| Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Puts Audi In Its Crosshairs [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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Porsche returns to Le Mans prototype racing this year, and it’s invading the French 24-hour trial with the 919 hybrid you see here. Outwardly, the 919 hybrid doesn’t look all that different from, say, Audi’s dominant R18 e-tron Quattro, what with its low, wedge-shaped body and central vertical stabilizer. And the only Porsche-esque styling cues [...]
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| So, Not A Big Price Increase? The 2014 Sonata Hybrid Starts at $26,810 |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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Hyundai has announced pricing for its 2014 Sonata hybrid: The new model will cost $26,810 for the standard trim level and $31,560 for the leather-lined Limited version, up from $26,445 and $31,345, respectively, from 2013. An optional panoramic sunroof adds another grand to the bottom line. In truth, the increase for 2014 isn’t much of [...]
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| Lexus Confirms What We Already Knew: NX Crossover Going Into Production [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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Today at its glitzy Geneva launch for the RC F Sport and RC F GT3 race car, Lexus announced that very soon, it will reveal the production version of the brutally styled LF-NX crossover. (And that it will be named simply “NX.”) In fact, the sub-RX350-sized crossover’s debut is just over a month away, scheduled [...]
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| 2014 Volkswagen Passat SEL Premium review notes: A solid, plain-Jane midsize sedan |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: What you see is pretty much what you get with this 2014 Volkswagen Passat SEL Premium, except where the engine -- a little 1.
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| 2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II: The Sequel is Quite Familiar [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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It’s hard to believe that the Rolls-Royce Ghost is already five years old, the slightly less massive sibling of the Phantom having made its first appearance at the 2009 Geneva auto show. The clean and sophisticated look has aged well, and so BMW’s Goodwood-based subsidiary has taken its sweet time bringing an updated version into [...]
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| North Dallas Hooptie 24 Hours of LeMons: The Winners! |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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The fifth annual North Dallas Hooptie 24 Hours of LeMons is over, with the checkered flag being thrown a few hours early due to a horrific ice storm and 18-degree temperatures that hit North Texas during Sunday’s race session. Some interesting rivalries were set up during the inspections, and the first day of racing saw [...]
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| Italdesign Giugiaro Clipper Concept: Stylish but Practical Electric People Mover [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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In a break from the sultry and fanciful concepts we’ve come to expect from Italdesign Giugiaro, the Italian design house is debuting a new electrified people-mover concept at this week’s Geneva motor show. Called the Clipper after the streamlined sailing ships of the 1800s that “transported precious cargo like spices,” the concept is a unique [...]
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| Jaguar Goes Downmarket with the XE [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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The rumors are true: At the Geneva auto show today, Jaguar has officially confirmed an upcoming, more compact sports sedan, designed to compete head-on with the likes of the Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Cadillac ATS, Lexus IS, and Mercedes-Benz C-class. It will be called the Jaguar XE. Details are scarce, but Jaguar says that the [...]
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| McLaren 650S Spider Unveiled in Geneva! Fresh Nose Job, Minus Its Head [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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Eighty percent of McLaren 12Cs sold last year were of the retractable-hardtop Spider variety. Therefore, it should be surprising to exactly no one at all that the company will produce a Spider version of this modified and updated 12C. We mentioned as much when McLaren released information on the 650S coupe that will also be [...]
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| Kia Brings Electric Bike to Geneva Because Europe [2014 Geneva Auto Show] |
Mar 4th, 2014 |
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How sweet symmetry is, especially for Kia, a company formed initially as a bicycle-maker and one that’s coming full circle to build bikes again. The automaker is displaying city- and mountain-bike versions of an electric bicycle concept at the 2014 Geneva auto show to gauge customer reaction, and while we always will choose a car [...]
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