It’s been more than a decade since the last Lotus-branded car was released, but the wait was apparently worth it. Later this year, somewhere in London, the Type 30 will be revealed as the company’s first electric car. The announcement of a new model has been officially made this week,...
The “most powerful four-cylinder sports car offered by an American automaker.” This is the phrase used by Ford to describe what resulted at the end of a transplant suffered by the entry-level 2020 Mustang. About ten months ago, says Ford, “a passion project” of a...
Wow, what a cool gathering of cars, all eager to distinguish themselves against the latest and greatest four-door AMG model, the GT 63S. The boss of AMG previously hinted that the 4.0-liter V8 has reached the limit of what they can do for a production car. When under the hood of the 4-door that...
Want a CUV with a nice badge? You could do a lot worse than the all-new Audi Q3. The model launched last year in Europe is entering the U.S. market via the 2019 New York Auto Show. We're quite pleasantly surprised by some of the decisions Audi made here. Unlike Volkswagen or Mercedes, which...
Nothing quite like the sight of BMW working on a brand new generation of the iconic M3. We think this one will be the best one ever before the nanny state ruins everything. We've seen quite a few M3 prototypes over the past couple of months, but this one seems to have performance brakes, so...
Yesterday, put the spotlight on a Mk4 Ford Focus that was converted into a speedster, promising there was something extra we wanted to show you. Today, we deliver, as the same company that put that thing together made three more loveable abominations. We also argued that the speedster wasn't...
The Germans don't have quite the same dominant grip they used to over the SUV market, but there's still a small niche where they are uncontested. If you're looking for speed, luxury, and economy in an average-sized model, you're probably looking 3-liter diesel versions of the...
Proving that everybody loves SUVs, Volkswagen revealed a whole bunch of them in China today at a special media event that slightly predates Auto Shanghai 2019. This article focuses on two "lifestyle" choices that add coupe styling. First, we'll start with the Teramont X, the...
As with the 500 series, the 124 is now available as the Urbana Edition. Priced at $995 on top of the Classica trim level, the drop-top sports car features dark accents inside and out. The first and most obvious change brought by the package comes in the guise of Black Diamond aluminum wheels. The...
Think the BMW M5 is fast? Just wait until BMW unveils the M8. It's one of two M cars that are going to completely reshape the performance car market this year, along with the X5 M. Testing is still going on at the Nurburgring, where the M8 is pushing harder than ever, so hard that at some...
When Opel came out with the Corsa E at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the German automaker announced that the curb weight of the lightest configuration on offer is 1,141 kilograms. But for the Corsa E, the engineers at Groupe PSA managed to shed up to 108 kilograms with the help of an aluminum hood,...
Like the U.S., the aftermarket in Japan beggars belief in terms of depth and scope. Even boring vehicles such as the RAV4 are treated to lots of modifications, including OEM such as the TRD and Modellista accessories for the compact crossover from Toyota. Available even as packages, these parts...
With the New York Auto Show just around the corner, we're not surprised that the all-new 2020 Mercedes GLS-Class leaked early. A sizable chunk of the official photo gallery has made its way onto the web, revealing a predictable full-size SUV design. We're not blown away with the design...
The beginning of the end is upon us. Faced with heavy penalties on CO2 emissions, European performance cars are being killed or evolving into something we don't like. Fortunately, the likable Audi RS4 Avant is safe, and people are looking forward to its mid-life facelift. With much wider...
The Fiesta is one of the most popular small cars in Europe, so Ford naturally thought that an even smaller one would work. However, it never managed to capture the magic of the original Ka. In 2016, the Ka+ joined the European model range. Of course, it wasn't a brand new model developed...