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Chevrolet has revealed a new concept car based on the recently launched Prisma sedan, and is targeting the hip youth market with this new sporty crossover. The “Y” tag, which stands for youth, emphasizes the design direction that was taken by its Brazilian designers in developing the...

Rumors of an all new Supra have been circulating ever since the last model went out of production almost a decade ago. Now, UK’s Auto Express has released a possible rendering of the new Supra, which is expected to follow the lines of Lexus' upcoming LF-A coupe. However, the similarities end...

Updated: Official information released. Click here to view. Skoda will be launching an all-wheel drive "Scout" version of the Roomster hatch, which is expected to be launched at next year’s Geneva Auto Show. These images taken in the Czech Republic were sent to us by a reader, and reveal that...

The final production version of the upcoming Ford Fairlane will be almost identical to the concept vehicle displayed at the Detroit Auto Show last year. That’s the word from Ford’s head designer J. Mays as told in a recent interview with Wards Auto. In fact, people within the company...

Apex Motorsport has revealed the first images of its Jaguar XKR GT3 race car that it will be entering into the new FIA GT3 European Championship. The GT3 series is only in its second year but already there’s significant support from teams and sponsors, which will host six events next year...

Sabino is a relative newcomer to the automotive design world, but the Netherlands based company has already developed its first major showpiece that it hopes will gather public interest, and more importantly investment dollars. Labelled the B3, the aggressive looking coupe is a mix of both European...

Alfa Romeo has just released a new set of photos of the 8c Competezione, this time with a more stylistic approach. We’ve placed them in a gallery after the jump, all sized to 1600px wide so you can use them as wallpapers. They’re that good.

Honda revealed a prototype Civic Si Sedan enhanced by its MUGEN tuning arm at SEMA this week. The car comes equipped with a high performance suspension kit, forged aluminum wheels, aerodynamic body styling plus a cat-back sport exhaust kit. This is no hyped up concept either, the Civic MUGEN Si is...

Volvo is not a big name in the world of hotrods, but when one of Sweden’s most skilled specialist car constructors is building a car, you can bet there will be some hometown influences. Pictured here is the Caresto V8 Speedster, a mid-engined car with an ethanol powered 340hp 4.4L Volvo V8...

Ford has gone big at SEMA this year, displaying no less than three hotted up Mustangs GT500s in drag, street-racer and full race specs. The most extroverted was easily the Shelby GT500 Professional Road Racer, complete with Ford Racing's 5.0L Cammer engine. Power is said to be significantly higher...

The latest news coming out of Detroit is that General Motors is planning to launch a range of fuel efficient vehicles to take back the market share that it has lost to Toyota. GM will use part of the expected $9 billion in savings from its extensive cost cutting to invest in technologies including...

Audi wants to make good on its previous failed attempt at delivering a small car positioned below its A3 hatch. Audi sold the original A2 supermini up until 2005, and managed only average sales results. Total production numbers are estimated at only 175,000 units, which pales in comparison with its...

The original CLK DTM from AMG was basically a racecar built for the road, and it looked almost identical to Mercedes’ entrant in the German Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters racing series. Sadly, the road-going version was released for sale in Europe only of which there were 100 coupes and 80...

For the next DARPA Grand Challenge, an event where cars compete in a rally with no human input whatsoever, Team-LUX will be contending with its latest VW Passat 2.0 TDI race car. Run by laser technology company, Sick AG, and its subsidiary, Ibeo Automobile Sensor GmbH, Team-LUX will demonstrate...

The allure of Formula One is simply too hard to resist for most successful car manufacturers. Latest rumours suggest that Nissan might be joining the ranks, and according to an article in French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, the Japanese auto maker might do a deal with former team owner Alain...

Nokia’s luxurious Vertu series of mobile phones has added another two units to its range of Ascent high-end mobile phones that celebrate the classic racetracks of the world by featuring a small map of the track on the outer casing. The latest two tracks include the Le Mans and Indianapolis...

Ford has called upon hip-hop star Funkmaster Flex once again to help trick out its 2007 Ford Expedition for next week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. Flex, who previously worked on projects involving Ford’s Fusion, F-150 and Mustang, will apply his talents to the big SUV to help improve its...

Here’s an interesting video that explores the British take on the latest iteration of one of America’s most iconic muscle cars, Ford’s Shelby GT500. The Mustang has never been regarded as slow, in V8 guise anyway, but the GT500 is an altogether different beast.

Scientists have found that injecting small amounts of ethanol fuel into a regular gasoline engine during moments of peak demand, such as accelerating hard or climbing a steep hill, could actually improve fuel efficiency by between 20 and 30 percent. Work is being carried at the Massachusetts...

Nissan won’t be introducing any of its own minicars as long as contracts with original equipment manufacturers remain. Reported by Australia’s Drive, this latest news comes directly from Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, who stated that "as long as we can have a solid contract with an OEM...as...