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  • 2015 Honda S660 spy shots - Image via Response

    Honda’s tiny S660 mid-engine sports car that we first saw in concept form two years ago is set to enter production later this year, and now we have spy shots of one of the final prototypes for the upcoming ‘Kei’ car, the Japanese name for minicars. The production S660, which may end up reviving the Beat name used on a similar car back in the ‘90s, is expected to be part of a trio of new mid-engine sports cars from the Japanese automaker that will include the new NSX as well as a rumored S2000 replacement sitting in the middle. The lines of the S660 in production trim...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack
    2015 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack Debuting At Geneva Motor Show

    A fan of the Audi A4 Allroad’s German engineering and ruggedness, but not its price tag? Then Volkswagen’s new Passat Alltrack may be for you… if you happen to live in a market where this particular version of the Passat is sold. You see, the new Passat Alltrack is based on the...

  • 2015 Aston Martin Vantage GT3
    Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Road Car Revealed, Not Coming To U.S.

    The new Vulcan supercar isn’t the only surprise Aston Martin has in store for the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Today, the British automaker revealed its new Vantage GT3 road car, which will be shown in public for the first time at the upcoming Swiss show. Unfortunately, it's also been confirmed...

  • 2015 HSV Senator SV
    HSV Launches 455-Horsepower Senator SV Muscle Sedan

    The semi-official tuner to General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Australian subsidiary Holden, HSV, has come out with a new version of its upmarket Senator Signature that dons the brand’s famous SV badging. Like all of HSV’s models, the new addition, whose official title is Senator...

  • 2015 Honda Civic Type R
    2015 Honda Civic Type R Clocked At 167 MPH

    The new Honda Civic Type R is just a couple of weeks away from its debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and in the lead up to its arrival Honda has dropped a few more details on its upcoming hot hatch. We also have the first photos of the final production version, in its Championship White hero...

  • 2015 Opel Corsa OPC
    2015 Opel Corsa OPC: Forbidden Fruit

    General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] European arm Opel recently launched an updated version of its Corsa subcompact. The good news, for anyone living in areas where Opels are sold, is that the updated Corsa still has a high-performance OPC version, which has been revealed today ahead of its...

  • 2015 Buick Excelle GT

    Buick sells a compact known as the Excelle in China. There are two versions of the car, the Excelle GT sedan, which is similar to the current Buick Verano; and the Excelle XT hatchback, which is similar to the current Opel Astra. Crucially, the three cars use common internals. Now, the Excelle GT has undergone a substantial update. The exterior of the new sedan clearly features Buick’s latest design themes previewed by the brand’s recent Avenir concept car. We also have a look at the car’s plush interior, which appears to have an almost Audi-like quality. Power comes from...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTD Variant
    2015 Volkswagen Golf GTD Variant: Forbidden Fruit

    Volkswagen has revealed yet another model we in the U.S. can only dream about. You’re looking at the all-new Golf GTD Variant, essentially a more practical wagon version of the diesel-powered Golf GTD hot hatch. It makes its debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show and like its five-door...

  • 2015 BMW 1-Series Hatchback equipped with M Sport package
    Forbidden Fruit: 2015 BMW 1-Series Hatchback

    BMW’s 1-Series Hatchback has come in for its mid-cycle update and has received new some styling and powertrains in the process. The 1-Series Hatchback isn't sold in the U.S., and we’re not expecting this updated version to arrive either—instead, we’ll get the...

  • 2015 Honda Civic Type R spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2015 Honda Civic Type R Spy Shots

    While in the U.S. the hottest Honda Civic on offer is the lame-duck Civic Si, over in Europe they have the Civic Type R, a high-revving hot hatch with race-inspired looks, taut suspension and impeccable handling. With the release of a brand new Civic in Europe and other markets in recent years...

  • 2015 Land Rover Defender Adventure Edition
    Land Rover Starts Celebrations For Original Defender's Last Year In Production: Video

    Production of the Land Rover Defender will finally come to an end this year, with the last example scheduled to roll off the line at Land Rover’s Solihull plant in the U.K. in December. The Defender, whose basic shape hasn’t changed much since the launch of the original ‘Land...

  • 2015 Subaru Forester tS
    Subaru Releases STI-Enhanced Forester tS In Japan

    Subaru’s Forester has received a new STI-enhanced variant, but like the STI-enhanced BRZ the new hot Forester is being offered exclusively in Japan. We’re not talking a fully-fledged STI model like the Impreza WRX STI, but rather a run-of-the-mill Subaru that's been upgraded with some...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Shooting Brake

    Mercedes-Benz has just taken the covers off its fifth compact car, the all-new CLA Shooting Brake. The newest addition to the Mercedes lineup is essentially a wagon version of the CLA-Class sedan, and it has been revealed today in both standard form and the high-performance CLA45 AMG variant. Sadly, neither is coming to the U.S. Why the Shooting Brake name and not Wagon or Estate? Mercedes considers the CLA a coupe and a traditional shooting brake is a coupe with a hatch, so even ‘four-door coupes’ with hatchback-style rears are considered shooting brakes by the German automaker...

  • 2015 Renault Twingo GT spy shots
    2015 Renault Twingo GT Spy Shots

    Renault’s tiny Twingo hatch has just been redesigned, and just like previous generations of the car it looks like the latest one is set to spawn some racier versions developed by the French automaker’s Renaultsport performance division. The prototype you see here may look like an...

  • 2014 Audi A1
    Audi Introduces Three-Cylinder Engines With 2014 A1: Forbidden Fruit

    Audi’s smallest car, the A1 subcompact, has been on sale overseas since its launch back in 2010. It’s now received a mid-cycle update, which not only includes some changes to the styling but also the launch of the sporty S1 variant that we saw back at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The...

  • 'Other Side' ad for the 2015 Honda Civic Type R
    Honda Launches Awesome Interactive Ad For 2015 Civic Type R

    Not only are Honda’s cars cooler overseas, its ads are too. Take for example the automaker’s new interactive ad for the 2015 Civic Type R, which won’t be offered in the U.S. The ad, which you can view here, is called Other Side and it's designed to bring to life Honda’s wild...

  • 2013 Lotus Exige S Roadster
    Lotus Exige S Gets Automatic Transmission

    The Exige may not be on sale here anymore but overseas the car continues to be updated, with Lotus announcing that for 2015 the range-topping Exige S variant will be available with a paddle-shifted automatic transmission. This should help the wide-body Exige appeal to a much wider audience, which...

  • 2014 BMW 1-Series DTM Sport Edition
    BMW Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Its 1-Series, Launches DTM Edition

    It was back in 2004 that BMW first entered the compact segment with its original 1-Series Hatchback. The vehicle offered some of the best dynamics among its peers thanks to its unique—for the segment—rear-wheel-drive format, and this led to it being a worldwide hit, with more than 1.9...

  • 2015 Holden Commodore SSV Craig Lowndes Special Edition

    Holden’s VF Commodore introduced in Australia in 2013 and sold here as the Chevrolet SS has just received a few updates for 2015, including the addition of a special edition model inspired by V8 Supercars hero Craig Lowndes. The special edition is based on the Commodore’s sporty SSV variant and just 233 examples will be built. Unfortunately, the car is more show than go, despite being a motorsport-inspired model. There are some upgrades, however. For example, the SSV Craig Lowndes Special Edition comes with four-piston Brembo brake calipers front and rear, new suspension bushings...

  • 2014 Toyota GT 86 14R60
    Toyota GT 86 TRD Griffon Concept Spawns 14R60 Special Edition: Forbidden Fruit

    Just over a year ago, Toyota revealed a TRD-enhanced GT 86 (a Scion FR-S for our U.S. readers) concept called the Griffon, which thanks to numerous undisclosed modifications weighed just 2,300 pounds and was capable of lapping a race track faster than a Ferrari 458 Italia. Now the awesome concept...

  • Volkswagen Passat GT concept, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    Plug-In Hybrid Volkswagen Passat GTE Revealed Ahead Of Paris Auto Show

    Volkswagen’s version of the Passat the rest of the world enjoys has just been redesigned and will appear for the first time at this week’s 2014 Paris Auto Show. The new Passat, which still offers sedan and wagon bodystyles, debuts with new engines, less weight and the latest assistance...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
    2015 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack Headed For Paris Auto Show

    Volkswagen sells an Alltrack version of its Passat wagon overseas, and now the vehicle is getting a little brother in the form of the 2015 Golf Alltrack, which debuts next week at the 2014 Paris Auto Show. It’s essentially a soft-roader version of the latest Golf SportWagen, and will be...

  • 2014 Volkswagen Polo GTI
    More Powerful Volkswagen Polo GTI Headed For Paris Auto Show

    Volkswagen recently introduced a mild facelift for its Polo subcompact sold overseas, but missing from the updated lineup was the sporty Polo GTI variant. The German automaker has now rectified the issue, revealing the updated hot hatch in full ahead of a world debut next month at the 2014 Paris...

  • 2014 Opel Adam S
    Opel Reveals Sporty Adam S: Forbidden Fruit

    Opel’s Adam minicar first hit the scene in 2012 and has since been turned into a race car as well as an upmarket version enhanced by Bitter. Now, the first performance-enhanced version of the Adam has been revealed, the new Adam S, which makes its debut next month at the 2014 Paris Auto Show...

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