Archive for September, 2007

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki Kizashi 2

Filed under: Concept Cars, Wagons/Estates, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Suzuki
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The Suzuki Kizashi concept shown earlier this month in Frankfurt strikes us as little more than a ripoff of the better-looking and more interesting Citroën C-Metisse concept unveiled last year in Paris. Sure, the Kizashi was glitzy, but we felt like it […]

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki Biplane

Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki, Motorcycles
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From the two-wheeled side of the business, Suzuki will present the Biplane concept motorcycle in Tokyo next month. If you’re looking for a bunch of technical details, all we can tell you for certain is that it’s powered by a V4 of undetermined […]

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki PIXY + SSC

Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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It wouldn’t be the Tokyo Motor Show without one of these extremely Japanese forays into the bizarre, right? All the ingredients are there: single-person trans-pods with pastel interiors, all-caps acronyms, and a geometric, omnidirectional “mothership” to haul them around. This sustainable mobility concept is […]

Spy Shots: Ford S-Max caught ’round the bend in L.A.

Filed under: Spy Photos, Minivans/MPVs, Euro, Ford
One of the intrepid editors at Motor Trend snapped off a few shots of a manufacturer plate-equipped Ford S-Max making the rounds in Los Angeles. Yes, it is the exact same S-Max that Autoblog reader Ku Kim snapped back in late July. So, what does this mean? Currently: nothing. […]

Union contract reveals dates and locations of Volt and Alpha production

Filed under: Coupes, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Minivans/MPVs, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Plants/Manufacturing
The Holden Torana concept might provide a hint of the Alpha platformAfter the UAW leadership sat down with regional and local leaders in Detroit on Friday to review the tentative agreement with GM, a list of future plant assignments was leaked. Part of the contract included commitments […]

Calling all artists: Design the 2018 Mazda3

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Sedans/Saloons, Etc., Mazda

Mazda’s taking a line out of Peugeot’s playbook and enlisting the help of budding automotive artists to design the 2018 Mazda3. The “Mazda Design Challenge” is turning to the Facebook community to send in a rendering and a 150-word description of their concept for selection. Ten […]

Adventures in advertising: Subaglued

Filed under: Etc., Euro, Marketing/Advertising, Subaru
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var digg_url = \’http://digg.com/business_finance/Adventures_in_advertising_Subaglued\’; Subaru is taking the grip-and-go driving dynamics of its new Impreza to the extreme with an ad campaign that’ll be making its way around UK roads this October. The “Subaglue” transporter features three new Imprezas sitting atop the […]

Officially Official: BMW 1-Series Convertible

Filed under: Convertibles, BMW
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Though the 1-Series will be BMW’s smallest and cheapest model, the Bavarian brand isn’t skimping on the car that huge numbers of people are anticipating. A portion of those people can’t wait for a drop top version, and BMW […]

Design detractors: Chevy Camaro will get a B-pillar

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Chevrolet, GM

While the concept car and the original Camaro were both hardtop coupes, the production version of the 2010 Camaro will gain a B-pillar. It may seem like a betrayal to some, and Rick Wagoner did pledge to make the production car virtually identical to the concept, but in the […]

Sleepy engineer wrecks Pontiac G8

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Etc., Pontiac

Pontiac’s famous tagline is “We build excitment”. What does it say about the new Pontiac G8 that yesterday morning an Australian engineer driving a test car fell asleep at the wheel and piloted it down a 100-foot embankment, striking a boulder and flipping the car end over end? Well, the Pontiac […]