American-Sized SUV
When I was still working for Volkswagen, I blatantly picked up the delegations from Wolfsburg in my Eddie Bauer Expedition when they arrived at JFK. The higher paygrades were already used to it. The lower paygrades inevitably asked: “Why don’t you drive a Touareg?” While bouncing down the Van Wyck, I inevitably shouted “Silence [...]
2012 Bentley Continental GTC Convertible
Bentley is currently in the middle of a product update that started with the all-new Mulsanne and has now moved on to the Continental GT. We’ve gotten up close and personal with the 2012 Continental GT Coupeon more than one occasion, but we knew that more derivatives lurked in the future. The next one is now here, and [...]
New 2012 Audi A8 Hybrid with 2.0-liter Four-Pot
A little over a year after the presentation of its A8 Hybrid Concept at the 2010 edition of the Geneva Salon, Audi is introducing the final production version of its frugal four-cylinder limousine, which goes on sale in 2012. Confirming our suspicions that the concept label was misleading, Audi made very few changes to the production model [...]
Infiniti Shows Off their JX Crossover 7-Seater Concept at Pebble Beach
It’s been a long, slow tease, with plenty of cropped photos, but today, Infiniti unveiled the JX Concept at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event in Monterey, California.Even though Infiniti calls it a concept, what you see here is more or less what you’ll get when the production version of the JX makes the trip to the 2011 Los [...]
2013 Lexus GS Official Images Photos and Video at Pebble Beach
Time is up for Lexus to pull the wraps off thethird-generation GS luxury sedan that made its first outing today at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California. Based on the LF-Gh concept we saw in New York, the new GS features much bolder lines that its predecessor. Key highlights include a prominent trapezoidal grille that the company says will [...]
2012 Volkswagen UP! (Small-Car) To Compete with the Mini Cooper
Both taking the small car forward and simultaneously taking it back to the basics, Volkswagen is moving up in the world of subcompacts with the introduction of its new 2012 Volkswagen Up! hatchback. At 11.6 feet long — about a half-foot shorter than a 2011 Mini Cooper — the Up! (yes, the exclamation point is [...]
Mercedes A-Class Coming To the United States (Spy Shots)
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is coming to the United States, and we’re already eager for some seat time. And while Mercedes-Benz hasn’t outright confirmed an AMG variant, our spy photographers managed to snag a camo-clad compact wearing all sorts of bulgy bolt-ons. Our best guess is that some sort of AMG treatment lies beneath. The large [...]
2012-2013 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider First Photos & Images
The first set of pictures of the Frankfurt Motor Show-bound Ferrari 458 Italia Spider have dripped out on the open thanks to the folks over at the Cheers & Gears fan site. Information remains scarce for now, but sources suggest that there’s a retractable hardtop hiding under the dual pod behind the passenger area, [...]
British Museum Of James Bond Car Collection Opening Next Year
Over the past half-century, James Bond has driven a wide variety of vehicles. (Okay, so most of them have been Aston Martins. The point is there’s been a lot of them.) And while the occasional former Bond vehicle may pop up at auction every now and then, seeing more than one or two in the [...]
