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  • 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf

    Following the emergence of its diesel emissions scandal, the Volkswagen Group, in an attempt to clean up its image, announced plans to launch 30 electric cars by 2025. But VW has already been selling an electric car here in the United States for the past couple of years. The car is part of the Golf family, and for the 2017 model year it’s been given some significant udpates. The electric Golf, called the e-Golf, adopts most of the changes recently previewed on the regular Golf models and due here for the 2018 model year. The e-Golf gets the updates for 2017, though. They include tweaks...

  • 2018 Ford Ecosport, 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Ford Ecosport subcompact SUV finally debuts in US

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Ecosport is a subcompact SUV that's loosely based on the Fiesta and was shown for the first time in 2012. It’s Ford’s smallest SUV and was originally targeted at developing markets. However, the automaker has consistently hinted that it might end up in...

  • Porsche 911 RSR, 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Porsche 911 finally adopts mid-engine layout with 2017 RSR

    Since the first 911 entered production in 1963, Porsche has been faithful to the iconic sports car’s rear-engine layout, Beetle jokes notwithstanding. But when it comes to performance, it appears Porsche has finally reached the limits of having so much mass so far out the back. How do we know...

  • Panthermobile built for ‘Pink Panther Show’ restored by Galpin Restorations
    LA auto show's Pink Panthermobile hints where Navigator concept got its doors

    Think the Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet's interior is lavish? How about a wet bar with deep, pink piled shag carpet. Your move Maybach. Galpin Auto Sports' restoration department, Galpin Restorations, brought a five-year project car to the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, a restored car built...

  • 2017 Mini Countryman, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    2017 Mini Countryman preview

    Mini has revealed a bigger, more sophisticated Countryman SUV for the nameplate’s second iteration. And this time there’s a plug-in hybrid model, representing the first hybrid from the brand. The new Countryman made its world debut on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show and goes...

  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery
    Land Rover debuts Dynamic Design Pack for Discovery in LA

    Although the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show this week wasn't the official debut for Land Rover's new Discovery, the company marked the revival of the nameplate for the United States market in sunny SoCal by releasing details about an optional Dynamic Design Pack. The Dynamic Design Pack can be added to...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

    Mercedes on Wednesday showed the most powerful E-Class ever, the new E63, at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 in S trim puts out 603 horsepower, 26 more hp than the last model. Both the E63 S and E63 dropped cover, and both use a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 that uses twin-scroll turbochargers for the first time. The S model churns out a massive 627 pound-feet of torque from 2,500 to 4,500 rpm, which helps vault the car from 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds and push it to a top speed of 186 mph. The standard E63 AMG, which produces 563 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque, isn't much...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet debuts at 2016 LA auto show

    The next model from the Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand has been revealed in the form of an ultra-luxurious version of the S-Class Cabriolet. It joins Maybach’s S600 and S600 Pullman sedans as the sub-brand’s sole convertible. The car is badged an “S650” and limited to just 300...

  • Acura Precision Cockpit concept, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    Acura Precision Cockpit concept previews future cabin design

    Early this year at the Detroit auto show, Acura showed the future of its exterior design in the form of the Acura Precision sedan concept. At the 2016 Los Angeles auto show on Wednesday, the brand showed what its future interiors will look like and how they will function with the Acura Precision...

  • 2017 Mazda CX-5
    Mazda ready to bring diesels to US in second half of 2017

    Consumer perception of turbodiesel engines may be near an all-time low in the United States, but that's not stopping Mazda from finally bringing its own oil-burning mills to American dealer lots. Mazda is the king of slow-car-fast, and diesel could bring that to a new level. The automaker has...

  • 2017 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Executive
    Porsche Panamera base, Executive models debut at LA auto show

    Porsche is expanding its Panamera range less than six months after the covers came off the second-generation model. On Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, the German sports car marque introduced a base Panamera model as well as a long-wheelbase Executive option. They join the Panamera 4S...

  • 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid
    2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid priced from $76,090

    Cadillac's CT6 Plug-In Hybrid was first shown at the 2015 Shanghai auto show but is only now making its North American debut, appearing on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The car will go on sale in the spring of 2017 with a starting price of $76,090, including a $995 destination...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4² (European spec)

    One of the biggest, baddest SUVs in production, Mercedes-Benz’s stoic G-Class, is about to get a whole lot tougher with the arrival of the new G550 4x4² variant. The boxy off-roader goes on sale in the United States in early 2017, priced from $225,925 with shipping. This makes it the most expensive G-Class currently on sale, even eclipsing the V-12-powered Mercedes-AMG G65 which starts at $218,825. The G550 4x4², first previewed as a thinly-veiled concept at the 2015 Geneva auto show, takes the hardware of the insane G63 6x6 and shoehorns it into the regular G-Class body. The...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2
    Multimatic had to invent the shocks for the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2

    Chevrolet’s Colorado ZR2 promises to be one heck of an off-roader, and one of the main reasons is the truck’s unique shock absorbers. To achieve the desired performance, Multimatic, the company that builds the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT and numerous other race cars, had to invent a...

  • 2018 Genesis G80 Sport
    2018 Genesis G80 Sport debuts with 365-hp twin-turbo V-6

    The handsome Genesis G80 sails into the 2018 model year with a new performance-oriented option dubbed the G80 Sport. The vehicle was teased at the global reveal of the G80 in June but now it’s finally out in the open. It’s on display this week at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The G80...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Si Coupe prototype, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    2017 Honda Civic Si Coupe prototype debuts at LA auto show

    Honda’s award-winning, 10th-generation Civic has already been revealed as a sedan, coupe and hatchback, but we’re still waiting on the performance-oriented versions of the respective body styles. The hardcore Civic Type R that was previewed in prototype form during September’s...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 is your mid-size off-road truck

    Gas is cheap and trucks are hot again. The proof is in the success of Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor and the introduction of more off-road oriented trucks such as the Tacoma and Tundra TRD Pro. Now Chevrolet's jumping into the ring with the highly anticipated Colorado ZR2. The ZR2...

  • 2017 Nissan Sentra Nismo
    2017 Nissan Sentra Nismo revealed at 2016 LA auto show

    Nissan is spicing up its humble Sentra sedan for the 2017 model year. We’ve already had a taste of the Sentra SR Turbo, which packs a turbocharged 1.6-liter inline-4 good for 188 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. And at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show on Wednesday, Nissan introduced a...

  • Aston Martin Vanquish S

    A new generation of Aston Martin’s Vanquish supercar is in the offing but before it arrives the British automaker will introduce a more potent version of the current, second-generation model that's been on sale since the 2014 model year. It’s called the Vanquish S, and it was shown to the world for the first on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. You’ll recall that the original Vanquish had its own Vanquish S variant towards the end of its life cycle. The car came with unique aerodynamic elements and a bump in horsepower. The new one follows the same successful...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV finally makes debut

    It’s been a long time coming but Alfa Romeo’s first SUV is finally here in the form of the 2018 Stelvio. Making its debut on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, the Stelvio brings Italian flair and passion to the small luxury SUV segment. The name is borrowed from a small town...

  • Lamborghini Huracán Rear-Wheel Drive Spyder
    Lamborghini Huracán Rear-Wheel Drive Spyder debuts in LA

    Love the rear-wheel-drive Lamborghin Huracán LP 580-2 but wished it came as a convertible? Well, your wish has come true as Lamborghini has just unveiled an open-top version. It makes its debut on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show and races into showrooms in January 2017. Apart...

  • Porsche Experience Center and Motorsports Headquarters open in Los Angeles
    Porsche opens Experience Center and Motorsports HQ in LA

    Porsche North America has you covered on both coasts. After opening an Experience Center in Atlanta, the automaker has just opened the doors on a new center in Los Angeles. Well, just south of L.A. actually, in the town of Carson, which sits right next to the 405 Freeway near where Goodyear lands...

  • Alpha G Nissan GT-R sets new quarter-mile record
    Gidi Chamdi rips off new Nissan GT-R quarter mile record

    You know the name AMS Performance. It's the tuning company turning out insanely powerful and wickedly quick Nissan GT-Rs. You also probably know the name Gidi Chamdi, as we wrote about him and his Lamborghini Gallardo when he used it to hit 240.64 mph in a half-mile airstrip run, securing himself...

  • Ron Dennis
    In spat with shareholders, Ron Dennis loses head role at McLaren

    The rumors that emerged in October suggesting Ron Dennis was about to leave McLaren after 36 years have proven true. The 69-year-old, Chairman, CEO and founder of the McLaren Technology Group, is set to leave the company once his current contract expires at the end of 2016. He has been placed on...

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