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Spycam: 2011 Chevrolet Beat
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Pictured here is a test mule of the Chevrolet Beat city car, which is expected to arrive in Asia and Europe -- but not North America -- sometime in 2011.... more
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Spycam: Subaru WRX STi Spec C
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Lighter and faster, the upcoming Subaru WRX STi Spec C has been caught at the ring, and we've got the spy photos to prove it!... more
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Measure For Measure: Honda Fit vs. Ford Fiesta
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If Honda can prove the conventional wisdom about hatchbacks wrong, why can't Ford?... more
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First Look: Audi A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro Concept
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The A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro Concept is a rehash of the not-for-U.S. A3 three-door that would drive any Eurotuner green, or perhaps red, with envy.... more
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Small, cool -- it's GM's Mini: Is it a Saturn? A Saab? Both?
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GM left drawings of a proposed Mini Cooper-fighter in a design studio room where journalists got a preview of the work being done on the production Chevrolet Volt.... more
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The Greening of America: Ready or not, high-efficiency cars are coming
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A look at eight green-machines that are making news... more
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Future Shock: Volkswagen Scirocco
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The Volkswagen Scirocco, a revival VW nameplate which first surfaced at the 2006 Paris Motor Show in the form of the IROC Concept, has been the subject of much speculation since the concept debuted.... more
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Spycam: 2009 Kia Soul
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This test mule of the Kia Soul, which will reportedly arrive late next year as a 2009 model, was spotted testing recently in the Nevada desert.... more
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So much for Herbie: 2010 Volkswagen Beetle going full modern
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Set to share a platform with the next-generation Rabbit and upcoming Scirocco, the 2010 Volkswagen Beetle will once again be styled in California and engineered in Germany, according to our sources. That, however, is where the similarities will end.... more
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Spycam: 2009 Volkswagen Golf
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Early intel suggests the 2009 Volkswagen Golf will be readied by late next year. The Golf is arguably the most important vehicle in the automaker's lineup and a sales generating machine.... more
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Future Shock: Performance Sports Cars
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Nissan's 2007 Sentra SE-R icon rejoins the lineup powered by a 2.5-liter four in two states of tune. Milquetoast rocketeers get 177 horses (two more than last year's Spec-V) hitched to a CVT with paddle shifters. SE-R purists will insist on the 200-horse, 180-pound-foot Spec-V with its six-speed man... more
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2007 Mini Cooper: Will success spoil the new model?
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Will we prefer the new car? The average American buyer might, but the first new Mini appealed most to the enthusiast market in America.... more
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2007 Mini Cooper and Cooper S
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BMW's Mini brand has sold more than 800,000 of its cheeky little Coopers, so clearly auto journalists are not its only fans. And although it is as adorable today as it was when it launched in 2002, a new one is on its way for next year. Not just a refresh, this is a completely new design.... more
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2007 Volvo C30
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We loves us some wagons. Especially weird, two-door Swedish wagons. Which, of course, means that we have all kinds of affection for the old Volvo P1800ES: it was definitely Swedish, and it was definitely weird. So when we learned that Volvo would be employing... more
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2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3
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The Mazdaspeed 3 is not only the fastest and most powerful version of the Mazda 3, at $22,800 it's the cheapest 155-mph car available on the U.S. market. The front-wheel-drive, four-door hatchback's six-speed manual transmission is mated to a turbocharged and... more
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2009 Volkswagen Rabbit
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The fifth-generation Volkswagen Golf (badged Rabbit for the States) is only now in American showrooms, two years after its European debut. VW is, however, already busy working on the next version, due in 2009. The basic chassis will carry over unchanged, but t... more
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2010 Audi A1
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Audi has Mini in mind with its upcoming A1 minicompact, a smaller-than-A3 entry that emphasizes performance over economy. Unlike the discontinued European-market A2, the A1 will be a two-door hatch. An S1 version would likely use a 240-hp, 2.0-liter turbo; a l... more
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2009 Mini Traveller
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From the outside, the next Mini will look remarkably similar to the one now plying U.S. roads. The cabin, however, will boast a cleaner, more user-friendly design, and the Chrysler-derived engines will be replaced by new turbocharged powerplants developed in c... more
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Spied: Max ZOOM ZOOM for Mazdaspeed3
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The popular Mazda3 is about to go gunning for Golf GTIs with a new high-performance version that promises close to 250 horsepower, a 0-to-60-mph time of about 6.0 seconds, and a top speed of around 150 mph.... more
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Spied Cars: 2007 Audi TT, take two
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You're looking at the 2007 Audi TT, mostly. The next TT will be aluminum-bodied and pick up many of the design cues of the production-ready Shooting Brake concept car revealed at the Tokyo Show.... more
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