Spy Shots
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Just last week we brought you spy shots of the new Audi A3 sedan, undergoing on-the-road testing in its vinyl camouflage wrap. This week, our spy photographer has captured images of its faster, open-air brother, the upcoming Audi S3 Cabriolet. While the car looks startlingly similar to the A3 Cabriolet we showed you spy shots of yesterday, the tip-off that something wicked this way comes is the S3 Cabrio’s quad exhausts (as opposed to dual exhausts on the A3 Cabrio), as well as the S3’s bigger wheels and brake rotors. It’s not clear what markets the S3 Cabriolet will be sold...
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2014 Alfa Romeo 4C Spy ShotsThe Alfa Romeo 4C set hearts racing upon its debut in concept form at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show: gorgeous design met with an extremely lightweight package, and a potent turbocharged engine mounted in a mid-engine position to boot. The best part was the 4C’s promised affordable pricing, which...
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Alfa Romeo Crossover Arriving In 2015: ReportAlfa Romeo first hinted at the possibility of launching a crossover as early as 2003, when it unveiled the stylish Kamal concept car at the Geneva Motor Show. However, development of a production version didn’t really start in earnest until it was confirmed Alfa Romeo would return to North...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Race Car RenderedThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the seventh generation of one of America's most iconic sports cars, has made its debut, but does that mean a new Corvette race car is just around the corner? We certainly hope so, and to give you an idea of just how awesome that race car could be, take a gander...
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2014 Audi A3 Sedan Spy ShotsWe already have a pretty good idea as to what the new 2014 Audi A3 Sedan will look like, thanks to the reveal of a string of concept versions over the past year as well as the overseas launch of the car’s hatchback cousins. Now, however, we have our second look at the production A3 Sedan...
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2014 Porsche 918 Spyder Spy ShotsThe world is changing, especially the automotive world, and hybrids are on the rise. Few will rise as high as the Porsche 918 Spyder, however: it's a 700-plus-horsepower supercar as well as a plug-in hybrid. These spy shots occupy a somewhat odd place in the hierarchy of cars caught in testing, as...
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Following the earlier sighting of crudely-built test mules, the first completed prototypes for the 2014 Jeep Liberty have now been spotted testing ahead of the vehicle’s debut later this year. While it’s not clear whether the new vehicle will retain the Liberty name, or possibly end up reviving the Cherokee nameplate, we do know it will be based on the front-wheel-drive Compact U.S. Wide (CUSW) platform found in a variety of vehicles including the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Dodge Dart. In fact, earlier test mules for this 2014 Liberty/Cherokee were using makeshift Giulietta bodies...
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2013 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer Spy ShotsGeneral Motors’ European division Opel is preparing an updated version of its flagship Insignia range as part of the model’s mid-cycle update, and we now have more spy shots of the updated Insignia Sports Tourer wagon variant testing in the wild. The Insignia, in sedan trim, is the...
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Ferrari's F150 Enzo Replacement RenderedOne of the most important cars of the decade, Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar, the code-named F150, is scheduled to be revealed in the coming weeks. Ferrari has already teased us with a few shrouded images of its new flagship, and revealed some of the car's technology, but so far...
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McLaren P1 Supercar Spy VideoWhether or not you think the McLaren P1 is a worthy successor to the legendary F1, there’s no denying the car’s unique design, promised performance and overall anticipation levels make it one of the most exciting cars of the coming year--and that’s saying a lot considering 2013...
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2013 Marussia B2 Sports Car Spy ShotsIf you’re not a regular viewer of Formula One, chances are you’ve never heard of Marussia. Established in Russia in 2007 by local celebrity and avid racer Nikolay Fomenko, Marussia is billed as the former Soviet Union’s first sports car manufacturer. The company also competes in...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon Spy ShotsUPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Though it's soldiering on through the 2013 model year with few changes, the Mercedes-Benz E Class is expected to see a major mid-cycle refresh in the 2014 model year. The car spotted here, similarly...
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These are our first spy shots of the facelifted Jeep Grand Cherokee that's being introduced for the 2014 model year. The vehicle will make its official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next month, and will herald the launch of a new diesel option on the latest Grand Cherokee. As part of the facelift, Jeep will tweak the styling of the Grand Cherokee by incorporating a new front fascia with revised LED-accented headlights, as well as a less ostentatious grille. There will also be some changes at the rear, predominantly in the tail-lights, and we suspect there’ll be some tweaks made to...
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2014 BMW 3-Series GT spy shotsLike it or not, BMW will be launching a new mid-size hatch with the form factor something along the lines of a smaller 5-Series Gran Turismo. Whether it will be called the 3-Series Gran Turismo or come as a new model, remains unclear. Whatever it's called, this is what it will look like. Two...
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McLaren P1 Supercar Spy ShotsIntended, in a way, to fill the role of the vaunted McLaren F1, the new P1 carries a lot of enthusiast baggage on its shoulders--not to mention the brand's (re-)nascent reputation as a leader in the extreme performance road car field. Will it live up to the hype? Quite possibly. As we saw at Paris...
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2014 BMW 5-Series Touring Spy ShotsWith the 5-Series sedan due for a mid-cycle update soon, it’s only natural its wagon sibling is also set to receive the same updates. These are the latest spy shots of a prototype for the updated wagon, a.k.a. the BMW 5-Series Touring, which, like the updated sedan, will be receiving...
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New Porsche Cayman Spotted Ahead Of Los Angeles DebutPorsche has promised the introduction of a new compact sports car at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show later this month, and that car will almost certainly be the updated 2013 Porsche Cayman. We’ve published plenty of spy shots of the car in development, but hadn’t seen any images of an...
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2013 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Type 991) Race Car Spy ShotsJust two weeks after it was announced that development of the Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 race cars had come to an end, the first prototypes for one of their successors has been spotted. Our spy photographers recently snapped these photos depicting a prototype for the new Type 991 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR...
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Development of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe is progressing nicely, as evidenced by this spy video showing a prototype being flung around the arduous Nürburgring-Nordschleife with sports car-like pace. This makes sense, as the Ghost Coupe, which may end up reviving the Corniche name, is to be the performance flagship of the Rolls-Royce range--and it certainly appears that the engineers aren’t taking that claim too lightly. The prototype can be seen getting airborne on several occasions, and it sounds as though its tires are holding on for dear life when the car eats up some...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Cabriolet Spy ShotsMercedes-Benz is working on a facelift for its E Class range that will be introduced for the 2014 model year. Over the past year roughly, we’ve been treated to a number of E Class prototypes, including versions for the wagon, coupe and high-performance AMG variant. Today we have the first spy...
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2014 Lexus IS Spy ShotsDevelopment of the 2014 Lexus IS sedan is progressing nicely, with the latest prototypes now wearing the least camouflage gear yet. We can clearly see elements of the car’s new spindle grille, as well as its sharply creased character lines and coupe-like proportions. The overall dimensions of...
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2013 Honda Civic Spy ShotsYou may be wondering why Honda is out testing a facelifted version of its Civic, when the car was all-new just a year ago. Well, the main reason is the drab reviews the car has received since its launch at the 2011 New York Auto Show. With the likes of the new Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Hyundai...
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2014 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Spy ShotsBMW is working on updated versions of several of its key models, including its 5-Series sedan and X3 crossover. Another updated BMW we should be seeing in the near future is the 5-Series Gran Turismo, which first came on the scene in late 2009 as a 2010 model. We’ve just got our hands on spy...
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2014 Subaru BRZ STI Spy ShotsUPDATE: The prototype is for a Subaru BRZ tS performance package, which previews some new 'tuned by STI' performance parts for the Subaru sports car. Even before the Subaru BRZ made its debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, we were given a taste of what the people over at Subaru Tecnica International...
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