2011 Mitsubishi ASX/Outlander Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
What’s popular in the Japanese home market isn’t always an indicator of worldwide success; check out their obsession with dogs, for instance. On the other hand, the reason Mitsubishi’s ASX has pulled down three-and-a-half times the automaker’s hoped-for monthly sales in its first four weeks [...]
Jeff Glucker and Tim Odell of Hooniverse.com join Chris, Sam and Dan for Episode #170 of the Autoblog Podcast. The first stop is the Autoblog Garage, and the Hoons have their own garage, awesomely occupied by much better hardware than ours.
Items plucked from the news include the Ford Police Interceptor, 2011 Kia Optima, rumored Porsche [...]
2011 Kia Optima – Click above for high-res image gallery
The next stage of Kia’s transformation from design also-ran to serious contender will kick off at the New York Auto Show in few weeks. After launching the Forte sedan and Koup, the new Sorento and, most recently, the Sportage, Kia’s new design language is being applied [...]
Honda Accord Touring Type-S (Euro) – Click above for high-res image gallery
We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. Now, Acura has officially announced that it will be unveiling the 2011 TSX Sport Wagon at the New York Auto Show at the end of this month, with the first examples hitting [...]
Well, it sure looks like it. All credit for this one goes to one Aaron P., who emailed the following to us:
So I was walking down Grand Avenue in Downtown LA, and they were shooting a Caddy commercial. There was a covered car, which I thought was the CTS Coupe, but the wind blew off [...]
The votes from 59 international journalists have been counted and the finalists for World Car of the Year have been named. The Detroit News is reporting that the Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Polo and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class have made the final cut, and the three vehicles will go toe-to-toe on April 1st (no foolin’) at the [...]
2011 Kia Magentis sketch – Click above for high-res image gallery
Kia is all set to debut the latest version of its Magentis midsize sedan at the New York Auto Show in April. Not familiar with the Magentis? Actually, you likely are – the Magentis is known as the Optima here in the States. We [...]
2011 BMW X5 – Click above for high-res image gallery. Click here to watch video.
Yesterday we learned about the refreshed 2011 BMW X5 which goes on sale right after the New York Auto Show in April. Shortly after yesterday’s announcement, BMW dropped over 150 new photos of the X5 on us, along with some [...]
2011 BMW X5 – Click above for high-res image gallery. Click here to watch video.
Yesterday we learned about the refreshed 2011 BMW X5 which goes on sale right after the New York Auto Show in April. Shortly after yesterday’s announcement, BMW dropped over 150 new photos of the X5 on us, along with some [...]
2011 BMW X5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
The original BMW X5 marked Bimmer’s first entry into the then-burgeoning SUV segment, and it remains a strong seller for the company, trailing only the 3 and 5 Series. The time has now rolled around for the X5’s mid-cycle refresh, which brings two new gas engines [...]
We couldn’t blame you for thinking that all of the ‘Of the Year” awards were finished for the 2010, but there’s still at least a few key bits of shiny hardware that have yet to be handed out – the World Car of the Year and World Performance Car of the Year. And while we’re [...]
2011 Infiniti QX56 – Click either image for a gallery
The panjandrums behind the New York Auto Show are happy to announce that Nissan and Infiniti will both be there this April. Not only that, Infiniti will be bringing a new, and very large, toy to unveil: the redesigned 2011 QX56 SUV. New York is Nissan’s [...]
2011 BMW 335is – Click above for high-res image gallery. Follow the jump to watch video.
Well, you all knew it was coming, so Bimmer made it official: Yes, there is a 2011 BMW 335is, and it’ll make its formal debut at the New York Auto Show in late March. The 335is will be available in [...]
Does anyone want to wager whether Daimler-Chrysler, especially its Jeep brand, will win any advertising awards when well known TV Ad effectiveness ratings company, IAG Research, presents the IAG Automotive Advertising Awards at the New York Auto Show’s opening press breakfast on April 4, 2007 The awards will use data based on responses from 1.5 [...]
So speculation about the new look of the Subaru Impreza continues unabated. This time, the images come courtesy of an unnamed Japanese car mag, with renderings that look all-too lifelike.
The images we’ve seen thus far (linked at the bottom) show the new nose getting a smoothed, yet mildly awkward nip and tuck, while these images [...]
