Prototypes
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At the 2010 Paris Auto Show back in September Chevrolet rolled out a hatchback variant of the Cruze, which despite being called a concept is due for sale in Europe and the Asia-Pacific next year. The car is being engineered primarily by GM’s Holden division in Australia but unlike the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac G8, which were also honed Down Under, the new Cruze Hatchback won’t be sold in the U.S. anytime soon. We now have the first spy shots of an actual prototype for the new Cruze Hatchback, revealing a design almost identical to the concept car we saw back in Paris. Aside...
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Spy Shots: 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible
We already have a fairly good idea as to what the new 2012 BMW 6-Series will look like following the reveal of the Concept 6-Series Coupe back at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, as well as a leaked shot of the new 6-Series Convertible, which was taken while the car was in a photo shoot. However, there...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Chevrolet Aveo Sedan
With the 2012 Chevrolet Aveo, General Motors is taking its small car destiny in its own hands, bringing its Honda Fit fighter home to America--at least in terms of design and production. Unlike the first-generation model, which was designed largely in South Korea, the new Aveo will be mostly...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Range Rover Evoque Five-Door
Dynamically designed and arrestingly attractive, the 2012 Range Rover Evoque has won much praise on the auto show circuit and though the crossover is already headed to production, so far only the three-door version has been officially revealed. However, a leaked image of a five-door Evoque recently...
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Spy Shots: Wiesmann GT Testing New Twin-Turbo BMW V-8
When the Wiesmann MF5 went into production back in 2008, the world took notice as the latest iteration of the potent and wildly styled coupe is definitely the sort of car that commands attention. Powered by the same 507 horsepower V-10 engine as the outgoing BMW M5, the Wiesmann MF5 is capable of...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Audi A6
Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF...
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We know Chevrolet is working on two new variants of the Camaro muscle car; the Camaro Convertible due in March of next year and a high-performance Z28 due at an as yet unannounced date, however, another, unrelated Camaro prototype has just been spotted testing at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. This yellow Camaro was spotted testing alongside one of the Z28 prototypes and features some unique elements never seen before. They include new LED accented tail lamps and slightly larger side mirrors with their own, integrated indicator lamps. The lack of serious updates and quality of the work...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen New Beetle
Volkswagen’s New Beetle has been on the market now for more than ten years and has enjoyed relatively strong sales despite the lack of significant upgrades during its life. More than one million New Beetles have been built at Volkswagen’s Puebla plant in Mexico and it looks like...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK Spotted On First Day Of Fireball Run
We knew the Fireball Run was going to be full of surprises but no one was expecting to see a pair of prototypes turn up on the very first day. In truth, this pair of 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK prototypes wasn’t actually part of the event but just so happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong...
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Spy Shots: 2011 Bentley Continental GT, Reveal Coming September 7
The Bentley Continental GT has been around since 2003 and since that time there have been very little changes made to the luxurious grand tourer lineup. That won’t be true for much longer as these latest spy shots indicate. Bentley is working on a facelift for its 2011 model year Continental...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
Once upon a time, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 laid claim to being the fastest SUV on the planet, offering 0-60 times of under five seconds and a top speed in excess of 155 mph. Since then, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and BMW X5 M and X6 M have nabbed the title away. Jeep doesn't look to be content...
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Spy Shots: U.S. Market Volkswagen NMS
The Passat has been a relative success for Volkswagen in the U.S., but the automaker is hard at work on a New Mid-size (or mid-market) Sedan, not-so-cleverly codenamed NMS, to replace it. The final design has already been approved and previewed previously in an official sketch, and now we have the...
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It’s not unusual to see Ferrari prototypes rolling around the hills of Maranello as the Italian city is home to the supercar manufacturer’s factory, but every now and then something very unusual crops up and grabs our attention. In this case, a mysterious prototype was captured on film just a few days ago in Maranello, suggesting that a new Ferrari model is taking shape. The prototype appears to be for a new front-engined GT, which suggests that it could be the replacement for either the 599 GTB Fiorano or 612 Scaglietti. Ferrari is currently in the process of renewing its entire lineup...
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Official: Tesla And Toyota To Jointly Develop All-Electric RAV4
Electric vehicles are popularly perceived as the front-runner of the alternate fuel competition, but successfully developing EVs has proven to be a difficult and expensive task. To help share the burden and the expertise necessary to get an electric car to market, Japanese auto giant Toyota and...
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