2008

The 1-series hasn’t even touched down on American shores yet, and already BMW is building new concepts and increasing the performance of the hot little ride. Mostly a Lotus-style exercise in added lightness through lighter materials, the new 1-series reminds us of the beloved 2002. From its...

Mansory has released yet another tuning and styling kit for British marque Bentley in the form of the Le MANSory widebody kit for the Continental GT Coupe. Similar in style to the package designed for the GTC drop-top, the new kit includes the same side skirts, pumped fenders, and quad tailpipe...

Audi’s RS4 sedan holds a magical quality for its fans. A unique balance of price, performance, and luxury, the RS4 manages to carve out a unique niche in the tightly competitive luxury performance marketplace. Considering it’s based on a seven year old platform, the RS4 is a very...

When BMW shows a concept car based on a current production model, there’s a good chance it will eventually end up in production with minimal changes. More recent examples include this year’s M3 and X6 concept vehicles, cars based on the existing 3-series coupe and X5 SUV respectively...

Volkswagen has released full details for its new Touareg R50 sports SUV just days ahead of its world premiere at the Sydney Motor Show. We can now confirm that it will be packing a 350hp (258kW) version of its 5.0L V10 TDI and will have a full 850Nm (627lb-ft) of torque. The SUV’s interior...

When Mazda released its Mazda3 MPS (Mazdaspeed3 in the U.S.), hot hatch fans the world over rubbed their hands together in glee. Today is a similarly joyous occasion, as the Mazda3 MPS Extreme has hit the the showroom floor in Sydney at the Australian International Motor Show. Power increases...

The four-door M3 has a good chance of being more popular than its coupe sibling despite BMW deeming it unworthy to produce during the last generation. This latest video shows that the new sedan is every bit as stylish as the coupe and the fact that it’s more practical could just give it the...

The speculation, spy shots, and waiting are finally over - the BMW M3 Sedan is here. In the thirteen years since the first M3 Sedan debuted, much has changed. Developed from the ground up as a separate car, the M3 Sedan bears several unique features and key differences from the M3 Coupe. The new M3...

An official image of the new M3 Sedan has cropped up on M3 Post, and as suspected it reveals the new model is basically the E90 sedan with the M3 Coupe's front-end lobbed on. In fact, the two cars share only the the load-bearing structure, doors, roof, trunk lid. Like the M3 Coupe, the Sedan...

Despite Lexus showing off its new sports sedan back in January at the Detroit Auto Show the company has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the number of horses kicking under the hood. However, today’s Japanese launch of the IS F allowed to officially state the figures as well as other...

The new Evo X is unashamedly one of our favorite cars of the year and we suspect it will be at the top of wish lists of many readers as well. Not many cars out there come close to matching the Evo in terms of bang for your buck and it doesn’t hurt that the latest model looks amazing as well...

The lucky guys from Fifth Gear got the chance to test drive the Maserati GranTurismo across some mountain roads in northern Italy, and as we suspected they’ve come away very pleased with the new coupe. After all, who wouldn’t like a big Italian GT packing a powerful V8 and styling that...

Like a five-year-old kid, Lexus apparently just can't wait for Christmas this year, and is already offering a special edition car for the still-distant holiday season. The Neiman Marcus IS F Special Build Sedan (the name just rolls of the tongue) will be offered in the Neiman Marcus 2007 Christmas...

The new A4 is an incredibly important car for Audi as it’s not just the largest seller, but also the first all-new A4 for almost eight years. Underneath the skin is Audi’s latest Modular Longitudinal Platform (MLP) that is shared with the Audi A5 and will eventually make its way to more...

The 2008 Cadillac CTS is being hailed as the best American car in 40 years by automotive journalists across the nation. Now GM is looking to take that success overseas. This week's UAW strike threatened to cut into production of the new right-hand drive CTS, which is being built at GM's plant in...

Most of the information on Hyundai’s new RWD coupe is based merely on speculation and a few spy shots, as any official details are incredibly hard to come by. We know that it will be based on a shortened version of the carmaker’s new RWD platform that will debut in the upcoming Genesis...

Lexus will be taking on two of its most coveted rivals, Mercedes’ C63 and the BMW M3, with its all new IS-F performance sedan. This latest video shows the car going through some high-speed antics down at the Laguna Seca speedway, and, by the looks of things, IS-F owners will have nothing to...

Here's a great review of the new M3 that shows you just how dramatically some of the key electronic settings in the car can effect the overall performance. Like the reviewer in this video, we’d want to set every mode to the ‘extreme’ setting as well. Via: GermanCarScene

Following last year’s release of the popular 427R Ford Mustang, performance tuner Roush has released a new edition of the same car dubbed the 428R. Set to go on sale through Ford dealers next month, the new 428R will be limited to just 200 examples and, with 435hp and 400lb-ft of torque under...

Mitsubishi released four new shots of the Lancer Evolution today--three of the JDM Evolution GSR's exterior, and one of the U.S. market's Evolution MR's interior. The latest images are a timely foil to the official teaser shot of the Subaru WRX STI that hit the web last week. The same 295hp...