Posts Tagged ‘Detroit Motor Show’

2012 NAIAS: Scion FR-S Drift Car

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:38 by No Comments
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Scion Racing unveiled a Formula Drift version of the new FR-S sports car at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show. Read More… Built jointly by Scion and GReddy – a performance-products company that has been involved with Toyota and racing for over twenty years – this car will be competing in the 2012 Formula DRIFT series [...]

Posted under category: Toyota Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Scion, Scion FR-S

2012 NAIAS: Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:24 by No Comments
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The new 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe gets makes its official public debut at Detroit Motor Show, featuring more power, new features, and a heavily revised face. Read More… The facelifted Genesis Coupe comes with new headlights inspired by its baby brother, the Veloster. It also gets the same wide mouth we  are now seeing on [...]

Posted under category: Hyundai Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Hyundai, Hyundai Genesis Coupe

2012 NAIAS Day 1 – Full Photo Gallery

Monday, January 9, 2012 21:39 by No Comments
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What a day! Detroit is the automotive center of the world through the next week, and NAIAS as been delivering a crazy amount of fantastic new cars, pictures and news. We wanted to summarize Day 1 (Press Preview Day 1) into a single post, therefore we’ve decided to compile the best official pictures of the [...]

Posted under category: News Tags: Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Acura RDX

Monday, January 9, 2012 21:27 by No Comments
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Acura’s other major debut at the Detroit Motor Show, besides the NSX and ILX, is the 2013 version of the RDX crossover shown as a prototype. Read More… Although it’s a product of 2012 for 2013 launch, it looks more like a car from 1993.  Acura says in its press release that it’s a timeless, [...]

Posted under category: Honda Tags: Acura, Acura RDX, Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Acura ILX

Monday, January 9, 2012 21:08 by No Comments
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Acura is previewing its new luxury compact sedan with the ILX Concept at the Detroit Motor Show. Read More… Although it’s a concept, but this is to all intents and purposes the real deal, which is scheduled for launch in Spring 2012. The car will be available with first-ever gas-electric hybrid powertain, plus a 2.0-liter [...]

Posted under category: Honda Tags: Acura, Acura ILX, Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Acura NSX

Monday, January 9, 2012 20:45 by No Comments
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We waited seven years for this car, but it was worth the wait. Ladies and Gentleman, meet the new Honda (Acura) NSX supercar! Read More… The NSX revival project has been on and off so many times we thought it would never happen. Fortunately though, someone at Honda had the stones to go ahead and [...]

Posted under category: featured, Honda Tags: Acura Nsx, Detroit Motor Show, Honda Acura Nsx, Honda Nsx

2012 NAIAS: Lexus LX 570

Monday, January 9, 2012 20:19 by No Comments
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What you know as the Toyota Land Cruiser goes on sale in America as the Lexus LX570. And this is the 2013 version of it, unveiled at Detroit Motor Show earlier today. Read More… Of course, it gets a number of fairly remarkable changes over the Land Cruiser. After all, it’s wearing the very posh [...]

Posted under category: Lexus Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Lexus, lexus LX

2012 NAIAS: Audi Q3 Vail Concept

Monday, January 9, 2012 19:48 by No Comments
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Audi is paying tribute to Vail ski resort in Colorado by unveiling a winter sports-themed Q3 at Detroit Motor Show. Read More… So as you’d expect, the car is fitted relevant features for a proper ski trip, including running boards and winter sports-specific roof rails on the outside, and induction chargeable lights,  induction warmed drinks [...]

Posted under category: Audi, featured Tags: Audi, Audi Q3, Audi Q3 Vail, Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Lexus LF-LC

Monday, January 9, 2012 19:25 by No Comments
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Here it is, finally! The Lexus LF-LC, completely official and in full glory, unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show. Read More… Yes, you’ve seen this car here a couple of times before. But who wouldn’t want to see it again. It’s stunning, and quite an important car, because I think I’m right in saying this [...]

Posted under category: Lexus Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Lexus, Lexus LF-Lc

2012 NAIAS: Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid

Monday, January 9, 2012 18:01 by No Comments
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Volkswagen unveiled the new Jetta Hybrid at the Detroit Motor Show Today. And first things first, it’ll do 45 mpg, probably. Read More… We say probably because that’s what VW reckons it can do. We have to wait for the official EPA certification to be sure of that. But that’s what you should be getting [...]

Posted under category: VW Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid

Confirmed: BMW M5 Gets Manual Gearbox

Monday, January 9, 2012 16:36 by No Comments
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BMW doesn’t have a particularly new and interesting model to show at this year’s Detroit Motor Show, but they do have some bloody good news! Read More… They officially announced that the M5 F10 will be offered with a proper 6-speed manual gearbox. The manual M5 will be available from the start of production this [...]

Posted under category: Bmw Tags: Bmw, Bmw M5, Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Chevrolet Tru 140S and Code 130R

Monday, January 9, 2012 16:10 by 1 Comment
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While we were waiting for Chevy to come up with a new Chevelle at this year’s Detroit Motor Show, they came up with this two rather pointless concepts. Read More… They are called the Tru 140S, the silver one above, and Code 130R, the red one below. These concepts apparently explore the styling and functionality [...]

Posted under category: Chevrolet Tags: Chevrolet, Detroit Motor Show

2012 NAIAS: Dodge Dart Gets Official

Monday, January 9, 2012 15:29 by 1 Comment
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Detroit Motor Show reveal of 2013 Dodge Dart puts an end to its leakage. Read More… And now we also have the officials details of this Alfa Romeo Giulietta-based saloon. Now we know for sure that it gets a new 160 horsepower Tigershark 16-valve 2.0-liter engine, a 160 horsepower 16-valve 1.4-liter MultiAir Intercooled Turbo engine [...]

Posted under category: Dodge Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Dodge, Dodge Dart

2012 NAIAS: Mercedes E-Class Hybrid

Monday, January 9, 2012 15:08 by No Comments
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Mercedes E-Class hybrid is Stuttgart’s answer to Bavaria’s BMW 5-Series Activhybrid. Read More… At 2012 Detroit Motor Show Mercedes is introducing a whole new role for the good old E-class by revealing the E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID and the E 400 HYBRID variants. These cars are designed to offer the maxium efficiency possible, without any [...]

Posted under category: Mercedes Benz Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes E Class, Mercedes E-Class Hybrid

2012 NAIAS: Nissan e-NV200 Concept

Monday, January 9, 2012 14:55 by No Comments
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Unveiled at Detroit Motor Show, this electric version of Nissan NV200 tries to mix purposefulness with zero emission. Read More… This concept is in fact a preview of a near future production zero emission small van. It is powered by the same system used in the Nissan LEAF, a high-response 80kW AC synchronous motor that [...]

Posted under category: Nissan Tags: Detroit Motor Show, Nissan, Nissan NV