Squint Really Hard: Smart ForTwo gets modest update

Filed under: Budget, Europe, Hatchback, Smart, Design/Style

Smart has put the ForTwo under the knife in an attempt to give the maligned A-segment vehicle a few more years of life. The ForTwo now wears a smarter-looking revised fascia with a bolder Smart emblem, more expansive grille and redesigned lower valance. The front clip is paired with [...]

Toyota tops recall list again in 2011, overall number of U.S. recalls down *UPDATE

Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Ford, GM, Toyota

Toyota launched a total of 13 recall campaigns in 2011 covering over 3.5 million vehicles. Those figures put the Japanese automaker at the top of the most-recalled list for the third year in a row, according to Ward’s Auto. Between 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled nearly 11.5 million vehicles [...]

This is the 2013 Dodge Dart [w/video] [UPDATE]

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Budget, Sedan, Dodge, Design/Style

Chrysler’s slow striptease of its pivotal new Dodge Dart sedan has apparently gone on longer than the Internet can stand, because the embargo has started to break, giving us these full-bleed images and video of the handsome new C-segment sedan.
Revealed here in aggressive R/T guise and Limited [...]

Next Ford EcoSport now playing at New Delhi Auto Expo [UPDATE]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Crossover, Misc. Auto Shows, India, South America, Design/Style

While we’ve been consumed with the ramp-up to next week’s Detroit Auto Show, there’s a more pressing matter on the international car events calendar – this week’s New Delhi Auto Expo. Ford Motor Company isn’t overlooking the burgeoning biennial show, and it’s taking [...]

More photos of hybrid Lexus LF-LC Concept hit the web [UPDATE]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Lexus, Design/Style, Luxury

Thanks to our friends over at Road & Track jumping the embargo gun, we received our first sneak peak of the Lexus LF-LC Concept. Now the rest of the story has been published, with R&T taking a thorough look at how Toyota’s California-based [...]

Alfa Romeo 4C speeds into production with £45,000 price tag [UPDATE]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Alfa Romeo

Imagine your dream car. What might it include? Lightweight carbon-fiber construction, high-tech engine behind the seats, legendary Italian badge on the nose…. The thing is, that usually means a big fat price tag that runs well into the six figures, if not seven. But while this latest Italian [...]

2013 BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe makes its debut [UPDATE]

Filed under: Sedan, Geneva Motor Show, BMW, Design/Style, Luxury

Better late than never, right?
We’re now on the second generation of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the luxury sedan that kicked off the whole “four-door coupe” craze. Since then, Volkswagen countered with the CC, Porsche launched the Panamera, and Audi won us over with its A7. So what about [...]

Cadillac XTS makes early, unintended appearance [UPDATE]

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Sedan, Cadillac, Design/Style, Luxury

What you’re looking at is the production version of the 2013 Cadillac XTS, the full-size luxury yacht that will be doing double duty when it goes on sale next year to replace both the DTS and STS.
We were all set to see the XTS debut next week [...]

MyFord Touch gets overhauled for 2013, existing models included [UPDATE]

Filed under: Technology, Ford, Design/Style, Infotainment

MyFord Touch has taken plenty of flack from both consumers and critics since its release last year. The combination of capacitive controls for the climate control system and a cluttered user interface on the center screen were proof that MyFord Touch was a very one-point-oh product. To be fair, it [...]

New 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe image leaks out [UPDATE]

Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Hyundai, Design/Style

We’ve already seen some pretty decent spy shots of Hyundai’s facelifted Genesis Coupe, expected to arrive shortly carrying a 2013-model-year designation. But this low-res image from TheCarBlogger.net appears to be our first official look at the car, sitting low and mean on a racetrack.
The outgoing Genesis Coupe’s front [...]

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