Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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2019 Porsche Cayenne, 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Borgward Isabella concept: Today’s Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranPorsche’s third-generation Cayenne has just spawned its potent Turbo variant. The luxury SUV packs the same V-8 as Porsche’s Panamera Turbo, meaning there’s a healthy 550 horsepower...
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Stunning Kia fastback concept previews next-gen Pro_cee’d compactKia on Tuesday revealed a stunning fastback called the Proceed concept. On show this week at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, we’re sad to report the concept doesn’t preview a new model line. Rather, it signals a new body style for one of the Korean brand’s existing models...
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2019 Lexus RC F spy shotsLexus engineers are currently testing a camouflaged RC F prototype at the Nürburgring. The changes to the car are subtle which suggests we might be looking at a prototype for a facelifted version of the rear-wheel-drive luxury performance coupe. New elements include the front lip spoiler...
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Audi RS 4 Avant makes return at 2017 Frankfurt auto showHot on the heels of Monday’s debut of the new rear-wheel-drive R8 supercar, the Audi Sport division has since revealed a new generation of the RS 4. The vehicle made its debut on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. Sadly, the RS 4 is still exclusively a wagon affair, the body style...
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2018 Renault Mégane RS makes debut, spicier Trophy model already confirmedRenault’s newest rival to the Ford Focus RS, Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R has finally been revealed. The car is a new generation of the Mégane RS, and it’s due on sale in markets where the French brand’s cars are sold in the spring of 2018. The debut took place...
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BMW i Vision Dynamics, Mercedes-AMG Project One, Land Rover Discovery SVX: Car News HeadlinesThe 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show is in full swing and there’s a clear trend among all the production models and concepts: electrification. BMW’s highlight is a new sedan concept that envisions a potential model positioned between the i3 and i8 in the BMW i range. Mercedes-AMG unveiled its...
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Jaguar is breaking new ground with one of the world’s first race series for a production-based electric car.
We wouldn’t call it the first race series of its type, as a series using...
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2018 BMW X3 previewBMW on Tuesday unveiled its redesigned X3 at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The unveiling follows an early look which took place in June at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where production is already underway. The first examples are due in showrooms in November, as 2018 models...
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Concept hints at new Mini John Cooper Works GPMini is hinting at a new generation of its John Cooper Works GP with a concept on show this week at the 2017 Frankfurt International Motor Show. For those unfamiliar with the GP badge, it denotes a vehicle one step above the John Cooper Works grade. Mini tends to use it towards the end of the...
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New concept previews Mini electric car coming in 2019BMW Group’s Mini brand was an early pioneer of mainstream electric cars. Some readers will recall the brand leased the Hardtop-based Mini E electric car on a trial basis late last decade to help gather feedback from the public. The BMW Group used the feedback for the i3 launched in 2014. But...
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Toyota Land Cruiser Prado made more refinedThe Toyota Land Cruiser has grown to become quite the behemoth when compared to earlier generations. But that’s not the case for the version sold in some other markets. Known as the Land Cruiser Prado, the mid-size member of the Land Cruiser family is more closely related to the Lexus GX we...
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BMW X7 concept previews new full-size, 3-row SUVBMW’s a bit late to the full-size SUV party, but as they say, “better late than never.” The German automaker has used its home show, this week's 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, to present the X7 iPerformance concept, a hulking SUV with typical BMW design cues coupled with a plug-in...
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BMW is hinting at the next addition to its i sub-brand for electrified cars with a striking concept unveiled on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Called the i Vision Dynamics, the concept is...
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2018 Jaguar E-Pace previewPint-sized crossover SUVs are all the rage right now and Jaguar is joining the fun with its 2018 E-Pace. Revealed in July, the compact SUV has since made its debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show ahead of a showroom arrival in early 2018. No doubt it's set to end up as one of the, if not the most...
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Mercedes GLC F-Cell fuel-cell powered SUV revealed, on sale in late 2019Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell-powered version of its popular GLC at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle is virtually production ready, though we won’t see it in showrooms until late 2019, the automaker has confirmed. Called the GLC F-Cell, the design is...
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Mercedes unveils EQA compact electric car concept in FrankfurtMercedes-Benz is committed to adding as many as 10 electric cars to its lineup by 2022, including SUVs, sedans, hatchbacks and even commercial vehicles. We were given a taste of Mercedes’ first volume electric car in the form of the Generation EQ concept unveiled at the 2016 Paris auto show...
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2019 Audi A8 previewThe Audi A8 is now one of the oldest among its peers but a redesigned version of the flagship sedan was unveiled in July at a special event in Barcelona, Spain. It's since made its debut at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. This new, fourth-generation A8 is due on sale in 2018, as a 2019 model, and...
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Land Rover Discovery SVX is a hardcore, V-8-powered off-roaderJaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) is out to prove that its repertoire goes well beyond fast cars. It’s demonstrating this with the Land Rover Discovery SVX concept that debuted on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. SVX is the opposing bookend to SVO’s SVR...
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Mercedes-AMG's Project One has landed, and its F1 powertrain has over 1,000 hp Viknesh VijayenthiranIt’s the car everyone’s been dying to see, and now it's finally here.
Behold the Mercedes-AMG Project One, a road car equipped with the championship-winning powertrain of the current-era...
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VW’s newest ID Crozz electric SUV concept looks almost production readyHot on the heels of last month’s confirmation that an electric Microbus is coming based on the ID Buzz concept unveiled at the 2017 Detroit auto show, Volkswagen is showing us a new ID Crozz II concept that previews a small electric SUV due in 2020. The concept is an evolution of the ID Crozz...
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TVR future, Bugatti Chiron record, $10M Ferrari LaFerrari: Today’s Car NewsRevived British sports car marque TVR stunned us on Friday with the reveal of a modern-day Griffith. We talked with the man leading the revival and found out just what’s in store for the new TVR’s future. Bugatti’s new Chiron has already claimed its first world record: the time it...
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Porsche provides insights on design of the 2019 CayenneOne could be forgiven for thinking Porsche just hit copy on the company’s Xerox machine when designing the latest Cayenne, but there’s actually a lot of subtlety and fine details that make the third-generation model unique. A new video on the design of the latest Cayenne, which arrives...
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China could be next to ban sale of cars powered solely by gas or diesel enginesChina could soon join the United Kingdom and France in pledging to ban the sale of cars powered solely by an internal combustion engine. Unlike the U.K. and France which have set 2040 as a deadline, China is still deciding on its own date. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also recently revealed that...
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Wagons ho! Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer revealedHot wagons are a rarity in the United States but over in Europe they’re all the rage, outselling their sedan equivalents in many cases. Opel will use this week’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show to introduce its latest high-performance wagon, the Insignia GSi. We’ve already seen the car...
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