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Audi has prematurely released photos for its stunning new A1 concept car to be displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show in just a few days. Officially called the Audi metroproject Quattro, this small car is designed to take on BMW’s MINI Cooper with its more masculine and upscale design. The...

Mansory has released yet another tuning and styling kit for British marque Bentley in the form of the Le MANSory widebody kit for the Continental GT Coupe. Similar in style to the package designed for the GTC drop-top, the new kit includes the same side skirts, pumped fenders, and quad tailpipe...

General Motors will once again have one of the biggest displays at the upcoming SEMA Auto Show with no less than 28 modified cars, trucks and SUVs set to grace its stands. This year GM will be presenting a ‘green’ performance theme by unveiling a slew of modified cars capable of using...

Despite a lack of incentives outside its home country, Volvo has lately turned its focus to biofuels and hybrid technology. We first wrote about the C30 Efficiency (pictured) in August, then Volvo debuted the Re-Charge concept at the Frankfurt motor show. Just a few days ago the company announced...

GM’s recently renewed focus on its luxury lines doesn’t just mean introducing hot new models like the Cadillac CTS. It also means improving creature comforts, like standard XM satellite radio on all Cadillacs. Now the biggest U.S. auto maker is turning its eye on Buick, Hummer and Saab...

The all new GT-R is like no other car Nissan dealers across Europe and the U.S. have ever sold before so it’s little wonder scores of maintenance workers and sales staff around the globe are being specially trained in readiness for the car’s official launch. Nissan will be setting up...

On the 29th of December Hyundai will officially turn 40 and to celebrate the occasion it will be launching the production version of the Genesis concept sedan as well as a special emblem. The launch of the car will be for the Korean market with an April launch planned for other markets including...

Four-wheel-steering (4WS) is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real...

Following the announcement at the start of the year that the ungainly Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1028131_acura-advanced-sports-car-concept would come in for a redesign, most suspected the updated design would be rolled out at next week’s Tokyo Motor...

Most would agree modifying a Ferrari is sacrilege yet there remains enough demand out there to warrant aftermarket tuners like Japan’s T2-G to develop unique pieces for the rare Italian exotics. Thankfully their custom kit for the F430 remains as tasteful as the original and also manages to...

One of the greatest difficulties for any niche carmaker in developing a new car is completing the full list of safety checks mandated by regulatory bodies around the world. One of the most important and expensive of these checks is vehicle crash testing, which Tesla had to undergo recently for its...

There’s no doubt Lexus is flogging its rivals in America’s competitive luxury market but there remains serious concerns within Lexus that this success could be a single-generation phenomena and that the next-generation of buyers are more likely to look elsewhere for a luxury vehicle...

The new Dodge Challenger isn’t set to go on sale until after it makes its world debut at the Chicago Auto Show in February next year - although the first copies will be auctioned off on eBay for charity – but images of the final production car have now turned up on an internet forum. As...

Mazda was one of the first carmakers to reveal its upcoming concepts planned for this month’s Tokyo Motor Show with the reveal last week of the stunning Taiki Concept and an all-new rotary engine. The only solid info released with the concept was that it will be powered by a larger...

Update: Maybach has released official pictures of the Landaulet concept. Maybach is in desperate need of more products but since it’s unlikely officials will pump enough cash to develop a brand new model, any new car is likely to be some sort of variant of the current version. This means that...

In a trend that seems to be rising in the British auto industry niche sports car manufacturer Marcos Engineering has announced it will be entering administration and plans to wind down its operations as soon as possible. Marcos is probably most widely recognized for its TSO GTC, a V8 powered coupe...

Ford's 'kinetic' design theme has its fans and foes, but whatever one thinks of the theme in general, it does fit the Mondeo well. The newest member of the Mondeo family, the XR5 Turbo, even manages to come across as an aggressive, eager sedan. The forward stance and sleek profile combine to give...

Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is celebrating its 20th birthday this year at the 2007 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. As part of the celebration, HSV has unveiled the new Maloo R8 Ute. The Thunder from Down Under (the Maloo takes its name from an aboriginal word meaning thunder or...

Just weeks after UAW's strike on GM, the union is going after Chrysler. A deadline came and went without an agreement this morning at 11:00am US Eastern time. The strike could have devastating effects on the launch of Chrysler's new minivans in the U.S. and Canada. Jeep's four-door Wrangler could...

Following reports of uncertainty about its 2008 entry in formula one, Prodrive's David Richards has now ruled out using an identical McLaren-Mercedes package next year. "We cannot do the plan that we had with McLaren now," the Briton said on Wednesday, according to the news agency Reuters. "There...