SUVs
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You can barely move for customized Range Rovers in trendy city districts these days, but Overfinch was tuning the British SUVs long before it was fashionable to do so. The company has now turned its attention to the automaker's latest product, the Range Rover Sport. DON'T MISS: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive At £87,995 (nearly $150,000 at current exchange rates) the Overfinch Range Rover Sport isn't cheap, but it's a thorough job and reasonably tasteful in execution. Work starts under the hood, where the top-end Range Rover Sport's 5.0-liter supercharged V-8...
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Land Rover’s High-Performance Range Rover Sport Is The SVR: VideoLand Rover has confirmed that the high-performance version of its Range Rover Sport that we’ve been seeing for months in prototype form is called the SVR. The British automaker has also confirmed that the vehicle will be presented, still as a prototype, at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed...
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2015 Ford Edge Revealed, Comes Standard With EcoBoost: VideoFord has taken the wraps off its 2015 Edge. This newest member of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] hits showrooms early next year and for the first time will be sold in global markets, including as far away as Australia. Looking almost identical to a concept version unveiled a year ago, the 2015...
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2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport Spy VideoLand Rover introduced an updated LR2 for the 2013 model year, with the vehicle receiving a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine, a much more luxurious interior, and the latest version of the automaker’s brilliant Terrain Response off-roading system. Despite all the updates, there’s no...
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Land Rover Releases Second Teaser Video For Its ‘Fastest And Most Agile’ Range Rover SportLand Rover has announced that it is bringing the fastest, most agile and most responsive SUV it’s ever built to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. And to build up excitement the British automaker has released some videos offering a taste of the vehicle’s menacing exhaust...
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Audi’s Electrically-Driven Turbo To Debut In Next-Gen Q7 TDIAudi recently presented an RS 5 TDI concept car powered by a diesel engine equipped with an electrically-driven turbocharger. The engine features a twin-turbocharger setup where the smaller of the two turbos uses an electric motor to spool up its compressor at lower revs (up to 70,000 rpm in a few...
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Ford is in the final stages of development of its next-generation Edge crossover, a prototype for which has just been spotted. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] previewed the new Edge with a thinly-veiled concept version at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it looks like the concept’s lines have been transferred over faithfully to the production model. The new Edge is expected to be launched onto the market late this year or early next, as a 2015 model. When it finally arrives, it may end up offering a hybrid option, engine stop-start technology, active grille shutters, and an automatic...
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2015 Volvo XC90 Spy ShotsThese are the latest spy shots of Volvo’s next-generation XC90 SUV, which is set to be revealed in August before a debut at the 2014 Paris Auto Show in October and showroom arrival next spring. The XC90 is one of Volvo’s most acclaimed models but the current one is well overdue for a...
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Range Rover Sport Gets New Stealth Pack For 2015At the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month, Land Rover will show off a new accessories package for its Range Rover Sport called the Stealth Pack. The package is designed for the top-level HSE Dynamic and Autobiography Dynamic versions of the sporty SUV and consists mainly of exterior...
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2015 Land Rover LR4 Gets Improved Connectivity, Steeper PriceThe Land Rover LR4 received an update just last year so there aren’t many changes to report on for 2015. In addition to some new exterior colors and wheel patterns, the 2015 LR4 gets side steps as standard and compatibility with the latest Land Rover InControl Apps with smartphone...
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2015 Acura MDX Sees Slight Price IncreaseAcura’s current-generation MDX was all-new for 2014 so there aren’t many changes to report on for the 2015 model, although there has been a slight increase in price. The 2015 MDX starts at $43,460, including an $895 destination charge, which represents a $275 increase on pricing for the...
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2015 Porsche Cayenne Spy ShotsPorsche introduced a facelifted version of its Panamera for 2014, and soon a similarly updated version of its Cayenne SUV will be launched. The changes will bring the sporty SUV’s styling into line with that of the smaller and more dynamic Macan, and should keep sales brimming into the new...
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Mercedes-Benz is working on a mid-cycle update for its M-Class SUV and word on the street is that the update will see a plug-in hybrid model added to the lineup. Mercedes has already revealed its first plug-in hybrid in the form of the S-Class-based S500 Plug-In Hybrid, which is due for the 2015 model year, and a prototype for a C-Class plug-in hybrid has already been spotted. Green Car Reports is now reporting that an M-Class plug-in hybrid will arrive in showrooms about the same time as the C-Class plug-in hybrid, most likely in the fall of 2015, making it a 2016 model. This is about when...
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Mitsubishi brings Concept XR-PHEV Evolution Vision Gran Turismo to virtual lifeIt's dead. No wait, it's alive! Okay, it's kind of dead, but we might bring it back as something different. Fine, it's dead... or is it? It is. Nope, we fooled you because it's coming back to life, as a playable piece of a video game. If you're a fan of the Mitsubishi brand, you'll immediately know...
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Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Appropriately Dubbed The Sea MonsterThe Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 is a glorious monument to excess. It's both perfect, and way too much at the same time. It's both useless, and incredibly useful. It's beautiful and ugly. It's wonderful. Also, it's wonderfully expensive, which is why most of these limited-edition machines are finding...
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Mansory Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6: No More Wheels, Much More PowerWhen Mercedes-Benz showed off the G63 AMG 6x6, many declared it the ultimate iteration of the venerable "G-Wagen"--more wheels, more luxury and more power than ever before. We all forgot one thing, though: Companies like Mansory exist. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video...
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Volvo Kicks Off Marketing Campaign For New XC90 With World’s Lamest TeaserVolvo’s XC90 SUV is arguably the Swedish automaker’s most important model yet the current one has been with us since its debut at the Detroit Auto Show all the way back in 2002. The good news is that an all-new model is just around the corner and is expected to bring with it a stylish...
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Dartz Drive Hard 6x6 G63 AMG: Die Hard With A MercedesWhile Dartz has moved on from its days peddling whale-penis leather (or at least they haven’t bragged about it in a while), the Latvian tuner company has turned its eye toward the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6. This time, with an eye for re-creating a movie car: The MRAP from Die Hard 5. Called...
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Rolls-Royce’s CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös confirmed late last year that the historic British automaker was considering adding an SUV to its ranks, and now its design chief Giles Taylor has revealed that the automaker’s design team is working on sketches to assess the viability of the concept. Speaking with Autocar, Taylor explained that a crossover with a sloping roof was not what Rolls-Royce was after but rather a proper SUV. An insider is also reported to have said that a “Mercedes GLK-plus-plus” is what the design team is aiming for. It’s important...
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2016 Fiat 500X Spy ShotsFiat will be launching an all-wheel-drive version of its acclaimed 500 hatch in an effort to capture a piece of the burgeoning subcompact crossover market. Today, we have more spy shots of a prototype for the new crossover, which is expected to be called the 500X and go on sale early next year. We...
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New Wrangler, Grand Wagoneer confirmed as part of Jeep’s global expansionJeep’s revival plans for its Grand Wagoneer nameplate date back all the way to 2011, but we now have confirmation of the vehicle’s development and a date of release. The confirmation was made during yesterday’s Fiat Chrysler Automobiles five-year strategy announcement, where we...
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First Details On The Next-Gen Audi Q5Audi’s Q5 crossover has been on the market since the 2009 model year and received an update for 2013 to keep it looking fresh. However, development of a successor is well underway and we have some new details on the vehicle. The next-generation Q5 for the U.S. market will be produced at...
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Supercharged Lexus LX 570 Launched In The Middle EastLexus applies forced induction to a special-edition SUV.
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Audi Boss Rules Out Sub-A1 Model, Hints At Flagship SUVAudi will expand its lineup to 60 different models by the end of the decade to help it reach two million annual sales, but none of the new cars will be positioned below the current A1 subcompact. Previously, Audi was rumored to be working on its own version of Volkswagen’s Up minicar but it...
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