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  • Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain, 2016 Paris auto show

    SUVs are all the rage right now and automakers see opportunity for even more slicing of the niche with new soft-roaders. Audi and Volvo have enjoyed some success in the luxury segment with their respective Allroad and Cross Country offerings, and there’s also Subaru with the Outback in the more mainstream segment. The latest to join the fray is Mercedes-Benz which unveiled a new soft-roader based on the latest-generation E-Class Wagon on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show. It’s called the E-Class All-Terrain and unfortunately is yet to be confirmed for sale in the United States...

  • Hyundai RN30 concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    RN30 concept previews Hyundai’s first ‘N’ performance car

    Hyundai established a standalone performance division in 2015 to develop cars leveraging knowhow from its various motorsport programs, namely its World Rally Championship efforts. The division is called Hyundai N and the first product will be a hotted-up version of the new i30 hatchback. The i30 is...

  • New Land Rover Discovery Sport debut on Lego Tower Bridge
    Land Rover shows off 2017 Discovery with record-breaking Lego build

    It seems that Land Rover is a bit excited to show off it's new 2017 Discovery. So excited, in fact, that it pulled out all the stops for the global reveal of the new seven-passenger sport utility vehicle. Adventurer Bear Grylls was joined by British equestrian rider Zara Phillips and the entire...

  • Hyundai Santa Fe Santa-Fast by Bisimoto, 2016 SEMA show
    This is a Hyundai Santa Fe that has over 1,000 horsepower

    If you don't know who Bisi Ezerioha is, you probably have at least heard of his tuning company. He runs a shop called Bisimoto, and it turns almost any vehicle out there into a high-horsepower road beast. Bisi and his team have cranked out crazy minivans, insane Porsches, and plenty more. Now...

  • Renault Trezor concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    Trezor concept is an electric GT that previews Renault’s new design language

    Renault on Thursday rolled out a sultry GT concept at the 2016 Paris auto show. Called the Trezor, the concept doesn’t herald a production model, unfortunately. Rather, it hints at the automaker’s new design direction. In this way it’s similar to Renault’s DeZir concept from...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta
    Ferrari to build limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas

    Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] is turning 70, and to celebrate that milestone the Italian supercar maker is building a limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas, the first of which was presented Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show. The Aperta is the droptop version of the brand's hybrid hypercar launched in 2013...

  • 2018 Audi Q5, 2016 Paris auto show

    A redesigned Audi Q5 made its debut on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, one that’s lighter, more dynamic and more fuel-efficient that the model it replaces. The vehicle features a design inspired by the larger Q7 and with its sculpted lines and bold grille appears much more masculine than the predecessor model. Specifications are yet to be announced for the United States but we can expect the base powertrain to be a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4. A diesel is looking unlikely given the Volkswagen Group's ongoing diesel woes but we could see Audi offer a Q5 Hybrid this time around...

  • Lexus UX concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    Lexus UX concept is a tiny luxury SUV with big tech

    Lexus is using the 2016 Paris auto show to present a concept car that hints at a new SUV positioned below the automaker’s NX. The concept is called the UX and was shown for the first time on Thursday. The UX hasn’t been confirmed for production but senior Lexus executives have said such...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    Power to the people: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor makes 450 hp

    Credit Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] for keeping the new 2017 F-150 Raptor at the forefront of the automotive news cycle. The Raptor gets new tires, it's news. The Raptor gets fancy drive modes, it's news. The Raptor gets more gears than a mountain bike, yup. The Raptor saves an infant from a burning...

  • Ram Rebel TRX concept, 2016 State Fair of Texas
    Ram just unveiled the Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel TRX concept

    Ram just got serious about competing with the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor. The truckmaker unveiled Thursday its Ram Rebel TRX concept, powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 that makes 575 horsepower. Yup, that 6.2-liter supercharged V-8. This may be as close as we'll get to a...

  • BMW X2 concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    BMW X2 concept debuts at 2016 Paris auto show

    Get ready for a new BMW compact SUV arriving soon. It’s going to be called the X2 and on Thursday, at the 2016 Paris auto show, we got a preview of it in the form of a concept car. Though an SUV, the X2 is designed to conquer the concrete jungle. The concept version projects a sporty image...

  • Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T, 2016 Paris auto show
    V-8-powered, rear-wheel-drive Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T makes debut

    Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] GTC4 Lusso, an extensively revised version of the FF, made its debut in March at the 2016 Geneva auto show. At the time, the car was fitted exclusively with the automaker’s familiar 6.3-liter V-12. Now Ferrari has introduced an entry-level V-8 option. Debuting on...

  • 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo

    Faulkner famously told us the past isn't dead; it isn't even past. We can't prove it, but we think he had the Nissan Sentra SE-R in mind. The 1991-1994 SE-R set the cheap-car benchmark for a generation: a flyweight car with feathery controls and a lamprey lock on the pavement. Think ersatz M3 with mouse belts and a chintzy felt headliner and every dram of steering feel missing from every car on the road today. It was a watershed--and since then it's been an albatross. Now, every car Nissan builds somehow has to live up to its well-earned hype. Imagine that burden heaped on the folks who...

  • Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration wears new clothes in Paris

    Infiniti stunned the automotive world in April when it rolled out the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the 2016 Beijing auto show. The concept combined flowing sculptural lines and strong, muscular proportions with Infiniti’s signature design cues, resulting in one impressive-looking SUV. On...

  • 2017 Infiniti Q50, 2016 Paris auto show
    2017 Infiniti Q50 debuts in Paris with minor updates

    Infiniti’s Q50 has had it tough since bowing on the market as a 2014 model. First there were teething issues with its drive-by-wire steering system. Then Infiniti teased us with a high-performance version powered by the same engine as the Nissan GT-R but later dropped all hopes of a...

  • Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ Concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    Mercedes previews first of ‘EQ’ electric cars with SUV concept

    Mercedes-Benz’s much-hyped electric car concept has finally made its 2016 Paris auto show debut. Like Volkswagen’s own I.D. concept on display in Paris, the star of Mercedes’ stand previews the first of the automaker’s next-generation electric cars. The concept is called the...

  • Volkswagen ID Neo concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    VW ID concept to spawn 300-plus-mile electric hatch in 2020

    The Volkswagen Group in order to shed any vestiges of its diesel emissions cheating scandal is embracing vehicle electrification with open arms. The automaker is committed to launching 30 electric cars by 2025 across its various brands, many of which will come from the namesake Volkswagen brand. VW...

  • Teaser for Mercedes-AMG hypercar, 2016 Paris auto show
    Mercedes-AMG teases hypercar

    At a special event on the eve of the 2016 Paris auto show, Mercedes-Benz finally confirmed that it’s Mercedes-AMG skunk works is working on a world-beating hypercar. The confirmation came from Mercedes-Benz’s outgoing R&D boss Thomas Weber. “Under the lead of Mercedes-AMG, our...

  • Honda Civic Type R Prototype, 2016 Paris auto show

    In Honda speak, Prototype means almost production ready. Prototype vehicles are often shown just a few months ahead of the on-sale date and the changes between them and the production vehicles are usually minor. That should warm the hearts of Honda fans anxiously awaiting the Civic Type R as the car Honda revealed Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show is a thinly-veiled version of the 300-plus horsepower hot hatch we will receive starting next spring. You can compare it with actual prototypes of the Civic Type R production model testing in the wild. This is the first R-badged Honda ever to...

  • 1970 Lamborghini Miura P400S
    Adam Carolla selling 5 Lamborghinis to fund Porsche purchase

    Adam Carolla has an excellent car collection. It's not as massive as Jay Leno's but it's finely cultivated with the objects of desire that appeal to the man who owns the keys to it all. Carolla is a car guy through and through, and most know about his love affair with all things Datsun and Paul...

  • 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster, 2016 Paris auto show
    2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster gets Paris auto show debut

    It's been rumored, suggested, hinted, even teased—now, the Mercedes-AMG GT roadster is reality. (Insert your own "topless" buff-book pun here.) The roadster arrived at this week's Paris auto show wearing two different outfits, as both the AMG GT and the GT C Roadster. And now we have photos...

  • Hacker group shows how they can control a Tesla Model S
    Hackers show serious vulnerabilities with Tesla Model S

    A team of hackers from China known as the Keen Security Lab found way to take control over a Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. Additionally, they say they can do it from a distance as far as 12 miles away, according to Forbes. This exploit is an interesting weakness as it didn't require any physical...

  • Aston Martin DB11 production starts in Gaydon, United Kingdom - September 2016
    A new era at Aston Martin as first DB11s roll off the line

    It’s the start of a new era for Aston Martin today. The first customer examples of the new DB11 grand tourer rolled off the production line at the automaker’s plant in Gaydon, United Kingdom. On hand was CEO Andy Palmer who has promised to personally inspect the first 1,000 examples to...

  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery, 2016 Paris auto show
    2017 Land Rover Discovery preview

    The Discovery is back. Land Rover will revive the nameplate it retired in the 2005 model year, while it sends the LR4 nameplate to the archives. The new Discovery will team up with the Discovery Sport on the more rugged side of the Land Rover brand, while the luxury side of the house continues to...

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