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OK, so it looks a lot like a Civic with Acura's grille and some fancier folds, but Acura promises the ILX will deliver the luxury goods--at a bargain price. While that remains to be seen in our own testing, these photos should give you a better idea of what the new compact luxury sedan looks like in person, in production form. The 2013 Acura ILX first made its debut in concept form at the Detroit Auto Show last month. At this week's Chicago Auto Show, Acura revealed the production version, and it looks nearly identical to the concept. Snatching its powertrains from the new Civic, the ILX gets...
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2012 Kia Optima SX Limited Live Photos: 2012 Chicago Auto ShowKia is introducing a new, high-end version of it's Optima sedan, dubbed the Optima SX Limited.
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Cadillac's Super Bowl Ad Most Watched In U.S. History: VideoAccording to data compiled by Kantar Media, Cadillac's "Go To Green Hell" Super Bowl spot was the most-watched in U.S. history.
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2013 Acura ILX Preview: 2012 Chicago Auto ShowAt January's 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Acura showed off a thinly-veiled sedan concept dubbed the ILX Concept. Now, just a month later, it's revealing the production version of the ILX compact sedan at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Based on the Civic, the new ILX is Acura's competitor for cars like the...
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Buick Announces Drivetrain Changes For 2012 Regal GS, 2013 RegalBuick is adding an automatic transmission to Regal GS models, and 2013 Regal Base and Premium trims will get the eAssist mild hybrid system.
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2013 Cadillac ATS Tuned For 'Performance Sound': VideoGM's engineers have gone to great lengths to ensure that the new Cadillac ATS sedan sounds like a sport sedan should.
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BMW has given the 3-Series its most radical set of changes in many years, and because we—and sport-sedan owners and enthusiasts in general—so often use the 3-Series as a benchmark, maybe even the archetype for sport sedans, it’s time to take note. Which is what we did this past week; while we got a taste a few months back, with a preview drive of the 3-Series, we’ve just returned from driving the new 3-Series models for the first time on U.S. highways, and on California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where we put the new model through a battery of hot laps. The new...
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2013 BMW Alpina B7 Facelift Spy ShotsThese are the first images of the upcoming Alpina B7 facelift, captured during testing in Munich this week. The Alpina B7 is a factory-approved hot version of the 7-Series, approximating a sort of M-tuned version of the big sedan--or the closest we're likely to get. The facelifted version wears...
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Super Bowl Ads: Kia Gives Us The Stuff Of DreamsLooking to duplicate the success of last year's bizarre Super Bowl ad, Kia turn the freak know up to 11 for this year's imaginative effort.
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Guilty Pleasure: Acura VigorThe last few weeks of Guilty Pleasures have gone Ford, Oldsmobile, Infiniti… but, really, the Detroit-to-Japan Guilty Pleasure ratio has been way more skewed in Detroit's favor than just 3:1. The problem is that Japanese cars in recent decades have tended to be heavy on quality (which...
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Rolls-Royce Year Of The Dragon Phantom Sells Out In Two MonthsLuxury car sales in China show no signs of slowing, with news emerging this month that a special edition Rolls-Royce Phantom priced from $1.2 million sold out within two months of being announced. The special edition model is the Rolls-Royce Year of the Dragon Phantom, built to commemorate the...
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2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 Priced From $61,845The 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 made its debut last fall, and since then we've been waiting to learn what the 5.7-second to 60 mph luxury hybrid sedan would cost. Now we know: $61,845 including the $895 destination and handling fee. That's about $8,000 more than the Infiniti M Hybrid, which starts at...
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The company responsible for much of Toyota’s motorsports efforts as well as its official performance upgrades, Toyota Racing Developments (TRD), has recently been expanding its portfolio to include some Lexus models. Last year we saw a number of TRD-branded parts offered for the Lexus IS F, most of them based on the parts fitted to the IS F Circuit Club Sports track car concept. Now TRD has announced the availability of more parts, this time for the recently launched 2013 Lexus GS range. In the U.S. the parts can be fitted to either the GS 350 or GS 450h models, enhancing the cars not...
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Kahn Design Unveils New Wide-Body Porsche PanameraAfzal Kahn, owner of the eponymous A. Kahn Design outfit (formerly Project Kahn), has unveiled his latest creation in what has become a long line of customized luxury and high-performance cars. Treading more along the lines of sophistication and style rather than overt showiness often shown by...
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Suzuki's Super Bowl Ad Is Sled Dog Approved: VideoWho knows more about the value of dependable winter time transportation than an Eskimo? That's Suzuki's pitch for this year's Super Bowl ad.
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2013 Mazda Mazda6 Spy ShotsA test-mule for the third generation Mazda6 has been spied testing in the frozen snowfields of Northern Europe, revealing some telling details about the new Mazda mid-size sedan headed to showrooms later this year as a 2013 model. While the car seen here may resemble the current Mazda6, the lower...
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2012 Tesla Model S To Benefit From Supercharging...Of A SortTesla’s evolution of car models isn’t unlike the progression of ownership many of us followed through the years. Just as many of us had punchy two-seaters as daily drivers when our hair was thicker and backs were stronger, Tesla first made electric cars cool to a mass audience with the...
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Guilty Pleasure: 1986 Ford TaurusThe passenger pigeon was once one of the most common birds in North America, but the last one died in 1914. The first-generation Ford Taurus might be our automotive passenger pigeon; oh, sure, everyone recognizes the first Taurus as an important car, but has anyone thought to preserve any...
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Lincoln is set to preview its redesigned 2013 MKZ with a striking concept at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show in January.
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2013 Cadillac ATS Makes Its Way From The Nurburgring To Detroit: VideoIn the latest episode covering the development of the new 2013 Cadillac ATS, we see the sedan finally leaving its Nurburgring testing ground in Germany and head back to the U.S. for a debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. ATS: The Journey Chapter 4 takes us behind the scenes of Cadillac's reveal...
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So This Is The World's Fastest Accelerating Hybrid: VideoThe follow-up video to last week's "world's fastest accelerating full hybrid" is out, and the winner is...
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2012 Bentley Mulsanne Mega-GalleryBentley has released a stunning gallery of its flagship Mulsanne and here's a condensed version with all the best highlights.
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2013 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe Spy ShotsIt’s very rare that Rolls-Royce visually updates one of its models, especially when that particular model is the clear sales leader in its segment. Nevertheless, a facelift is scheduled for the top-selling Rolls-Royce Phantom, bringing the car, which comes in sedan, coupe and convertible...
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First 2013 BMW M5 Crash Takes Place In The NetherlandsLess than an hour after we brought you news of a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti that crashed in Sydney, Australia, comes news of the first F10 BMW M5 crash. This time the crash took place in The Hague, the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and the home of the International...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran