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The best from Tokyo’s Motor Show

The 41st Tokyo Motor Show starts tomorrow and will run until 4 November. Not only will there be lots of car geeks, scantily clad models and wacky concepts – there will also be stunning cars that will soon be gracing our roads. Here is our pick of the bunch.
Mazdaspeed 3 Powered Supasse V. Made by [...]

Chevy’s Stingray from all angles

American muscle cars. There simply aren’t enough over on our fair shores, so to make up for this woeful shortfall, we thought we’d treat you to a gallery of Chevrolet’s 50th birthday present to the Corvette Stingray, first unveiled to the public in 1959.
And as would be expected, the 2009 version has more in the [...]

First Drive: 2010 Volkswagen Golf evolves the German hatchback

Outside of North America, the Golf has been Volkswagen’s bread-and-butter model for more than three decades, making the diminutive hatch one of the best selling global vehicles since its mid-Seventies launch as the Beetle’s successor. But in the States, it’s a totally different story. Except for a few brief periods when fuel prices spiked, the [...]

2010 Suzuki Kizashi drives brand out of basement, into fast lane

Shut your eyes and say the word “Suzuki” out loud. Unless you’re a moto-head or one of those rare Geo Metro fanatics (they exist, trust us), the image that springs to mind isn’t very nice. Odds are that the car your subconscious conjures is tiny, cheap and bizarre. It’s probably named something forgettable like “Aerio” [...]

A Harley Lands in America, by Way of Europe

THE 2009 Harley-Davidson XR1200 took me by surprise. Sure, I knew about its unveiling in 2006 at a European motorcycle show. But even that unusual setting for the debut of a prototype by the most American of bike makers did not prepare me for how different this Harley would be.
Now a production model as part [...]

10 great and safe rides for teens

Thinking about what’s the best car for your teen when he or she faces the real word of driving? Here are some suggestions:
Dodge Caliber
BASE PRICE: $17,090
With five-star front- and side-crash ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a hatchback body, the Caliber is among the safest and most flexible small cars on the [...]

2010 BMW X6 M: Fast and fun

Barreling around the racetrack, there’s little lean entering the corners, plenty of thrust on exit and a monster amount of grip everywhere, and if it feels taxed at all, it’s ever so briefly as the nose aims left and up from turn five for the steep climb out of the esses.
Road Atlanta is plain ol’ [...]

Nissan says Leaf EV beats Chevy Volt with 367 mpg

The green car mileage race is now under way, and Nissan Motor Co. isn’t impressed by the Chevrolet Volt’s 230-mpg claim.
The Japanese automaker says its new Leaf electric vehicle gets 367 mpg, or about 60 percent better fuel efficiency.
“Nissan Leaf = 367 mpg, no tailpipe, and no gas required,” Nissan wrote on its NissanEVs Twitter [...]

Nissan EV moves electric car closer to reality

It’s called the Leaf in Japan, and whether or not Nissan’s production electric car carries that name in the United States, the company insists that the car will be on the road before the end of 2010.
Slightly larger than the familiar Versa subcompact, the zero-emissions Leaf was unveiled Aug. 2 at a dedication ceremony for [...]

Lotus offers supercharger kits for Elise, Exige

Lotus enthusiasts looking to wring a little more power out of their rides now have a potent option: a supercharger kit for the Elise and Exige models.
The kits boost power in the naturally-aspirated versions from about 189 hp to 218 hp and improve torque from 133 lb-ft to 155 lb-ft.
Even better–this added power comes on [...]

Ferrari unveils new 458 Italia

Ferrari has unveiled its new 458 Italia, a mid-engined replacement for the F430. Unlike the launch of its California model, Ferrari hasn’t drip-fed us the details, instead dropping them all in one release today (July 28). They take a bit of digesting too, the stunning 458 Italia exceeding even our lofty expectations as to what [...]

2010 Chevrolet Camaro gets Transformers special edition

Sports-car fans who fantasize about being an Autobot can now make their dual fantasy a reality–with the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Transformers special edition.
Essentially, the car turns the character Bumblebee from the movie into a road-going option package for an extra $995. Just as on the silver screen, the Camaro is yellow with a black rally [...]

Ford creates one-off, aviation-inspired ‘Dearborn Doll’ Mustang

Some versions of the 2010 Mustang feel fast enough to get airborne. And with that in mind, Ford tricked out one of its pony cars with an over-the-top aviation theme and will auction it for charity July 30.
It’s called the AV-X10, or “Dearborn Doll,” and is based on a Mustang GT. There is just one [...]

Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special

The Jaguar XKR has been given an extra shot of performance (and paint) for the 2009 Festival of Speed to create the Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special.
It’s strictly a one-off for now, but the way the crowds have been gathering around the lime green body, Jaguar must be seriously tempted to consider a limited edition run.
Taking [...]

Supercars of 2009

Supercars of 2009
The Bertone Mantide, the Aston Martin One-77 and the Ferrari 599X X. Three cars because there’s only so many you can fit on a bit of paper without things getting crowded. No such problems on the internet, so we’ve brought you five, that’s five, more supercars that will be hot off the [...]

Veyron Grand Sport

More official pictures of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sports open-top supercar have been released, to coincide with the start of production at the company’s Molsheim factory in France.
The pictures were taken in locations including Napa Valley, Rome and Sardinia during the past 12 months.
The Grand Sport weighs just 53kg more than its coupe sister, and [...]

The All New Corvette ZR1 2010 Unveiled

A 2010 version of the Corvette ZR1 has been announced in the US by Chevrolet.
The main addition over the previous model is a performance traction management system, which “optimizes traction for greater and more consistent on-track performance” according to GM.
The system modulates engine torque 100 times per second and automatically manages acceleration dynamics when exiting [...]

Lotus Evora Car Review

Meet the first new Lotus in a generation. The Evora takes its place as the practical, 2+2, everyday Lotus and is arguably the company’s most ambitious new model since the Esprit of the 1970s. Priced from almost fifty grand, the Evora must do battle with the seminal Porsche Cayman and be much more than just [...]

All-New Grand Bentley Arnage Replacement Teased

For those of you still mourning the loss of that most British of gentleman’s rides, the Bentley Arnage, chin up old boy, the new Grand Bentley (hopefully that’s just a codename) will be crunching up a gravel driveway near you next year.

It’s nothing but a shadowy, artily-lit nose at the moment but just from this [...]

The All New 2010 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150

Lest you thought seven trim levels were too few for the F-150, here’s another for the portfolio: The 2010 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150.
As the 14th collaboration between Ford and Harley-Davidson, the 2010 H-D F-150 signifies not only the first customization of the newly-revamped F-150, but a move away from the Super Duty range (for 2009, the [...]