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  • Jeep seven-seat SUV patent drawing

    New patent drawings discovered in the database of Europe’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) intellectual property registry reveals the design of a new three-row Jeep. This isn’t Jeep’s upcoming Wagoneer, as some have reported, but more likely a production version of the plug-in hybrid Yuntu concept we saw in April at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. A comparison of the two vehicles shows an almost identical design for the greenhouse and wheel arches. The design of the grille is also the same for both vehicles. There are some slight differences, though. The...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  reveal event  -  March 2016
    Tesla Model 3 leaked data suggests 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds

    More details on the Tesla Model 3 have emerged ahead of the car’s July debut. Slides comparing the Model 3 with the Model S recently surfaced on a Tesla enthusiast site and are said to have been supplied by a company insider. The slides are allegedly part of a Tesla campaign to train...

  • Production-ready Jaguar I-Pace spotted in Monaco
    2019 Jaguar I-Pace spotted during photo shoot

    Jaguar’s I-Pace electric SUV has just been spotted completely undisguised. Posted by Agenda de l'automobile (via Jalopnik) on its Facebook page is this video showing the I-Pace in what is almost certainly production-ready form. The video was taken in Monaco during what appears to be an...

  • 2018 Cadillac XTS leaked - Image via Autohome
    2018 Cadillac XTS leaked

    Cadillac’s XTS is set to receive some significant updates, as confirmed by leaked shots that recently surfaced on Chinese website Autohome. The XTS has been with us since 2013 and Cadillac has no plans to discontinue it, even though the brand has a much better alternative in the form of the...

  • 2018 Renault Mégane RS leaked
    2018 Renault Mégane RS leaked

    The first photo of Renault’s rival to the Ford Focus RS, Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R has surfaced ahead of an expected debut at the 2017 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix later this month. (It’s also thought to be making an appearance at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed in...

  • 2018 BMW M2 refresh leaked
    BMW M2 facelift leaks showing subtle styling changes

    BMW of Belgium has let the cat out of the bag. And by cat, we mean arguably one of BMW's best sport coupes in recent times. The Belgian company published images to its website and it shows the 2018 BMW M2 in all its glory, first reported by Bimmer Today. If it looks the same, that's because the...

  • 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class facelift leaked - Image via SaudiShift

    Some of Mercedes-Benz’s mid-cycle updates for the S-Class have been revealed in a series of leaked shots. The shots, and others like it posted to the website SaudiShift, reveal the subtle visual tweaks the updated S-Class will wear. The tweaks include a more streamlined front bumper with a new chrome element spanning the width of the car’s face. The grille slats also feature a new design and the internals of the headlights are also new. The latter incorporates matrix LED technology referred to as Multibeam LEDs by Mercedes. The changes are even more subtle at the rear and consist...

  • 2018 Volkswagen Touareg and Polo leaked - Image via Martin Swart/CAR South Africa
    2018 Volkswagen Touareg, Polo leaked

    Next-generation versions of the Volkswagen Touareg and Polo have been spotted in South Africa wearing minimal camouflage gear. The South African edition of CAR has several photos showing the vehicles ahead of their respective launches later this year. Both have already been spied in prototype form...

  • 2018 Volvo XC60 leaked - Image via Autoblog.nl
    2018 Volvo XC60 leaked ahead of Geneva debut

    Volvo will unveil its redesigned XC60 tomorrow at the 2017 Geneva auto show but the first photo has already surfaced. Posted on Autoblog.nl, the leaked shot reveals that the second-generation model closely resembles the larger XC90 with which it shares a platform, in this case Volvo’s modular...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Type R leaked - Image via Autocar
    2017 Honda Civic Type R leaks ahead of Geneva debut

    Honda is set to unveil its new Civic Type R at next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show but photos have already leaked. These two photos posted to Autocar reveal the new Civic Type R in great detail and confirm the car will closely match the “prototype” version Honda has been trotting...

  • 2018 Hyundai Sonata leaked - Image via Hyundai Blog
    2018 Hyundai Sonata leaked, adopts sporty look

    Hyundai is definitely on a roll. Having just launched its Genesis luxury brand, the automaker’s bread and butter models are now in the process of being renewed. We just saw the impressive redesign of the Elantra GT at the 2017 Chicago auto show, and soon Hyundai will introduce a...

  • McLaren 720S leaked ahead of 2017 Geneva auto show debut
    McLaren 720S leaked, again

    More photos of McLaren’s new supercar to replace the 650S in the Super Series range have surfaced ahead of next week’s debut at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The latest shots were initially published in a Bloomberg article but have since been removed. An earlier photo was published by...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari design study on display at Galleria Ferrari, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi

    Patent drawings for a mystery Ferrari model were discovered a week ago in the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The drawings were submitted by Ferrari last August and depict a car penned by Ferrari design boss Flavio Manzoni and clearly based on the LaFerrari. We’ve since discovered that the car is almost identical to one of the original design studies developed by Manzoni and his team at Centro Stile Ferrari for the LaFerrari. The design study is currently one of the attractions at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and is located in the theme park’s Galleria Ferrari section. We...

  • Honda Project 2&4 concept, 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Honda files patent for car inspired by 2&4 track car concept

    It appears that Honda might be serious about its wonderful Project 2&4 concept. If you're not familiar, this was a roadster originally shown to the public at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. Honda designers developed a concept vehicle that attempted to bridge the gap between the world of...

  • 2017 Ford GT
    Is Ford cooking up a more hardcore GT Competition Series?

    The new Ford GT is barely here, and already we're hearing whispers that there could be another version in the pipeline. As Autoblog has discovered, there is some interesting wording in the owner's manual for the 647-horsepower supercar. Specifically, there's mention of a rear hatch that's different...

  • Patent drawings for Ferrari LaFerrari-based hypercar - Image via Motor1
    Ferrari files patent drawings for LaFerrari-like hypercar

    Patent drawings for a mystery Ferrari model has showed up in the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The patents were filed by Ferrari last August and clearly depict a model based on the company’s LaFerrari flagship. According to Motor1, which discovered them, the only information...

  • 2018 Lexus LC500
    Lexus LC F edges closer with trademark filing

    New evidence suggests Lexus is planning a high-performance LC developed by the F division. Lexus parent company Toyota has made trademark filings for “LC F” and “Lexus LC F” with trademark offices in the United States and Europe. The most recent filings were made on February...

  • Scan of alleged brochure for new Toyota Supra - Image via Auto.Blog.rs
    Alleged brochure for new Toyota Supra is fake

    Update: The alleged brochure for the new Toyota Supra has turned out to be a fake. After some further digging, 'Motor.es' discovered that the scan was compiled using the original brochure from the MkIV Supra as well as some enthusiast magazines from Japan. Our original post is below. An image...

  • Screenshot of Instagram post from Porsche Centre Brisbane - Image via CarAdvice

    There have been rumors for years of an extra spicy “RS” version of the Porsche Cayman GT4, and now one of the automaker’s dealerships may have just confirmed it. Porsche Centre Brisbane recently posted a photo of a Cayman GT4 on its Instagram page along with the message that a “GT4 RS” was coming and that it would feature a 4.0-liter flat-6. The post has been removed but not before CarAdvice was able to snap a screenshot. When prompted by the Australian website for comment a Porsche spokesperson denied the possibility of a Cayman GT4 RS. Of course, it’s not...

  • Sketches of alleged Ford Mustang Bullitt appear in promotional video
    Ford Mustang Bullitt set for return?

    A video released by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may have accidentally revealed plans for a new Ford Mustang Bullitt. Johnson is an official spokesperson for Ford and in a behind-the-scenes video filmed at the automaker’s headquarters and posted by the former wrestler to his YouTube...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    More details on Corvette-bound LT5 V-8

    Details of a naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 featuring a DOHC design has appeared in a document posted recently on a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] service website. GM has removed the document but not before a Reddit user was able to take a screen shot of the page the engine was listed on...

  • 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
    Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 sticking around for 2018

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang is due to receive a mid-cycle update for the 2018 model year. Among the changes will be tweaks to the bumpers and the availability of a 10-speed automatic transmission. There is also a new range-topping model in the works expected to revive the Shelby GT500...

  • '2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500' shows up in Google search
    ‘2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’ shows up as Ford website item in Google search

    Something interesting happens when you type “GT500” into Google’s search box. One of the first items to show up is “2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 | The Cobra of Performance Cars” as an item on Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] website. Clicking through the link...

  • 2018 Kia GT (Stinger) leaked - Image via Kia-World
    2018 Kia GT (Stinger) leaked

    Kia’s rear-wheel-drive sports sedan based on the GT concept car that we first saw at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show has been outed. We've already spied prototypes but now a leaked shot courtesy of the Kia-World blog reveals what’s likely to be a pre-production model. While there are clear...

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