Rumors

  • 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 First Drive

    This may come as a surprise to those of you that have been living in a shadow-filled cave for a few years, but Ford and Chevy tend to have a bit of a rivarly in the pony/muscle-car segment. It looks like things aren't reaching a cease-fire for the next round of updates, either, as a new report out of Car and Driver puts the 2013 Shelby GT500 at 600-plus horsepower. If that figure seems a bit on the high side to you, remember that Chevy just dropped the Camaro ZL1 on us at the Chicago Auto Show, and it's packing 550-plus horsepower from a supercharged LSA V-8. Ford's take on the new Shelby...

  • 2011 Toyota FT-86 II Concept
    Is Toyota Planning A Hybrid FT-86?

    Rumors are as rumors do, and they're flying as wildly as ever around the Toyota FT-86 after the second version, the uninventively-named FT-86 II, was revealed at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show last week. This time, the rumors aren't about delays or cancelation, but about a hybrid powertrain. The rumors...

  • Audi TT RS
    Is Audi Planning An Even Hotter TT RS Plus?

    An image, claimed to be from a leaked internal document from Audi, lists a range of TT-RS models, including a new variant: the TT RS Plus. Adding another 20 horsepower to the already heady mix, the Plus is supposed to enter production in May of this year, according to the document. Twenty more...

  • 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
    Don't Want The Mitsubishi Evo To Die (Or Go Hybrid)? Join The Cause

    There are many great causes in the world. Causes to fight the many kinds of cancer, to help end hunger, to bring literacy and access to the Web to the poor. This isn't one of those causes. Instead, it's an entirely meaningless cause, but one we're half in support of: to save the Mitsubishi Lancer...

  • 2011 Bentley Continental GT live photos
    Report: Bentley Planning A Third Model Line, SUV Possible

    Rolls-Royce recently introduced its newest model, the Ghost, to wide acclaim, despite it being the smallest and least expensive model currently offered by the hyperlux manufacturer. Bentley could easily have followed suit--but it doesn't look like it's going to. Instead, Bentley is eyeing a vehicle...

  • 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
    Is The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Dead?

    We already expected the next Lancer Evo to appear in a hybrid, not-really-a-sports-sedan form, but now it looks like it might not appear at all. The latest news out of Geneva comes via Autocar, from the mouth of Gayu Eusegi, Mitsubishi's global product director, who says there will be no Evo beyond...

  • Nissan ESFLOW Concept

    The Nissan 350Z was an impressive, affordable, and minimalist sports coupe. The 370Z that followed it added power and amenities. As we've reported before, it looks like the next-gen Z could go hybrid, possibly sporting a Mercedes-sourced 3.5-liter V-6 and electric assist drivetrain. But is it the road to an untimely death? Hybrids and electrics are the car of the now, to be sure, with a definite eye toward the future. Hybrid sports cars are not unthinkable, either, though Honda's early attempt with the CR-Z has fallen flat among the enthusiast crowd. The ESFLOW concept (pictured) recently...

  • 2011 Porsche 918 RSR Concept. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.
    Porsche CEO Mueller Plans A New Model Each Year Through 2018

    Purists bemoan Porsche's rapid expansion into non-traditional segments, while buyers eat the cars up with ravenous glee. It's a no-brainer for the people looking to make Porsche into the strongest, most profitable company they can, and CEO Matthias Mueller is at the head of the charge. His plan? To...

  • 2010 GMC Granite Concept
    Report: GMC Granite Confirmed For Production...Again

    First shown at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, the GMC Granite concept offers a GMC-branded take on the "urban" lifestyle, not unlike the Scion xB or Kia Soul, though it has its unique features, like the suicide rear doors--a feature that will reportedly make it to production. The latest report comes...

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    Is A New Mustang SVO On The Way?

    According to Jalopnik, Ford chairman Bill Ford Jr. has publicly stated that a turbocharged Mustang is on the way. Ford Jr. didn't get into specifics, but likely engine choices would either be a 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 or a 2.0-liter EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder. A turbocharged...

  • 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0
    Report: Bill Ford, Jr. Confirms Turbo Mustang

    Whether it's an EcoBoost V-6, a reborn turbo-four SVO, or a brutal uber-GT500, Mustang fans have been clamoring for turbos for ages now. It looks like they'll get their wish. Details are exactly zero beyond the reported confirmation by Bill Ford, Jr., at a Princeton speech last night. According to...

  • 2010 Jaguar C-X75 Concept, released at 2010 Paris Motor Show
    Report: Jaguar's Roadmap For the Next 12 Years Leaked

    Rumors are spreading on a number of topics today, the latest being Jaguar's planned model revision/addition scheme over the next 12 years. While we take such far-reaching prognostication with a heaping spoonful of salt, it's an interesting bit of speculation. Why doubt the roadmap? Because so much...

  • 2011 BMW M5 spy shots

    Performance cars are all about performance, except when they're not. In the case of luxury-performance sedans like BMW's M5, there are numerous concessions made to comfort and civility that cost ultimate speed and handling. But the next M5 may make a big concession: no manual transmission, not even as an option. The report from Motor Trend says the F10 version of the M5, expected to make its debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show before going on sale later in the year, will come only with a regular automatic--not even the M DCT dual-clutch transmission found on other M cars, because it...

  • BMW Megacity Vehicle official teaser
    Report: BMW MegaCity Vehicle To Get Optional Range Extender

    The MegaCity Vehicle (MCV) is BMW's soon-to-be-built all-electric urban wonder machine, if you buy the markting spiel. But it may be more than that. BMW's Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner recently told the German publication Focus Magazin that the MCV will offer an optional...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    Report Says Chevrolet Might Launch Special-Edition Camaros Twice A Year

    According to Autoblog, Chevrolet will continue to crank out different editions of the Camaro. There's the ZL1 top-dog, of course, and a still-rumored Z28 could still hit showrooms along with perhaps a slightly-more fuel-efficient V-6 model. Other special editions we could see this year? An edition...

  • 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 spy shots
    2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 To Debut At New York Auto Show?

    Last year we brought you some of the first word on rumors of the next Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. Though it's running a full year behind where it was expected then, the latest rumors of the super-SUV are pointing toward a New York Auto Show debut and a fall 2011 on-sale date. Specs are as anyone...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Camaro
    Chevrolet Planning Special-Trim 30-MPG 2LS Camaro?

    A report on an enthusiast site and numbers on the official EPA fuel economy site point toward a new Camaro model optimized to achieve 30 mpg highway. The current base V-6, automatic-equipped 2011 Camaro is rated at 29 mpg, so the gain isn't huge--just 1 mpg city and highway--but it's the round 30...

  • 2010 porsche 911 gt3 facelift 016
    Report: Next Porsche 911 GT3 To Get PDK-S Dual Clutch, Drop 200 Pounds

    The 2012 Porsche 911, which bears the internal designation 991, isn't due to make its first public showing until this fall's Frankfurt Auto Show or thereabouts, but a recent report from a fan forum, citing a trackside discussion at Daytona with a "very very higher up" in Porsche's motorsports...

  • 2010 Chevrolet Impala

    The Chevrolet Impala may bear little resemblance to its classic namesake, but it continues on in W-body form for 2012. Despite the familiar duds, the 2012 Impala will get a new heart: GM's 3.6-liter V-6 engine. According to GM Inside News, the 3.6-liter LFX will be the only engine option offered in the car, replacing the 3.5-liter and 3.9-liter V-6s in the current car. It will be mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, made possible in terms of packaging by the switch from the older V-6s. Even as the 2012 model gets updated, however, the next generation of the Impala gets pushed back...

  • 2011 Honda Civic Concepts
    Rumors Say Next Honda Civic Si Drops Revvy 2.0, Gets 2.4-Liter Four

    Half the fun of driving the Honda Civic Si or its true sports car stablemate, the S2000, is the high-rpm engagement of VTEC (yo!) and the surge of power that comes with it. It's not an ideal flat torque curve that delivers the goods; it's the rush. But that may change for the next-gen Civic Si. The...

  • 2005 Ford GT
    Ford GT Successor To Go Hybrid?

    Electric-assisted drivetrains are here to stay, and they've even made some inroads into legitimate supercar territory with the Porsche 918 Spyder, and in mechanical-hybrid terms with the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. But could a hybrid power the next Ford GT? That's the story slinking around the Web...

  • 2011 Cadillac SRX
    GM's Akerson Says Cadillac SRX Plug-In Hybrid 'Likely'

    Late last year reports of a plug-in hybrid version of the Cadillac SRX surfaced, and though GM did not confirm them, neither did it deny such a vehicle was in the works. Today GM CEO Dan Akerson, while talking about future EV and extended-range EV (EREV) strategy, revealed that the SRX plug-in is...

  • 2010 MINI WRC Concept
    Rumorific: Road-Legal MINI Countryman WRC In The Works?

    File this one in the "we hope, but we don't expect" drawer, as it's almost too good an idea to be true: a road-legal, widebody, 300-horsepower MINI Countryman based on the World Rally Championship car. The source of the rumor? Anonymous and sketchy, but we almost don't care. Almost, because we hate...

  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
    Report: Mercedes-Benz C-Class, GLK Diesels In U.S. Due By 2012

    Mercedes has been talking about a diesel GLK and C-Class in the U.S. since at least 2008. There's even the possibility they'll be built in the company's Alabama plant. The timeline has largely been aimed at 2012-2013 for U.S. construction and sale, though before the market crash of 2008, there were...

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