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Mercedes-Benz has released official information and pictures at on the European version of the 2012 A-Class hatchback. Design-wise, the 2012 Mercedes A-Class design follows closely the Concept A-Class first shown at the New York Auto show last year. Exterior-wise, the upper and lower front grilles and headlights closely match the ...    Read more

Next week, automobile manufacturers, executives, and journalists from around the world will gather in the snowy confines of Geneva, Switzerland. There, they will ignore the lake, the scenery, and pretty much everything else that makes this historic city, well, historic, and instead gather into a convention center (which looks like ...    Read more

The 2013 Nissan Altima is the secret that isn't. Several of our staffers have seen camouflaged prototypes of the next-generation midsize sedan driving around Los Angeles. There have been pictures of uncovered cars scattered across the internet. And yet, here ...    Read more

There are times when you want to meet the public relations person who invented social media teasing for cars and tell said person how much you dislike it, probably using a few choice words along the way. But it does its job; it stirs up buzz and gets websites pounding ...    Read more

Volkswagen officially pulled the cover of the 2012 Golf GTI Cabriolet today in advance of its public debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The latest Golf cabriolet is the fastest one to ever roll off the production line with some help from Volkswagen's Grand Touring Injection branch.   This is ...    Read more

Pininfarina's teased us enough, but here it is, finally: the 2012 Cambiano concept gets completely exposed, ahead of its debut in the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And for all the mystique and allure that rare, expensive, coachbuilt Italian cars hold, what's underneath comes from more proletarian means. ...    Read more

Have you been wondering what the 2013 Jaguar XF Sportbrake will look like in the figurative flesh? Well wonder no longer as photos of Jaguar's latest hatchback have made their way onto the internet. Originally slated to officially bow at the Geneva Motor Show next month, instead this photo has ...    Read more

Anytime iconic supercar producer Ferrari rolls out an all-new model it has everyone's undivided attention. In today's installment of Video of the Day, Ferrari teases us by showing one of its supercars on the assembly line prepping for its life in the fast lane (or so it hopes). The Ferrari F620 ...    Read more

From the self-claimed "undisputed leader in the crossover segment" comes this new crossover from Nissan: the High-Cross Concept, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show on March 6, 2012. Other than a profile that vaguely resembles the U.S. market Nissan Murano, at the moment there are literally no confirmed ...    Read more

You can add Infiniti to the list of automakers breaking cover before the Geneva Motor Show next month. Pictured above is the Infiniti Emerg-E supercar scheduled to make its official debut at Geneva. Instead the first official photos of Infiniti's electric supercar have been made available to the public now. A ...    Read more

The Mercedes-Benz A-Class fits many of the criteria for Millennials, now christened "Generation C" by the press for being "connected" via the Internet through devices as smartphone apps and social media like Facebook and Google+. Mercedes recently released details on the A-Class subcompact hatchback which so far has only ...    Read more

Geneva's a peaceful city, usually where countries meet up to share a bucket of fried chicken and talk about their differences. But there's one time of year when it plays host to an all-out war: auto show season. In between Chicago and New York, Geneva is situated as the exotic ...    Read more

After seeing the words "BMW M135i" captured in print from an ordering catalog of performance parts, the Bavarian Motor Works has dropped details and pictures on its latest performance compact. Officially called a concept, the BMW M135i shows "prospects for the ...    Read more

Every day, automotive pundits around the world come up with clever and witty remarks (and sometimes not so clever or witty) to praise and degrade each new and rumored and speculated car in the industry, and the best way to tell whether one brand is more relevant than another is ...    Read more

In what is starting to look like a growing trend with automakers, Land Rover has decided to show off the Range Rover Evoque convertible concept ahead of its scheduled unveil at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Land Rover has said the Evoque convertible concept's purpose is to explore and ...    Read more

Interested in the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart? Well now you can design one to your exact specifications as Dodge as launched a sample configurator that (sort of) prices every option out for you. The configurator starts you off with a Dart dressed in your choice ...    Read more

Good news for the filthy rich in China, Russia, and Dubai: Lamborghini will soon be joining Bentley and Maserati in building a tall, multi-passenger people mover and will introduce the Sport Utility Vehicle concept at this year's Beijing Auto Show! Hey, it worked for Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz and BMW and Audi ...    Read more

Henry Ford II famously quipped that the auto industry would eventually find itself consolidated down to a handful of major players—not the hundreds that existed worldwide in the 1950s when he uttered his sentiments. As it turns out, he's been more right than wrong so far. Further extending his wise observation, ...    Read more

Although the BMW 1 Series was introduced in the U.S. as a 2008 model, it had been sold overseas since 2004. Next year, BMW will release its second-generation car in the U.S., albeit now with a few new features, specifically, xDrive all-wheel drive and an M135i sport package. BMW enthusiast site ...    Read more

The Geneva Auto Show is chock full of future cars we're falling over ourselves to drive eventually. This is not one of them. Because, quite frankly, it's not for us. Called the Mini Clubvan, it's based on the Mini Clubman, minus a row of seats. In the place of where rear ...    Read more

Think of the powwow known as the Geneva Motor Show as Europe's Detroit venue. It's on neutral soil, allowing automakers to each vie for the imaginary "Mine's better than yours" award without alienating an automaker on its home turf. BMW went pretty big at last fall's Frankfurt Motor Show, but it ...    Read more

The all-new Nissan Pathfinder SUV concept made its debut at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Heck, the automaker mercilessly teased the public and the press as early as December 2011 with silhouettes of the full-sized crossover and even a short video of its rear. The ...    Read more

Volvo continues to tantalize American hatchback 5-door fans with its upcoming V40, scheduled to debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show next month. Such fans, of course, will just have to be content with images and reports: The Swedish automaker stubbornly continues to keep the Volvo V40 strictly ...    Read more

Wanting to know exactly how the latest engine tech is saving you on gas? Or what the future holds for automotive safety? Attendees at this year's Chicago Auto Show are getting a rare glimpse into the underpinnings of today's vehicles courtesy of Continental AG, one of the world's largest automotive ...    Read more

Ettore Bugatti (of world's fastest car fame) once called Bentley's racing cars, shown above, "the world's fastest trucks." A century later, the ghost of Bugatti may finally see his words to be prophetic as Bentley prepares to introduce its first-ever SUV. Bentley assures that the SUV, which may debut at the ...    Read more