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  • MINI Rocketman Concept

    MINI’s string of recent concept cars have a tradition of heading straight to production, except for perhaps the rugged Beachcomber, which was deemed too unsafe for the real world due to its lack of doors. With the unveiling of the latest MINI Rocketman concept, we could soon have yet another MINI variant on our hands if the words of BMW sales and marketing boss Ian Robertson are to be believed. Speaking with Autocar recently, Robertson pointed out that most MINI concepts do eventually end up in the showroom, strongly suggesting that the Rocketman will too. The concept is described as a...

  • MINI Connected with Pandora
    Video: MINI Goes In-Depth On MINI Connected

    At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) we brought you news of MINI Connected's first app: Pandora. Today, MINI expands on what Connected adds to the in-car experience with this detailed video highlighting its key features. Want to link your iPhone to Twitter, Facebook, Google Local Search, or...

  • 2011 Buick Regal
    Buick Beating Lexus In Luxury Car Sales

    Quick, what's the second-best selling luxury nameplate in the U.S.? BMW? BZZZT, they're in first place these days. How about Mercedes-Benz? Nope. Cadillac maybe? Closer, but no cigar. No, according to our friends over at Kicking Tires, Buick has outsold every other luxury brand in the U.S. in the...

  • Audi R8 in the snow
    Video: Audi R8 Braves Blizzard, Asks For Your Story

    Audi is looking to collect winter stories of its quattro all-wheel drive system in use, and let's face it: this winter probably provided ample opportunity with snow falling heavily from the North Pole clear into the Deep South. This video--which only briefly features the Audi R8, sadly--is a call...

  • Growler E 2011 concept by Vizualtech
    Report: Vizualtech To Build Growler E E-Type Concept

    If you're one of the many longing for a redesign of Jaguar's aging XK platform, wait no longer: the Growler E, Vizualtech's latest re-interpretation of the E-Type, will be built, in very small numbers, according to a new report. Just a handful will ever be built, as each car is expected to take six...

  • 2011 HPE600 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
    Video: Hennessey Shows Off 2011 HPE600 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible

    Aching for the sounds of some vicious, hotter-than-stock American V-8 action today? Hennessey has your fix: the 2011 HPE600 Chevy Camaro Convertible, previewed in this video. As you might guess from the car's name, the HPE600 packs 600 horsepower--602 to be exact--of supercharged, dyno-tuned fury...

  • Pagani Huayra

    Whether you're into ancient Andean gods or not, you'll enjoy this video: an official intro for the new Pagani Huayra, including some background on its unusual name. The name fits the look of the Huayra, which is also highly unusual. From the look and the legend, it's clear that Pagani was going after aerodynamics in new and sometimes as-yet-unpalatable, aesthetically speaking, directions. We're still astride the fence on the car's looks, but we hope it will grow on us, slow and fungus-like, over time, as there's a lot to love about the Huayra just beneath the surface.

  • Google autonomous Toyota Prius test vehicle
    Google Shows Us Why We All Need Robot Cars

    We're pretty familiar with autonomous cars around here, and we've even been treated to a ride in one of Stanford's robots at their automotive innovation lab, which they launched in partnership with Volkswagen. You might also remember Shelley, their autonomous Audi TTS, which autonomously raced to...

  • 2012 Hyundai Veloster
    Hyundai's New Nav System Asks: Do You Want The Shortest Route Or The Greenest?

    Today's navigation systems are great at finding the shortest route between Point A and Point B. Some even integrate traffic data to identify alternate paths if the shortest one is congested. But Hyundai's newest navigation platform will also tell you which route is the greenest, keeping CO2 out of...

  • Ferrari FF plays in the snow
    Video: Ferrari FF Four-Wheel Drive System Explained

    The new Ferrari FF may not be to everyone’s liking but like most models from the Prancing Horse, it’s not only a technical marvel but also one of the fastest cars on the planet. With its latest supercar, Ferrari has introduced a controversial ‘shooting brake’ hatchback...

  • 2011 Bertone B99 Jaguar concept
    Jaguar Says Bertone B99 Concept Is: “Not For Us”

    It was one of the big surprises of last week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Jaguar B99 sedan concept that had nothing do with Jaguar whatsoever. What makes the concept’s gestation even more surprising was that it was developed by financial stricken Italian design house Stile Bertone, a...

  • 2011 Audi A3 Sedan Concept live photos
    Audi A3 Sedan Likely For U.S., Q3 Crossover Less So

    The current range of Audi A3 hatchbacks--Sportbacks in Audi speak--is a very competent model line, and in 2.0-liter TDI guise offers highway fuel economy as high as 42 mpg. However, in the U.S., where the sedan is king, the A3 only musters around 6,500 sales per year. That should all change with...

  • De Tomaso Pantera

    The De Tomaso Pantera is the car credited with putting the Italian marque on the map--if only briefly. Having been in production from 1971 all the way up to the early 1990s, the Pantera could be found in showrooms all across the globe and even ended up in the garage of rock legend Elvis Presley. In the U.S. the car was sold though Ford’s premium Lincoln dealerships and featured, at one point, the Blue Oval’s 351 Cleveland V-8 engine. Sadly, the oil crisis of the 1970s and the dismal quality of some earlier models led to Ford cutting its ties with De Tomaso and the Pantera ending...

  • 2011 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor
    Ford Police Interceptors official test drive

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] aging Crown Victoria, loyal servant to police forces around the country for the past several decades, is soon to be replaced by a new generation of cop cars such as the Carbon Motors E7, Chevrolet Caprice PPV and the Blue Oval's Interceptor duo. Presented here...

  • Artega SE electric sports coupe
    Artega SE Electric Coupe: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    The last we heard of German start-up Artega and its Henrik Fisker designed GT sports coupe, the company had just started building and selling a limited run of its cars, which at the time were available exclusively with a 300 horsepower V-6. At this past week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Artega...

  • 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo
    Phillies Pitcher J.C. Romero's Porsche Panamera Stolen

    So you've spent over a decade the big leagues, you're a reliever for the Phillies, and you arrived at spring training camp in a $190,000 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo. Life is good, right? It is until your car gets stolen from a local shop. Unfortunately for J.C. Romero, that's exactly what happened...

  • 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
    Don't Want The Mitsubishi Evo To Die (Or Go Hybrid)? Join The Cause

    There are many great causes in the world. Causes to fight the many kinds of cancer, to help end hunger, to bring literacy and access to the Web to the poor. This isn't one of those causes. Instead, it's an entirely meaningless cause, but one we're half in support of: to save the Mitsubishi Lancer...

  • 2011 Ferrari F150 Formula 1 race car
    Ferrari Tweaks F1 Car Name One More Time As Ford Drops Suit

    The Horse Whisperer, Ferrari's often acid-tongued official blog, tackled the whole Ford F-150/Ferrari F150 Formula 1 car naming dispute today. In its typical style, the sardonic commentary flowed forth, proclaiming the latest name change, "should make it clear even to the thickest of people that...

  • NYT tests Google's autonomous Toyota Prius

    Last month we brought you news of a car controlled by nothing but the brain, through use of a "neuroheadset." Today, we have two videos of Google's self-driving robotic car in action, at speed. The BrainDriver car is a cutting-edge concept, and interesting for potential mobility solutions for people with limited physical motion. But Google's robotic autonomous car could push mobility in an entirely different direction. Imagine hopping into the back seat of your car, telling it to take you to work, and actually getting something done on the commute--without risking your life or those around...

  • 2011 BMW Vision ConnectedDrive Concept
    Video: BMW's Vision ConnectedDrive Has A Story

    A pure concept car (a bit of a rarity in this age of production-bound "concepts") the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive, the latest in an iterative series of similarly-themed concepts since the GINA Light Visionary concept, has a story to tell. We just can't tell if it makes sense. Using lots of analogies...

  • 2012 Ferrari FF
    Ferrari FF, Lamborghini Aventador: Sold Out Until 2012

    Priced at a whopping 260,000 euros (or about $360,000 US) the Ferrari FF might not strike you as a quick seller, but you'd be wrong. All 800 of the first-year production run have sold in pre-orders. Likewise, the $370,000 Lamborghini Aventador has already pre-sold its first year run as well. The...

  • 2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302
    VIDEO: Supercharged Mustang V-8 Makes 600 HP On Dyno

    For those of you out there who like watching engines on dynos, this is for you. The engine you'll see below is an Edelbrock-supercharged 5.0 V-8 that pounds out 600 horsepower and 524 lb-ft of torque. It's important to note that Edelbrock hasn't released official numbers, but this video from the...

  • 2012 Nissan GT-R
    Nissan GT-R Sales Dwindle In Lead Up To 2012 Model

    The new 2012 Nissan GT-R is not only more powerful--and therefore faster--than the outgoing 2011 model, it also handles better, consumes less fuel and some might say even looks better thanks to the addition of a new diffuser and daytime running lights. First shown at last year’s Los Angeles...

  • Chevrolet Cruze 2.0 VCDi turbodiesel (Europe)
    Chevrolet Cruzes To SXSW To Hype MyLink And New Models

    Whip out your backpack and groom your mustache: it's time for America's favorite festival for interactive, film, and music, South by Southwest. And just like last year, Chevrolet will be tagging along with lots of new goods, including Chevy MyLink. The company will also host a shuttle service, a...

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