Auto Shows

After testing for the past year in front of spy cameras around the world, the next generation of Volkswagen's iconic New Beetle will be unveiled April 18th at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. VW will also be showing the car simultaneously in Berlin, New York City, and live on MTV. According to VW's...

Following this past weekend’s leak, BMW has released the first official images of its new Concept M5 ahead of its world debut later this month at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. Like previous concept cars from the hallowed M division, the design you see here is pretty much what will be used for...

The Spada Codatronca was, almost, the Ferrari FF--four years before the FF came to be. No, it wasn't a Ferrari, and it didn't have all-wheel drive, but it was a long-backed super tourer packing 600 horsepower. Now it's getting a new edition--an open-top model called the Monza. New images have...

High Gear Media's own Joel Feder is on the ground in Phoenix at a Kia event today, and he tells us that Kia has confirmed the new Rio sedan will be on display at the 2011 New York Auto Show. We don't know the details on what to expect here in the U.S.--that's being saved for the show--but we can...

Chevrolet’s South Korean design team has rolled out a new concept car at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show today, revealing a new design direction for future Chevy products both in terms of styling and powertrain technology. That's because beyond the new 2011 Chevrolet MiRay Concept’s striking...

Making its world premiere at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show today is the all-new Kia Naimo, an electric crossover concept penned by the automaker’s design team in South Korea and characterized by its simple lines and muscular stance. The simple overall design is accentuated by a number of striking...

This is the first look at the 2013 Chevy Malibu, due for a full unveiling at the 2011 New York and Shanghai Auto Shows on April 19th. So far, we get nothing but a teaser of the rear of the car and some general suggestions as to its specs, though the video below gives a better idea of what to...

Official "spy shots" released today by Jaguar show a 2012 XF development mule packing a new 2.2-liter diesel engine. While we won't likely be seeing the oil-burner here in the U.S., the images are still relevant to what we may soon be seeing on our roads. Wrapped in swirly camouflage vinyl, it's...

Earlier reports of a more potent version of the Panamera Turbo have proven true, following the unveiling today of the brand new 2012 Porsche Panama Turbo S. Once again, with its new top model in the Panamera model line, Porsche is raising the bar for sporty four-door cars in the luxury class by yet...

Porsche's Panamera has taken a lot of heat and received a lot of praise for its unusual looks. Its performance, however, has been almost universally impressive, and soon, it could get even more ferocious. The Turbo S variant of the Panamera may be coming as soon as the end of this week. Reports...

Interest in the pint-sized 2012 Fiat 500 is set to ignite once again with word on the street that its convertible sibling, the funky 500C, is set to make its North American debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show next month. That word comes by way of Fiat’s local chief, Laura Soave, who in the...

The Shanghai Auto Show may be stealing much of the hybrid limelight, but Lexus won't be letting the concurrent New York Auto Show go to waste: a new hybrid concept car, the LF-Gh, will be on display. We don't know yet exactly what the LF-Gh might be, however. Some are speculating that it'll be a...

Next month's Shanghai Motor Show will host the debut of a new BMW: the 5-Series "New Energy Vehicle," a plug-in hybrid that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer is "from China for China." Early word of the New Energy Vehicle first emerged from unofficial channels in January, but Reithofer confirmed the car in...

The Geneva Motor Show is one of the top auto shows each year for new cars, concepts and car technology, and 2011 was no exception. Under the shining lights and amongst the glamorous girls were some pretty hot ideas and cool technology, so here we've chosen our favorite gadgets, details and tech...

Peugeot is proving that it is a leader when it comes to hybrid technology, diesel-electric hybrid technology in particular, revealing today the latest iteration of its impressive 908 HYbrid4 endurance race car. We saw the first generation of 908 Hybrid4 race cars from Peugeot back in 2008 and since...

As the 2011 New York Auto Show approaches, organizers of the annual World Car of the Year awards have released details about the top three finalists for each of the World Car, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design categories, and as usual they remain as controversial as ever...

Ruf has never considered itself simply as an aftermarket tuner, seeing itself more as a niche automaker capable of building some of the highest-performance cars on the planet. You only have to take a look at the legendary line of CTR models to understand where this view is coming from, and in...

It’s been a while since we last heard of German tuner Carlsson and its wild C25 supercar loosely based on the Mercedes-Benz SL platform. At last year’s Geneva Motor Show Carlsson first took the covers off the C25 and announced a limited production run of just 25 units of the V-12...

The Suzuki Swift is a hot little hatch still sold in most parts of the globe and in its Swift Sport guise can be a hoot to drive, easily upsetting some much more expensive models when it comes to fun factor. Unfortunately, there’s still no official confirmation of plans to introduce the...

A new battle in the car design wars broke out on the floor of the Geneva Motor Show, and CarDesignNews caught it on video. The conflict? Ex-BMW designer and notorious flame-surfacer Chris Bangle's pointed questions to ex-Bertone and new Saab design head Jason Castriota over the shape of the new...