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Talk of the return of the Volkswagen Phaeton to U.S. shores dates back almost as far as the car’s exit in 2006. Most recently it was reported that a concept previewing the next-generation Phaeton, due out in the next year or two, was scheduled to be revealed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show...

Chevrolet’s new 2014 Camaro Z/28 has spawned a racing version, the Camaro Z/28.R, which will make its competition debut this weekend in the GS class of the IMSA Continental Tires SportsCar Challenge, one of the lead-up events for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. It will be one of the most...

The ‘Targa’ version of the latest 991-series Porsche 911 has just made its world debut, and it’s turned out to be yet another stunner from the Porsche camp. Like previous-generation 911 Targa models, the latest features a fixed roll bar crossing the center section of the car. In...

There are a lot of reasons to moan about the current state of BMW's cars, including a couple of the porkier M vehicles. But the new 2014 M235i isn't one of them. It's the opposite. This, friends, is what the F30 should have been, at least as far as the balance between poise, ride, dynamics, and...

A brand new generation of the Audi TT, the compact sports car’s third iteration in fact, is nearing the end of its development, with the new car on track for a debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March. We now have a spy video showing a prototype testing at the Nürburgring and on some...

With the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 that was introduced this past week at the Detroit Auto Show, GM raises the threat level to the bragging rights of virtually every other supercar in the world. And while performance numbers are still months away, there were plenty of interesting details...

BMW’s 1-Series Coupe and Convertible are on their way out, soon to be replaced by the stylish and sexy 2-Series, which bowed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show this week. Fans are already dubbing the car the spiritual successor to the BMW 2002 of the 1960s and ‘70s, and in M235i trim we...

BMW’s new 2015 M3 and M4 have been some of the most talked about cars for the past several years, and now they’ve finally landed, having made their respective debuts this week at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. For those still in the dark, the M4 is essentially the replacement for the...

Subaru’s 2015 WRX STI has finally landed and is sure to suffice to the brand’s legion of fans. Subaru didn’t pull any surprises with the design, with the latest model once again packing a turbocharged four-cylinder boxer engine and symmetrical all-wheel-drive system. However...

Forget the Nissan Leaf's pragmatic green buyers for the moment. Nissan has big electric-car ambitions, and it's no secret that they go well beyond the automaker's Leaf hatchback. Part of those ambitions still involve a flamboyant, all-electric sports car in the near future—a project that we...

One of the big stars of this week’s 2014 Detroit Auto Show was the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. It’s the range-topper in the seventh-generation Corvette line, at least until a successor to the previous generation’s ZR1 is launched, if one is actually planned. And if...

Just this week MINI presented a concept previewing the new John Cooper Works performance version of its third-generation Cooper, and now we have our first look at the actual production version, which was spotted cold weather testing in northern Europe recently. The car features all the typical JCW...

The all-new 2015 Hyundai Genesis sedan was shown to an international audience for the first time this week, and we have photos and a video direct from its debut which took place at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. The 2015 Genesis has been redesigned from top to bottom and now features an available...

Acura has confirmed what we’ve already known for some time; that the current TSX and TL will be replaced by a single model known as the TLX. The new TLX will go on sale as a 2015 model this summer, and will fill the gap between the ILX and RLX in Acura’s sedan lineup. The new mid-sizer...

The all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima is due next year. And to tease the production version that will most likely bow at the 2015 New York Auto Show in April, Nissan has presented a sporty new concept at this week's Detroit Auto Show that previews the styling of its next Maxima as well as all its future...

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI is the ultimate high-performance version of the latest WRX all-wheel-drive compact sedan. It boosts the power, refines the standard all-wheel-drive system, and adds new aerodynamic design features to distinguish it from the standard WRX. The STI is really Subaru's...

The 2015 Lexus RC F Coupe is officially here, and it's a looker, to be sure. But does it have the chops to back up its sporty appearance? With Lexus’ most powerful V-8 engine under the hood, the answer is a resounding yes. But we’ll get to the performance specs a little later, because...

Cadillac’s award-winning ATS sedan has spawned its first spinoff, a sultry coupe debuting this week at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. The new two-door Cadillac, which targets the likes of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe and BMW 4-Series, goes on sale in the summer as the 2015 ATS Coupe. In...

Along with coupe and convertible variants, the half-way-house Targa model has long been a staple of the Porsche 911 range--since 1965 in fact, when the first "safety cabriolet" made its debut at that year's Frankfurt Auto Show. The 2014 Detroit Auto Show marks the debut of the latest variant, the...

We're in the thick of the action-packed new car festival that is the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, and even though muscle and sports car fans have probably fainted from the excitement, there's a lot of other interesting stuff going on, too. Case in point: the Audi Allroad Shooting Brake concept. These...