Archive for the 'Auto News' Category

2011 Honda CRZ: 21st-Century CRX

Honda’s CRZ hybrid coupe remains on track as a 2011 model, on sale in late 2010. Honda wants sports-car enthusiasts to buy it not because it’s green, but because it’s fun. The carmaker considered doing a non-hybrid version of the CRZ, but it desperately wants to be seen as a hybrid supplier on par […]

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

2011 BMW 5 Series Details Emerge

While BMW’s next 5 Series won’t appear until early next decade, technical details are leaking out. Codenamed F10, the 2011 5 Series will feature engines based on the new turbo range. (Note: The present-generation car is pictured). There’s a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six in the 540i, a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 in the 550i, and a […]

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Toyota Prius Coupe Coming

Toyota is developing a range of Priuses that will include a small pickup based on the 2008 A-BAT concept and a sporty, 2+2 coupe to compete with Honda’s upcoming CRZ hybrid coupe. The Prius coupe will have a lower roofline than that of the all-new 2010 Prius hatchback sedan launching this year and will share […]

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Ford Mondeo Individual Package Launched in Paris Motor Show

The Ford Mondeo Ghia and Titanium models are getting a touch of exclusivity with Ford Europe’s new Individual program. First introduced on the S-Max, the Individual program is making its Mondeo debut in Paris following a well received design study at 2007 Frankfurt Show.
The most prominent feature of the package is the luxurious leather trim […]

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

GM rationalizes rear drive: Sigma and Zeta architectures to be converged, Impala likely to stay FWD

General Motors’ Cadillac-only Sigma platform (CTS, SRX, STS) proved too expensive for cars like the Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet Camaro. Now GM is merging the Sigma architecture with its other RWD platform, the G8/Camaro’s Zeta, in time for the urgent 2011-model-year Cadillac STS/DTS convergence. Cadillac has locked in the new flagship’s design. We hear designers […]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Citroen C3 Turns on the style

T’S another small car design masterclass from Citroen! Supermini buyers are set to be spoiled for choice as the French giant is putting the finishing touches to its distinctive new C3.
And as these exclusive Auto Express pictures reveal, this is a great-looking three-door. Back in Issue 991, we showed you images of the 2CV-inspired five-door […]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Baby Phantom targets Bentley

There’s a new arrival on the way in the Rolls-Royce family!
This is the best look yet at the new luxury saloon, and when it goes on sale here in 2009, it will provide Rolls-Royce with a long-awaited baby brother to its Phantom limousine.
Following recent news from parent company BMW that the project had got the […]

Sunday, January 6th, 2008