Los Angeles Auto Show
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The Hyundai side of South Korea's largest automaker has had a notable measure of success with its large, luxurious Genesis sedan, and soon, the Kia portion of the empire will offer its own: the K900, set to debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show next month. In Kia's home market, the large luxury sedan is known as the K9 or Quoris; here in the U.S., it had been rumored to be named the K9, but the official announcement today names it the K900. An on-sale date is yet to be specified, though Kia says the K900 will reach the U.S. market sometime in 2014. When it does arrive, the K900 will be...
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22 World Debuts Confirmed For 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
LA Auto Show debuts will include the 2015 Porsche Macan and MINI Cooper.
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$194,850 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet Coming To LA Auto Show
The Porsche 911 adds the next logical member of its family to the fold this fall, when the 911 Turbo Cabriolet and Turbo S Cabriolet lose their hardtops at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The new Cabriolet models arrive in the year Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary sports...
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2015 Subaru WRX And WRX STI Set For 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
We’ve been spying prototypes for Subaru’s next-generation WRX for months but soon the heavy camouflage will be coming off and the car ready for its debut on the world stage. That debut will reportedly take place at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show in November, where Subaru is confirmed to...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 MINI Cooper To Be Revealed On November 18
MINI will celebrate the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the original Mini, by unveiling the third generation of the modern MINI, the 2014 Cooper, at a special ceremony at the car’s plant in Oxford, England. That special ceremony will take place on...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
At Least Nine World Premieres For 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
The Los Angeles Auto Show doesn’t boast the international awareness that rival auto shows in New York and Detroit enjoy, but it still manages to draw in the big crowds with a handful of important reveals every year. The annual show in L.A. is typically where automakers present their models...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
While it was once a racing-only, stratospheric number, there are a lot of cars that make more than 500 horsepower these days. At the 2012 L.A. Auto Show, three more members joined the club--though we know which one we'd pick if handed a rucksack full of cash. That one, of course, is the SLS AMG Black Series. Not that the Jaguar XFR-S and Volvo S60 Polestar aren't very interesting cars in their own right, but, hey--631 horsepower plus canards and gullwings? Sign us up. If you missed any of our 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show coverage, you can catch up on all of it right here.
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Video Preview: BMW i3 Coupe Concept
BMW's new i division hasn't even launched its first vehicle yet, and it's already looking at a two-door version of its upcoming i3 electric hatchback. The i3 Coupe Concept is a spin-off of the i3 we've been shown for the past year, but will it go into production? The i3 Coupe Concept drew a strong...
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Subaru’s SHARC Wins L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge
In the future, highway patrol vehicles are likely to look a lot different from the police cruisers of today. This year's Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge asked automakers to sketch what the ideal highway patrol vehicle of 2025 might look like, and top honors go to Subaru for its SHARC design...
Kurt Ernst -
Nissan DeltaWing Racer Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Perhaps no other race car in recent years has captured the imagination of fans in quite the same way as the Nissan DeltaWing. Perhaps it’s the car’s futuristic shape, or perhaps it’s the fact that the car is considerably down on horsepower compared to others in the field, yet it...
Kurt Ernst -
Volvo S60 Polestar Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
We’ll admit to being fans of the Volvo S60 T6 R-Design sedan, as it’s a near-ideal blend of performance and comfort. As much as we like the car, however, it’s Volvo’s uber-sexy S60 Polestar concept that we’d rather have parked on our garage. Rumor had it that Volvo was...
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BMW i3 Coupe Concept Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
BMW is out to prove that its upcoming i3 electric hatchback doesn’t have to be boring, by presenting at this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show a sporty coupe variant simply dubbed the i3 Coupe. The new concept is the latest in a long string of i3 show cars, but the latest gives us a...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
If all you know about Lincoln automobiles comes from what you’ve seen in its dealer showrooms over the past two decades, it would be easy to write the brand off as a pseudo-luxury automaker reselling badge-engineered Fords. The demise of the Mercury brand was supposed to clarify the line between mass-market vehicles, sold under Ford’s blue oval, and luxury vehicles, sold under the Lincoln marque. Today, however, nearly two years after the last Mercury was built, Lincoln still seems to be a brand looking to establish itself. At today’s Los Angeles Auto Show press preview...
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2014 Acura RLX Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Acura’s aging RL is finally set to be renewed, and in its place will be the new 2014 Acura RLX, which goes on sale next spring. The car made its official world debut this week at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, and like a true flagship sedan it’s the most powerful, spacious, and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Concept: LA Auto Show Live Photos
Don’t let the ‘fixie’ bike mounted into the Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top Conecpt lead you too far astray. This concept, unveiled here at the Los Angeles Auto Show, could be taken either as a thought process toward an open-top (yet still active-lifestyle-oriented) version of the...
Bengt Halvorson -
Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force Live Photos: 2012 L.A. Auto Show
For its entry for the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Design Challenge, a contest that challenges the world’s top automotive designers to come up with the best concept car for a given theme, Mercedes-Benz developed the imposing Ener-G-Force SUV. However, rather than leave the vehicle just as a design...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Acura Launches Next-Generation AcuraLink Connectivity System
When the 2014 Acura RLX hits showrooms next spring, it will come with the next generation of Acura’s connectivity system, AcuraLink. Thanks to new embedded technology and the ability to link to web-enabled devices such as a smartphone, AcuraLink will be able to bring a much broader range of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Test Drive The 2014 Chevy Corvette In Gran Turismo 5: Video
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette will be making its world debut in January, but the first test drives of the car won’t be available until the sales launch later in 2013. If, like us, you just can’t wait, dust off your PlayStation 3 or visit a friend that owns one and get ready to test drive...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Jaguar is jumping on the personalization bandwagon by announcing new styling packages for its as yet unreleased F-Type sports car. The styling packages fall under the new Design and Black packs being released for the F-Type, and feature custom appointments for both the car’s exterior and cabin. Jaguar used this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show to announce the F-Type styling packages, which it previewed with a 2014 F-Type S finished in bright Firesand paint. The F-Type S is the mid-range model, coming with a 380-horsepower supercharged V-6. Firesand is just one of numerous...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Live Photos: 2012 LA Auto Show
One of the standouts of this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show was a bright yellow supercar from the tuning gods at AMG. That supercar is the new 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, possibly the wildest and most capable car to ever emerge from AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Acura RLX Preview: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Acura’s new flagship sedan, the 2014 RLX, has been shown for the first time in production trim at this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car goes on sale early next year, where it will replace the aging RL (Honda Legend in other markets). We first got a preview of the new RLX with...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2013 Fiat 500c Abarth Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Depending on your priorities, Fiat may have just made the 500 Abarth a better vehicle. That is, if your priority is hearing that beefy exhaust note and if it involves having an open-air experience. These two things have now been accomplished with the introduction of the new 2013 Fiat 500c Abarth at...
Joel Feder -
2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Live Images: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
In the history of the automobile, the Volkswagen Beetle is easily one of the most iconic vehicles ever created. Generations of drivers learned the joys of rowing their own gears behind the wheel of the slow-but-stout Beetle, and Volkswagen is banking that those drivers will want to park an old...
Kurt Ernst -
2014 Porsche Cayman Live Photos And Video: 2012 L.A. Auto Show
If you've read our first drive report on the 2013 Boxster, you know just how much we love it--and how much you should too, if you're into fast, fun, good-looking and feature-packed cars, at any rate. Now, the hardtop Cayman joins its drop-top sibling, bringing with it the same upgrades and...
Nelson Ireson