Tag: auto-show
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2018 Toyota Camry arrives with new platform, powertrains and sporty looks
With rivals taking on impressive redesigns in recent years, Toyota was never going to sit back and let its main bread-winner, the Camry, get old. The current car was introduced for 2012, and Toyota gave it a major refresh for 2015 after some negative reviews. On Monday, at the 2017 Detroit auto show, the Japanese…
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace spy shots
Within days of Jaguar unveiling its I-Pace electric suv concept at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, a test mule for the production version has been spotted. This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen the test mule but now we have a rough idea of what the final design will be like. We also…
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Special edition Audi R8 V10 Plus comes with laser headlights
In 2014 we saw Audi introduce the R8 LMX special edition. The car featured laser lights for its high beams but was never offered in the United States. Audi has now revealed another R8 special edition equipped with laser lights and this one has been developed for our market. It’s called the R8 V10 Plus…
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VW Passat GT concept brings near-R potential to family sedan
Volkswagen has let its North American engineering team cook up something interesting for the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, on this week. That something arrived in the shape of a Passat, and it came bearing GT badging. It’s called the Passat GT and it’s just a concept at this point, but we’re guessing the green…
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2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 is your mid-size Raptor rival
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor has been a major success for the Blue Oval, but while the performance pickup is now entering its second generation, we’re yet to see a similar model from key rivals Chevrolet and Ram. Ram has come close with its Rebel TRX concept, which we’re praying to god eventually enters…
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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 version of its Sentra…
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Ferrari officially says arrivederci to the manual gearbox
The manual gearbox is a rare and dying breed. It’s officially on the endangered list, and some automakers have already written it off as if it were cozying up to Dodo birds in hell. Ferrari has joined the scrum of car makers who no longer offers a row-your-own gearbox. At the Paris auto show last…
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 Paris auto show edition
There were two prevalent themes at the 2016 Paris auto show: vehicle electrification and SUVs. In some cases, we saw these themes combined. Case in point is the Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept, an electric SUV that previews the first of the automaker’s planned Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] rivals. There was still plenty of cars to thrill those…