Filed under: Spy Photos, SUVs, Lamborghini, Porsche
Just like the NSX mule that’s been spotted ripping around, this Porsche Cayenne is masquerading as something it’s not. What the end result actually is remains a mystery, but something’s using fat-ass über-SUV duds to fly incognito. Motor Authority reports that there’s a Lamborghini LM002 successor lurking under there. […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Podcasts, Economy, Sedans/Saloons, Crossovers/CUVs, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Misc. Auto Shows
It’s car debut week, apparently, for Autoblog Podcast #76. As we start winding up for the car show season, news is beginning to break. We start with the Ford Verve, Ford’s B segment concept that will be the new Fiesta […]
Filed under: Japan, Crossovers/CUVs, Toyota
What was wrong with Toyota’s popular little SUV the RAV4? Not enough seats apparently, so Toyota have heeded their customers’ cries with this, the 7 seat Vanguard. Based on a stretched RAV4 floorpan, even some of the body panels come from the ‘4.
Launched today in Tokyo, the Vanguard comes with a […]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes Benz
Unlike many carmakers, Mercedes-Benz has traditionally built its own transmissions . It has even supplied them to others, such the slushbox that they sold to Porsche for the 928. Economic realities could soon cause that to change, as the team from soon-to-be Daimler AG investigates outsourcing transmission production to other companies. […]
Filed under: Euro, Safety, Volvo, Driving
I wish my S60 could conjure up a little coffee avatar in the LCD screen like the new S80 can. It’d be even better if it could perk a cup up for me. The new pictogram fun is part of a rollout of new safety features from the Swedish automaker. […]
Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Honda
ASIMO, Honda’s increasingly uncanny humanoid robot, has finally impressed enough Hollywood producers to get his own show. The running, walking, talking, stair-climbing Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (aka ASIMO) takes the stage at Honda’s ASIMO Theater in the Tomorrowland section of Disneyland. You’ll be treated to a 15-minute show in which […]
Filed under: Coupes, Trucks/Pickups, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Crossovers/CUVs, Ford
Americans spend billions of dollars on breakfast cereal every year, and there is no better way to place advertising at the family breakfast table. Ford knows that and has teamed up with Kellogg’s to give kids of all ages a Hot Wheels collector card featuring either the F-150, […]
Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Sedans/Saloons, Audi
A couple of weeks ago we reported about the updates Audi was planning for its A8 lineup. Things like the addition of the 2.8L FSI six-cylinder that will be offered (in Europe, at least), more direct steering and a revised air suspension should make the ‘08 A8 even closer […]
Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Sedans/Saloons, Audi
Audi’s graced our inbox this morning with a press release announcing two new models that are bound for Frankfurt, but didn’t disclose any details about what particular vehicles would be gracing the automaker’s podium. We already know that the new A4 will be one of them, but what of […]
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Euro, Jaguar
Click the styling buck for a gallery of other XF rejects
When the Jaguar C-XF concept appeared just before the Detroit Auto Show most observers breathed a big sigh of relief. After the disappointments of the X-Type and S-Type Jaguar fans were looking for signs of fresh life from Coventry. For a […]