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Mercedes-Benz Replaces M-Class with GLE, Adds Plug-In Hybrid
The new Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV, introduced at the 2015 New York Auto Show and scheduled for market in late summer, could be regarded as just a major "refresh" of the M-Class. Four...
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Ferrari Massages 458 to Create 488 GTB
Ferrari engineers have further refined the 458 Italia model with a new turbocharged and downsized engine and revised aerodynamics to create the 488 GTB.
Global Vehicles Transportation
2016 Honda Civic Targets Audi A3, Drives New Modular-Engineering Strategy
When it launches this summer, Honda’s next-generation Civic will debut a lot more than a sporty new design language and more efficient and spirited powertrains. The...
Global Vehicles Power
Nissan Debuts Front-Engine, Front-Drive GT-R LM Nismo Racecar
“Outrageousness.” It was the signature line of 1980s Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, the self-described “punky QB.”
Global Vehicles Automotive
Ford Aims 2017 GT Supercar at the Street and Le Mans
Ford’s ongoing development of a green image does not mean ignoring the performance market, and at the 2015 North American International Auto Show it introduced new editions of the...
Global Vehicles Automotive
Cross Coupé GTE Previews Seven-Seat SUV from VW Chattanooga
Volkswagen officials have acknowledged that the company’s sales have suffered in the U.S. from a lack of offerings in the rapidly growing crossover/SUV market, so it is...
Global Vehicles Power
2016 Volt: GM Gives Its PHEV Longer Range, less Weight, Easier Charging
The world’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle has been re-engineered from a clean sheet, on a new vehicle architecture, giving the 2016 Chevrolet Volt 30% greater...
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Cadillac Engineers a 'Bi-Modal' 200-Mph CTS-V
To hear Tony Roma explain it, there’s an art in developing a big-power performance sedan that’s capable of shredding lap records at the local road course, then picking up the kids from...
Global Vehicles Automotive
Mercedes-Benz Melds SUV and Coupe Styling for GLE Coupe
When is an SUV not an SUV? When it’s the new Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe, a question and answer that could equally apply to BMW with its M6, and an indication of a global trend towards...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Audi Shows Design, Fuel-Cell Directions
At the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, Audi exhibited its thinking on the future with a pair of vehicles, one showing its direction for exterior design and the other highlighting the future of electric...
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2016 Explorer Gains More Powerful Four-Cylinder, Platinum Opulence
Ford has relentlessly applied all of the technology at its disposal in a program of continuous refinement to the 2016 Explorer in a bid to keep competitive a vehicle whose...
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Mazda Enters Subcompact Crossover Segment with 2016 CX-3
Mazda dove into the burgeoning market for subcompact crossover SUVs with the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show introduction of the CX-3, a stylish new tall wagon built on the platform of the...
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2015 GT350 Mustang Aimed at Track-Day Dominance
The original Shelby GT350 Mustang introduced nearly 50 years ago wasn’t built for comfort, or even street use. It was built to dominate the B-Production class in Sports Car Club of America...
Global Vehicles Green Design & Manufacturing
Can Toyota’s Mirai Be the Next Prius?
A decade and a half ago, low gasoline prices and rebounding car sales did nothing to stop Toyota from introducing its fuel-saving Prius hybrid-electric vehicle. During those years the Prius, whose...
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A Hundred Innovations for Renault’s Eolab Concept
When Renault prepares a motor show concept, it invariably does so comprehensively. But for Paris this year it has excelled itself, claiming that its ultra-lightweight Eolab environmental...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Jaguar Reveals Long-Awaited Clean-Sheet Entry-Level XE
Hush-hush specialist media previews of new cars can be something of a marketing-led, frothy hype-fest. Not so Jaguar’s new XE sports sedan, shown in secrecy to this Automotive...
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Volkswagen's New Euro Passat Switches to MQB Matrix
The essential design criteria for the creation of a new generation of a high volume production car has become thoroughly formulaic: improved fuel consumption; lower emissions; more...
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Ford's New 2.7-L EcoBoost V6 Designed for Lighter Aluminum F-150
A 2.7-L gasoline engine in a full-size Ford F-150 pickup? Fuel economy is important, with challenging regulatory-dictated improvements to be met—but who would want to buy...
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Lighter, Stronger BMW M3/M4 Surpass Predecessors
For a car with the performance expectations of BMW’s M3 sport sedan, and, under the company’s new nomenclature, its two-door sibling, the M4, we could expect the company to resort to all...
Global Vehicles Power
Volkswagen Reveals Beetle Global Rallycross Racer
Volkswagen entered the 2014 season of the Global Rallycross (GRC) series racing a pair of Polo rally cars used last season on the European Rally circuit. The company has unveiled its...
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Sports Cars Embrace Array of Green Technology
The International Motor Sports Association’s Tudor United SportsCar Championship is the newly merged racing series for sports car racing in North America, ending the split between the American...
Global Vehicles Materials
Nissan Develops High-Volume, Fully Recyclable Composite Liftgate
Composite structural closures are not new to the automotive industry. There are many types of composites panels that have been utilized by various OEMs, including fiberglass,...
Global Vehicles Green Design & Manufacturing
Vehicles Nab Ultra-High Mpg at 35th Annual SAE Supermileage
U.S. consumers were still reeling from the 1970s oil embargo that caused gasoline prices to soar when the top SAE Supermileage team fielded a car that snared 558 mpg at the...
Global Vehicles Power
VW’s New E-Golf May Lead the Way to Lithium-Air Power
Herbert Ruholl, Volkswagen’s Head of Technical Projects Management, e-Vehicles, has an answer for critics of the hitherto slow progress of battery development: “We expect the next...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Land Rover's Discovery Vision Concept Has Real Future for 2015
The Land Rover Discovery's image is of a capably rugged vehicle with room for seven, and interior luxury that goes with its clearly premium exterior. But what makes the...
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Ford Debuts Mustang Convertible and Revised Focus
Ford turned the page on the final chapter of the 50th anniversary extravaganza for the company’s signature performance car, the Mustang, when it revealed the convertible edition of the car...
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Hyundai Reveals More Conservatively Styled 2015 Sonata
Aesthetes will be left to debate the success of Hyundai's revamp of its successful Sonata mid-size sedan, as the company opted for a more conservative tack after igniting the company's...
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Modernized Muscle: Chrysler Revamps Dodge Charger, Challenger for 2015
“Meeting 54.5 mpg will be a challenge, but we have a lot of customers who want to drive this,” said Brenna Kaufman, pointing towards the 2015 Dodge Challenger she...
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Camry's Mid-Cycle "Refresh" More Than Just Front and Rear Panels
A mid-cycle "refresh" usually means primarily new front and rear styling treatments, and although the 2015 Toyota Camry body has those changes, it is almost all-new. Only the...
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