Vygor Italian sports cars
There is an Italian sports car brand new in town called the Vygor and here is the first teaser shot of the model which will debut in October. We’ll admit it’s not a very Italian-sounding name (in fact in puts…
Audi R8 spy shots
The Audi R8 spider will be presented the Frankfurt motor show in September and these shots show what we can expect, with the spider displayed in its final version. This is the 5.2-litre V10 model with 525 hp and 530…
Spider Abarth: close relative of the future Lotus Elise?
This a rumour too juicy to be denied: or better, a dream, even a mirage. But if it’s true… According to reports from Leftlane, following more on Abarth rumours, Fiat could have reached an agreement to develop its future spider…
Is a 50,000 € Baby Bugatti coming ?
According to Auto Bild a 50,000 € Baby-Bugatti is coming, both in a coupè and a roadster version.The engine would be based on the 2.0 liters Turbo-FSI engine of the Golf GTI / Audi TT. Before being mounted on a…
No Audi manufacturing in the US
Audi is keen to establish its presence more in the US, becoming more competitive against the other luxury German brands of BMW and Mercedes. But for the moment it will have to wait as currency fluctuations have stalled plans for…
New crossovers BMW X4
Here’s one of the first BMW X4 renderings in which we can see that it won’t be an oversized X3, although Theophilus Chin has imagined it as rather an undersized BMW X6. In fact, BMW has itself declared that the…
Mercedes F800 Style pics: Geneva show preview
The Mercedes F800 Style Concept Car will appear at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show as the company prepares its coupe-sedan design for the replacement of the Mercedes CLC. I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting something quite so sexy…
Alfa Romeo: 159 plans, Duetto dreams
Alfa Romeo’s aim to reach 300,000 unit sales a year remains, despite delaying the US re-launch and the general global economic climate at the moment.To achieve this goal though, Alfa will have to undertake the roll-over from the current range,…
Bmw M1: already set for production
The English over at CAR seem convinced that the BMW concept with central engine, the M1 Hommage will be produced. “We have the necessary know-how, the right engines and the appropriate infrastructure to manufacture a car of this type,” Herbert…
BMW 1 Series – first ideas on the next generation
While the BMW 1 Series Cabrio will debut over the next few days in dealerships, closing the updated cycle of the current model, for some weeks on various automobile sites and forums the first possibilities of the next generation have…
BMW M3 E92 spyshot
Nice spyshot of the BMW M3 E92 from Carspyshots.net. The ingredients for an M3 are all there, according to the photographer: 4 exhaust tubes, boot lid with a small spoiler (masked), covered rear bumper (is there an air extractor) and…
Smart ForTwo Limited Edition Three at Geneva motor show
It seems that the world just can’t get enough of the Smart. At the 2009 Geneva show, yet another model will be on display: the Smart ForTwo Limited Edition Three, based on the ForTwo Passion mhd. The updated ForTwo will…
New Audi A2 coming in 2015
The Audi A2 is probably the worst Audi model around, stylistically speaking, and could be considered one of the weaker links in the Audi rings. Not that my personal prejudice is the reason for the A2 overhaul in the future,…
VW Golf 6th: with a glance at the past
In Nomvember 2009 VW will play its ace with the sixth series of the Golf: a difficult task for the small-medium car which will have to make its way on the knife edge passage from one generation to the next.…
Audi A7 – official design sketch
Third and final installment of the official sketches leaked by the Audi Design Team to Car Magazine. After the Audi A1 hatch and Audi R8 spider, we can now see how the Audi A7 will look.The Audi A7 is Ingolstadt’s…
Ferrari F142: future F470
After the presentation of the lovely Ferrari California, Ferrari fans will be eager to know developments on the heir to the F430, the little sedan with central V8 engine which is perhaps more emblematic of the brand. The name is…
New Jeep Compass and Cherokee to boost European sales
The new Jeep Compass is being redesigned as a soft-road model aiming at increasing Jeep sales in Europe. The sales objective is about 125,000 units a year, starting from 2014 when the new Compass will go on sale. The model…
Audi A1 – first official sketches
Car Magazine has obtained official design sketches of the new Audi A1, Mini-rival from Ingolstadt. They write that these sketches have been “smuggled out of Ingolstadt’s design HQ”.The Audi A1 will join the B-premium segment (or supermini), a segment that…
Citroen DS4 Racing goes hybrid
Like the DS3, the Citroen DS4 will also get its own racing version which will be produced in a limited run of vehicles. This time though the DS Racing model could have a hybrid drivetrain according to reports.AutoBild writes that…
New BMW M3 2014: rumours about a possible V6 engine
We’re back to talk about the new BMW M3, expected to debut within the next 18 months. For the first time in its long and glorious history the 3 Series’ sportiest model could be powered by a 3.0-litres twin turbo…
Nissan 450Z Coming ?
Some confusion about the next flagship coupe in the european Nissan lineup. Is the new GT-R coming to Europe too ? Or is there some truth to the Autocar rumours about the Nissan 450Z ?The 450Z should be an evolution…
Mercedes CL 63 AMG – first official photo
eMercedesbenz tips us off to the first official image of the CL 63 AMG. Shot from a low position, with a wide-angle lens, this image makes us think about a shark. A big shark, ready to devour any road.Click on…
New Ferrari F450 spy shots
These lovely spy shots of the Ferrari F450, project code named F142, were taken in Sweden and give us a first glimpse of the mechanical modifications to the vehicle. Compared to previous photos of the F450, the differences to the…
Porsche 911: 998 cabrio spy shots
Here are the first spy shots of the Porsche 911 cabrio version, with the current bodywork version on display here. It’s difficult to glean much of what will be the final version, although it should be quite similar, maintaining the…
Renault Clio 4: First Official Teaser
Renault has accidentally revealed the first two official teasers dedicated to the next generation of the Clio (the fourth.) The two snapshots were allegedly taken from some internal documents presented at Renault’s general shareholder meeting in Paris on Friday, April…