Audi has revealed a compact version of the Audi e-Tron electric sports car at the Detroit Motor Show. Audi brought along the first Audi e-Tron to the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Looking like an electric version of the Audi R8, it managed to steal some of the thunder from BMW’s Vision ED concept . […]
Toyota FT-CH Concept – a new ‘Small & Sporty’ Toyota Prius
Toyota has revealed the FT-CH Hybrid concept at the Detroit Motor Show, a shorter and more sport version of the Toyota Prius. Toyota held a 25 minute press conference this morning at the Detroit Motor Show to tell the assembled throng of journos that it’s going to make lots of Hybrids. Once everyone picked themselves […]
VW New Compact Coupe Press Release
Volkswagen World Premiere of the New Compact Coupe in Detroit * New Compact Coupe unites 4.2 l/100 km (45 mpg) with top dynamics * Concept of an entirely new compact coupe emits just 98 g/km CO2, can go 227 km/h if necessary and accelerates to 100 km/h in 8.6 seconds In Brief Wolfsburg / Detroit, […]
VW New Compact Coupe / VW Golf Coupe Hybrid revealed
Volkswagen has revealed the New Compact Coupe at the Detroit Motor Show, a full hybrid Coupe based on the Golf platform. Yes, they’re one and the same, the VW New Compact Coupe and the VW Golf Coupe. The first is the teaser name, but the second is the reality. This is a Coupe version of […]
GMC Granite Concept at Detroit Motor Show
GMC has revealed the GMC Granite Concept at the Detroit Motor Show – a Nissan Cube-like car with a 1.4 litre turbo engine. We have to get used to US car makers coming up with cars that really don’t fit with the universal impression of a Yank-Tank. Times they are a changing’ and the US […]
2011 Ford Focus Press Release
DYNAMIC NEXT-GENERATION FORD FOCUS DEBUTS * Next-generation Ford Focus makes its worldwide debut at 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit * Focus spearheads Ford’s new generation of global C-cars, all based on a common platform that will underpin up to 10 vehicles around the world and account for two million units of […]
New Ford Focus (2011 / 2012) at Detroit
Ford has revealed the 2011 / 2012 Ford Focus, a Global C Segment car which will compete in markets in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Goes on sale early 2011. The new Ford Focus – possibly the most important car in Ford’s history – debuts today at the Detroit Motor Show. Which is in itself an indication […]
Detroit Motor Show 2010 (NAIAS) Preview
The North American International Auto Show kicks off in Detroit tomorrow, and we take a quick look as some of what will be on offer. Tomorrow (Monday 11th January 2010) sees the opening day of the 2010 Detroit Motor Show (North American International Auto Show), the first major car show of the season, so we […]
Audi A5 ‘Suicide’ Advert – Fake
An Audi advert featuring an attempted suicide in an A5 Clean Diesel has been dubbed a fake by Audi of America Doing the ‘Viral’ rounds over the last few days on the interweb has been a video for the Audi A5 ‘Clean Diesel’ which really didn’t seem to fit in to the non-contentious Audi mainstream […]
Porsche Cayenne (2011) undisguised
The 2010 / 2011 Porsche Cayenne will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March before a launch in the UK and Europe in the Summer. We’ve seen spy shots of the 2011 Porsche Cayenne on a pretty regular basis over the last year as Porsche works to fettle the new Cayenne before a launch at the […]