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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
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X is Roman for ten. But we'd like to think it denotes and X rating--for the meanest, rawest Evo ever made. This future rally rocket was accurately previewed by the Concept X from last year's Tokyo auto show (shown here), but the street car won't get its LED he... more |
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Future: '08 GTO Spared, But That's All
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General Motors's plans for a rear-drive Buick Velite sedan, convertible, or anything else are officially dead.... more |
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2008 Volkswagen Golf R32
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The 250-hp R32, based on the fifth-generation Golf/Rabbit. A DSG dual-clutch manu-matic transmission will be standard, as will a base price of about $30,000. VW would love to have produced an R36 using the 3.6-liter VR6 from the Passat, but there's not enough... more |
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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Sportback
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Spied: Holden Torana TT36
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Rear drive is back at GM--and not just at Cadillac. GM's new rear-drive Zeta platform will make its debut in Australia in April 2006 with the launch of the all-new Holden Commodore sedan and Monaro coupe.... more |
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Spied: 2008 Pontiac GTO
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This one's a winner -- The design for the new GTO coming to Pontiac showrooms in 2007 as a 2008 model.... more |
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2008 Audi Q5
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Audi will follow up its Q7 SUV with the smaller, sportier Q5, which is set to debut in September. Although you might expect the Q5 to be twinned with VW's compact crossover, the Tiguan, it will instead be related mechanically to the next Audi A4. That platform... more |
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2008 BMW X5
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In order to better separate the X5 from the smaller X3, the second generation of BMW's big SUV will be 6.5 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than its predecessor. The extra girth has allowed BMW to engineer an optional third-row seat, primarily as a concessio... more |
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2008 BMW 3-series Coupe and M3
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Popular and profitable variants of BMW's most important car are attired in all-new, de-Bangled sheetmetal. The coupe, convertible, and M3 will help the 3-series sedan fend off challengers for the entry-luxury-segment crown. The coupe and convertible will be m... more |
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2008 Porsche Panamera
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Porsche chairman Wendelin Wiedeking has publicly stated that the company soon will add a fourth model line to its existing products--the Boxster/Cayman, the 911, and the Cayenne.... more |
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2008 Mercedes-Benz CLE-class
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Following the lead of its new CLS, the E-class-derived four-door coupe, Mercedes-Benz is planning a four-door, C-class-based coupe called the CLE to shake up the next generation of its smallest range, which arrives in mid-2006.... more |
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2008 Mercedes-Benz C-class
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Details are beginning to trickle out of Stuttgart on the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-class. Drawing design cues from the new S-class, the third-generation C-class--seen above in an artist's interpretation of spy photos--will ditch the four round headlamps and conservat... more |
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2008 Land Rover Freelander
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The future of Land Rover includes a new Freelander that will be based, like the upcoming Volvo XC50, on Ford's global C1 platform, which underpins the new European Focus. The 2008 model year Freelander will be stiffer, safer, and more powerful than the current... more |
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2007 Volvo XC50
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The XC50 crossover will debut in mid 2006. Expect 165-hp and 218-hp five-cylinder engines but also will offer a transversely mounted, ultra-compact straight-six. It will be built on the global C1+ platform, which also underpins the next-generation Land Rover... more |
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2008 Volvo XC60
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The XC60 crossover will debut in early 2007. Expect 165-hp and 218-hp five-cylinder engines but also will offer a transversely mounted, ultra-compact straight-six. It will be built on the global C1+ platform, which also underpins the next-generation Land Rove... more |
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2008 Scion xB
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Designed at Toyota's Calty Design Studio in Newport Beach, California, the t2b--for "Tall Two-Box"--concept takes everything Scion knows about being hip, cutting-edge, and cool and combines it in one smart-looking package. The exterior design is partially attr... more |
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2008 BMW 130i
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The six-cylinder engine in the 130i is the same 255-hp unit as in the 330i, giving a top speed of 155 mph and a 0-to-62-mph time of 6.2 seconds. Externally, this one is differentiated from lesser siblings by dual chrome tailpipes, chrome-plated grille slats, a... more |
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2008 Saturn Aura
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The current Saturn product line is not made up of the clever vehicles that once defined the hip young brand. They are instead dull, awkward blobs of plastic. But Saturn is now ready to win back a customer base with wonderfully Opel-like cars such as the Sky sp... more |
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Jeep Gladiator Concept
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"Gladiator" was the name of Jeep pickups in the 1960s, but this concept actually harkens back further to the more militaristic Jeep Truck of the 1950s. In essence, the Gladiator marries a Wrangler front end with a very small extended cab and a seven-foot cargo... more |
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2008 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible
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The heir to the Corniche tradition, this four-place convertible will be powered by the same 6.7-liter V-12 found in the plutocrat-tastic Phantom. It will also share that car's basic aluminum spaceframe architecture.... more |
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