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  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class L, 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Pretty much any sedan you'd care to think of has a long-wheelbase version in the Chinese market. Not to be left out, Mercedes-Benz has announced a new contribution to the market at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, the long-wheelbase C-Class. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang GT Gets Standard Electronic Line Lock: Video In China, prestigious vehicles--or those considered prestigious in the country's growing market--are often used as chauffeured limousines, prioritizing rear seat space and extra rear features over the cars' counterparts in the U.S. and Europe. The market is already an important one for...

  • Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Nazionale by Ad Personam, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Nazionale Debuts At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Last month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled a version of its Aventador LP 700-4 supercar that had been enhanced by the automaker’s Ad Personam personalization department. At the 2014 Beijing Auto Show this past weekend, Lamborghini unveiled another Aventador worked over by...

  • 2015 MINI Cooper Paceman
    2015 MINI Paceman Rolled Out At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    With MINI’s Cooper Countryman receiving a series of updates for the 2015 model year, the car’s three-door variant, the Cooper Paceman, is also set to receive the same updates and has been shown in its new form for the first time at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The updated Paceman will...

  • Volkswagen New Midsize Coupe concept, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    VW’s Stylish New Midsize Coupe Makes Debut At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Volkswagen presented a stylish four-door coupe concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show over the weekend. The concept is called the New Midsize Coupe and it’s about the size of a Jetta, although its proportions are much sportier than any production VW. Designers say it gives an idea of what a...

  • Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton wins the 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Takes Third Straight One-Two Finish At 2014 F1 Chinese Grand Prix

    The Mercedes AMG Formula One team looks unstoppable at the moment, with its star driver Lewis Hamilton winning yesterday’s 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in dominant style and in the process earning himself his first three-race winning streak and the Mercedes team its fourth consecutive...

  • Audi TT Offroad concept, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    Audi TT Offroad concept debuts at 2014 Beijing auto show

    Audi has revealed a new concept car at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The concept is based on the recently revealed 2016 TT sports car but features four doors, a raised ride height and four individual seats. It’s called the TT Offroad, and according to Audi it provides a glimpse of how the...

  • Lincoln MKX concept, 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Lincoln’s current MKX has been on sale since the 2007 model year and has only been updated once during all these years. Lincoln is well aware that its mid-size crossover is in need of renewal, and we’re getting our first look at the next-generation version in the form of a concept at this week’s 2014 Beijing Auto Show. Lincoln has just entered the Chinese market, and an exciting concept reveal during the nation’s premier auto show is a great way of putting itself on the map. Lincoln is launching in China with just two models, the MKZ and MKC, but plans to have a...

  • Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV
    Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV Debuts At The 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Chevrolet takes a lot of pride in being the progenitor of the SUV segment, starting with the Suburban back in the 1930s. Land Rover makes much of being the first luxury SUV maker via the Range Rover built starting in 1970. But the world of SUVs has come a long way since those pioneers, folding in...

  • Jeep Renegade Zi You Xia design concept
    Jeep Unveils Four New Design Concepts At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    The Jeep brand has been on a roll of late, pushing out new models at a rapid pace, though the controversial design of vehicles like the Cherokee and Renegade has some questioning the brand's direction. Jeep is committed to its path, however, and at this year's Beijing Auto Show, it's parading four...

  • BMW Vision Future Luxury concept, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept: 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    BMW’s new concept for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show isn’t the 7-Series-aping mega sedan that we were expecting, but it does pack enough technologies, premium materials and innovations to be worthy of a new BMW flagship. The concept is the BMW Vision Future Luxury, and as its name suggests...

  • Volkswagen Golf R 400 concept, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept Revealed At 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    If you thought the latest 2015 Golf R was going to be the most extreme version of the seventh-generation Golf, then you’d be wrong. Volkswagen has just rolled out a 395-horsepower version of its latest Golf, and though it’s strictly a concept at this point the German automaker says the...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger at 2014 New York Auto Show
    This Week’s Top Photos: The 2014 New York Auto Show Edition

    The updates to the 2015 Dodge Challenger may be hard to spot, but they make the latest 2015 model a significantly better car than the outgoing model. At the top of the list is an eight-speed automatic transmission, which not only boosts performance but also smoothness and efficiency. Sadly, we are...

  • Diesel drag truck crashes spectacularly

    If you've ever doubted the might of a highly tuned diesel pickup, let this video put that to rest, even as it plants the seeds of a nightmare in your mind. Rolling coal and accelerating like a supercar, this diesel Dodge slams into a barrier and does a barrel roll that will stay with you. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Challenger Comes In Eight Trim Levels, None Of Them Supercharged: Live Photos Fortunately, thanks to modern safety gear, the driver walked away from this crash. The track, however, wasn't so lucky. Two barriers were heavily damaged, and a light pole was completely taken out by the...

  • Fast & Furious RC race
    Fast & Furious RC Race, Chase Is Amazing: Video

    Fast & Furious has long been a guilty pleasure for car enthusiasts, made bittersweet by Paul Walker's untimely death last year. But the franchise will live on, perhaps not least in the hearts of its fans--like the fans who made this brilliant remote control race and chase video inspired by the...

  • Gene Haas announces acquisition of FIA Formula 1 racing license
    America may be headed back to F1 thanks to Gene Haas

    America has had a turbulent, troubled, but at times successful relationship with Formula 1. Soon, that difficult history may get a new chapter courtesy of Stewart-Haas co-owner Gene Haas, who recently secured a Formula 1 team license from the FIA. Since the beginning, but especially of late...

  • Rolls-Royce Bespoke Pinnacle Travel Phantom
    Rolls-Royce Bespoke Pinnacle Travel Phantom To Debut At Beijing Auto Show

    Rolls-Royce will unveil its latest Bespoke model at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.

  • 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD
    VW Golf GTD U.S. Sales In Jeopardy: Report

    The Volkswagen Golf GTD diesel hot hatch may not come to the U.S. after all.

  • 2003 Volkswagen Phaeton
    VW Americas Chief Promises New Phaeton By 2019

    Volkswagen is due to launch a new generation of its Phaeton full-size luxury sedan overseas sometime in the next couple of years, and this one’s destined to reach U.S. showrooms. It’s been eight years since the Phaeton was dropped from the local market, but rumors of its return have...

  • 2016 Audi S6 facelift spy shots

    Audi is working on an update for its A6, which we’re expecting to be introduced in time for the 2016 model year. We’ve just posted photos of a prototype for the sporty S6 variant. Mercedes-Benz has released the first details for a new hybrid system it is working on. Called Intelligent Hybrid, the system reads the road ahead and automatically adjusts brake energy regeneration levels accordingly in order to maximize efficiency. BMW has confirmed plans to unveil a new concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on Sunday. The automaker says the concept will preview its future design and...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Conditions are predicted to be only slightly overcast for this weekend’s 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit. We may still see some rain during tomorrow’s qualifying session, but things are expected to remain dry during Sunday's race...

  • 2015 BMW X3 xDrive 28d, 2014 New York Auto Show
    2015 BMW X3: Live From The 2014 New York Auto Show

    The BMW X3 is, or at least has been, a hard vehicle to get excited about. It's comely enough, and quite comfortable and capable, to be sure; it's just not all that moving, especially for a BMW. But there are a few new aspects to the updated 2015 X3 that just might get your enthusiast juices...

  • 2015 Aston Martin Vantage GT, 2014 New York Auto Show
    Aston Martin Launches Special Edition Vantage And DB9 At 2014 New York Auto Show: Live Photos

    Aston Martin has launched two new special editions at the 2014 New York Auto Show this week, but the cars aren’t completely new as we saw them a month ago at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. They’re now being shown in their U.S. specification, and the good news is that we have the...

  • 2014 BMW 7-Series Horse Edition
    BMW Confirms Exclusive Design Study For Beijng, Is It The 9-Series?

    About a month ago we heard the BMW was planning a new concept for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show that envisions a potential 9-Series flagship. Now the German automaker has confirmed that it will present a forward-looking concept at the Chinese show that demonstrates its perception of luxury. As a taste...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class (S500)
    Mercedes Exploits F1 Know-How For New Intelligent Hybrid System

    The push for more efficient vehicles is leading automakers to develop new and ingenious ways to save fuel--without detracting from the driving experience of their vehicles. Many of these systems operate without the driver ever knowing anything is happening--which is just how Mercedes's new...

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