2012

  • 2012 MINI Roadster spy shots

    The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe has made its debut in each of its Cooper, Cooper S, and John Cooper Works trim levels, and we’ve even had a chance to bring you a first drive report of the car. However, its open-top cousin, the long-awaited 2012 MINI Cooper Roadster, is still nowhere to be seen, although a 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show debut is now looking more and more likely. While the L.A. event isn’t scheduled to kick off for another month, we have a new spy video featuring a very lightly camouflaged example of the new MINI Cooper Roadster running some hot laps at the Nurburgring race...

  • 2012 Novitec Tridente Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale
    Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale Gets Some Extra Love From Novitec Tridente

    The lightest most powerful Maserati on the road just got a little hotter.

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Sets 7:41.27 Nurburgring Lap Time

    Hot off the Twitter presses, General Motors' Jason Laird has relayed Mark Reuss' confirmation of a 7:41.27 Nordschleife lap time for the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. That's not bad, all things considered: not so long ago, the Nissan GT-R was pretty proud of its 7:38 lap time. Though Godzilla has...

  • 2012 Jeep Wrangler - First Drive
    Mopar Offers Over 250 Ways To Personalize Your 2012 Jeep Wrangler

    No one keeps a Jeep Wrangler in stock trim for long, so Mopar is offering Jeep owners some 250 ways to build a unique ride.

  • 2012 Nissan Leaf in the Apple iPhone 4S commercial
    iPhone 4S Hitches Its Wagon To The 2012 Nissan Leaf

    As everyone knows by now, Apple did not launch the iPhone 5 at yesterday's press event. This was bad news for Apple (shares slid after the meet-up), bad news for iOS developers (iOS handsets have recently been losing ground to Android), and bad news for Apple's new CEO Tim Cook (who should've been...

  • 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
    Jeep Grand Cherokee Next In Line To Receive ZF 8-Speed Auto

    Coming as no surprise, Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SUV is reportedly next in line to receive the smooth shifting--and fuel saving--ZF eight-speed automatic transmission filtering its way across Chrysler’s lineup. Already finding a home in the Chrysler 300, as well as some Audi and BMW models...

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera

    Porsche has released a new video detailing the 2012 911's interior.

  • 2011 Volkswagen Golf R
    2012 Volkswagen Golf R Official Price, Specs Released

    As we reported late last year, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be headed to the U.S., and it should arrive sometime early in 2012. Today, VW released the official U.S. pricing and specs for the car. Power, previously expected to reach as high as 266 horsepower, has settled for production in...

  • Unmarked 2012 Nissan GT-R police car
    A 2012 Nissan GT-R... Police Car: Video

    If you travel the highways and back roads of Virginia, there's now an added incentive to obey the speed limit - an unnamed police agency has added a 2012 Nissan GT-R to its fleet.

  • 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
    2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Gets Dirty, Flaunts Features: Video

    The very idea of the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor would have been nearly inconceivable not that long ago, but over the past two years it has proven a showroom stock truck can do things that were previously the sole province of purpose-built race trucks. This video gives a quick look at the new features...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC
    Bentley Planning Hotter, Faster Continental GT2: Report

    The 2012 Bentley Continental GTC has just had its first round of press drives, but already word of yet another Continental variant is making the rounds. This time, it's a lighter, more powerful GT2 variant. Weighing in at 440 pounds lighter than the standard Continental GT, according to...

  • AMG Performance Media in action
    AMG Performance Media Tracks Your Track Days: Video

    The SLS AMG is one of the models available with the AMG Performance Media data acquisition system.

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. Photo copyright Marty Padgett 2011.

    We first saw the new 2012 Bentley Continental GTC at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show last month, and since then we’ve already had a chance to drive the car in Croatia. However, here’s an opportunity for you to view the stunning drop-top as it would appear wafting by on a road near you. When the 2012 Continental GTC first showed its face in Frankfurt, it revealed the characteristically fine craftwork and attention to detail Bentley has built its brand on, and this latest video backs that up with an extra dose of visual impact. In case you missed our previous posts, the 2012 Bentley...

  • Tesla Model S Alpha build
    Tesla Promises Model S 'Sport' Capable Of 0-60 MPH In Under 4.5 Seconds

    The 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan is on track for a market debut in the middle of next year, although the production version of the car is scheduled to be revealed at the end of this year. We say production version as we’ve already seen a number of Model S sedans in the past, though all...

  • 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque  -  First Drive Off-Road
    2012 Range Rover Evoque: Certainly Not Camera Shy

    Order the Surround Camera System in the 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, and you’ll get five cameras, a reverse-sensing system, and a pretty sweet interface

  • 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
    2012 Range Rover Evoque: World's First Off-Roader With Magnetic Suspension

    The 2012 Range Rover Evoque is the first vehicle fully capable of off-roading—not just light trail use—to employ magnetorheological suspension technology

  • Ray Lane takes delivery of the first Fisker Karma
    Fisker Says 'Majority' Of 3,000 Karma Reservations To Be Filled This Year

    If you've been on the list to own a 2012 Fisker Karma, you've probably been waiting a while--it's been on the show circuit for about three years now. The first deliveries to customers just started a few months ago, but Fisker says it will have the majority of its 3,000 reservation holders driving...

  • 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque  -  Off-Road First Drive
    2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque first drive review

    “A four-cylinder? It's fuel-efficient? How much power? Nice!” That's the sort of reaction we found from several middle-age suburbanites who momentarily interrupted their community-center fitness group to ask us some questions about the new 2012 Range Rover Evoque—all the while...

  • 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8. Photo by Alex Bellus

    Photos by Alex Bellus Say you have a family of four plus a dog, a job downtown as a mid-level executive, and you are a proud American. What do you drive? While you'd love to have a muscle car, your wife says a two-door just isn't practical right now. Well, let me introduce you to the new 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8, the muscle car for grown-ups. Design If are you looking for a four-door muscle car that demands attention, you should be looking at the Chrysler 300 SRT8's cousin, the Dodge Charger SRT8. But what the 300 SRT8 lacks in attention-grabbing looks, it more than makes up for in the subtle...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC
    2012 Bentley Continental GTC: First Drive

    Croatia doesn't sound like anything familiar to Americans, but Europeans have been calling it the "new Tuscany" since they turned their timeshare-building, economy-hyperinflating attentions away from the last "new Tuscany" in southern Spain. We're still puzzled about what was wrong with the old...

  • 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5
    2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5, Alfa Flagship, Mercedes Perfume: Today's Car News

    BMW has gone hybrid once again, and this one looks like a lot of fun: 335 horsepower, 335 pound-feet of torque, plus some all-electric range, all wrapped in the 5-Series package. Mercedes-Benz, on the other hand, thinks you need to smell better, and U.K. traffic officials want to scan your tires...

  • 2012 Audi A6 live photos. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.
    Audi Launches New Mobile Features For U.S. Shoppers

    Audi is making it easier for new car shoppers by launching a range of new mobile features in its downloadable apps for cars like the A6, A7, and A8.

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Aerokit spy shots
    2012 Porsche 911 Aerokit Spy Shots

    An undisguised version of the new 2012 Porsche 911 has been spotted in Germany just weeks after the latest ‘991’ generation car, in Carrera and Carrera S trim, made its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Look closely at these latest spy shots and you’ll notice the car...

  • 2011 Toyota Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Concept
    2012 Toyota Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Preview

    Looks like the 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor isn’t the only highlight of this week’s 2011 Texas State Fair. Toyota has rolled out a similar performance-themed pickup based on the Tacoma, which for now is only a concept but has already been confirmed for production. Described as a...

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