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While us Americans will probably never get the three- and/or five-door 1 Series, we will be getting the new BMW X1. Here’s your pudding proof. For some this is a maddening reality. For others it’s like music you dislike. Still, we were a bit surprised by how much we liked the looks of the... 

19-09-2009

BMW hosted a lengthy press conference during which cars zoomed all around its raised track, and at the end the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept silently took the stage. It’s a glass-topped Hot Wheels with two engines, a deep dish seventies-looking steering wheel and matching contoured wheels.... 

19-09-2009

MINI has officially revealed the Roadster Concept alongside the Coupe Concept we saw a couple of weeks ago, and like the rigid top version, the Roadster is a two-seater with a chopped roofline and tilted back windscreen. This is almost certainly the second new model that will be produced at MINI’s... 

18-09-2009

If you’re annoyed that the Audi A5 Sportback isn’t going to be made available in the U.S., you might as well stop reading now, because this will probably be upsetting to you. Audi has just formally announced the S5 Sportback, which, as you likely gathered, kicks things up with the blown... 

18-09-2009

Lamborghini has just released official imagery and details of its next masterpiece, the Reventon Roadster, ahead of its oficial debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Like its hardtop predecessor, the Roadster features stealth fighter styling seemingly intended to scatter the radar beams of the local constabulary... 

18-09-2009

Volkswagen promises to release the “Beetle of the 21st Century” by 2013. Those are some of the biggest shoes in the history of the automobile to fill, and VW plans to do just that with a new car based on the New Small Family architecture that was introduced on the original Up! concept that’s... 

18-09-2009

There’s a small group of enthusiasts who worship a car you just wouldn’t expect: the original Ford Taurus SHO. And I’m one of them. After years of searching for an example in good shape, I bought my very first vintage SHO, a 1991 Ford Taurus SHO Plus model (we’ll explain what... 

17-09-2009

As a testament to its range, the same company that brought you the evil blackness of the Vincero would like you to focus your attention here, on the Bentley Vitesse Rose. The full-on Mansory kit itself is fine. The pink-a-licious color its draped in, matched with the carbon fiber hood, is best digested... 

17-09-2009

After months of speculation, Bugatti has finally pulled the wraps off its new four-door supercar concept just ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show at an event for past customers and Bugatti-intenders. Up to this point, we’ve been referring to the French uber-sedan as the Bordeaux, but it seems... 

17-09-2009

The Bentley Continental GT has been lauded and derided for being too much: too powerful, too fast, too easy, too big, too ubiquitous, and yes, too good. The convertible version, the Continental GTC, dismissed its roof but retained the excess. Now, Bentley has worked its “Speed” hocus-pocus... 

17-09-2009

Among the more intricate of Brabus’ creations is this, the E V12 “Black Baron.” Based on the latest E-Class, the dark lord is refitted with a twin turbo, 6.3-liter V12 with 800 hp and an electronically-limited 811 lb-ft (even though the engine actually produces 1,047 lb-ft), a ram-air... 

16-09-2009

With an endless string of concepts cars peppered across these pages, we often find ourselves saying, “Yeah, I’d drive that.” But with the Frankfurt-bound Mazda Superlight concept, we’re saying “Hey – I wanna build that!” Conceived and created as a way to celebrate... 

16-09-2009