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Toyota is tying in Baja California and bass fishing to its off-road-ready SEMA show cars this year, courtesy of its FJ Cruiser SUV and Tundra truck. While one show car is wild and extreme, the other seems ready for the showroom. TRD-Tuned FJ Cruiser Concept ...    Read more

The 2014 Jaguar F-Type roadster may be out of the bag, but the British automaker is still putting the finishing touches on another sporty offering. We caught the Jaguar XFR-S on the Nurburgring a few months ago and ...    Read more

Rumors surfaced a couple months ago that Rolls Royce was interested in making a high-performance coupe with relatively athletic handling abilities. That coupe may be closer to reality, judging by an interesting test mule that was recently snapped at the Nurburgring  The following ...    Read more

We’ve already seen no less than three models based on the Mercedes-Benz MFA platform and if you think the automaker is finished developing variants from the chassis, think again. Shown in the following photos is the newest MFA family member, a compact crossover expected to be called the GLA. ...    Read more

How many units separate the best-selling truck and best-selling car in the U.S. for the month of September? More than 20,000 units. The two vehicles in question are the Ford F-Series pickup truck (55,077 units, includes F-150 and Super Duty) and the Toyota Camry (34,252 ...    Read more

Nissan has priced its new compact challenger, the 2013 Sentra. A base S model with a six-speed manual transmission starts at $16,770 -- $440 less than the price of the base 2012 Sentra with a manual. Nissan says the new Sentra is 5 percent lighter than the 2012 ...    Read more

Two new German super sports sedans have recently debuted in the U.S. market, but only one emerges as the winner in the latest Head 2 Head episode. Host Jonny Lieberman gets plenty of seat time in a 2013 BMW M5 and ...    Read more

General Motors has issued a rare response to an article critiquing its highly controversial Chevy Volt. The article, titled “GM’s Volt: The Ugly Math of Low Sales, High Costs,” analyzes the true costs of developing, producing, and selling the Volt. GM’s main issue with the article ...    Read more

If you’ve sat in a 2013 Dodge Dart, the large and bright TFT screen in the instrument panel probably caught your eye. A new video from Dodge creatively explains how the technology was developed. In the 30-second ad dubbed “How to Make the Most Hi-Tech ...    Read more

We’re still excited about the 2013 Audi RS 5 coupe, but as convertible junkies, we're even more excited by the advent of the Audi RS 5 Cabriolet, which was revealed this morning through a streaming Web presentation. The RS 5 Cabriolet ditches a ...    Read more

Those of you considering a 3 Series, but need more cargo versatility, will soon have two choices. The first variant is the wagon, which was unveiled recently. Next is the upcoming 3 Series Gran Turismo, which the folks over at Motor Trend recently caught ...    Read more

Three-row SUVs have never been synonymous with speed, but that’s about to change thanks to the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG. Making its world debut at this week’s Moscow auto show, the GL63 AMG could be the most exciting family hauler currently available on the ...    Read more

When riding in a modern Bentley, passengers can expect protection from road noise, howling wind, and harsh bumps. But what about bullets? Bentley currently doesn’t offer bulletproof cars, but recognizes a budding market does exist for armored vehicles. According to a report ...    Read more

Attention Camry shoppers: In just a few days, Toyota showrooms will offer the 2012 Camry SE Sport, a limited edition variant of Toyota’s best-selling sedan. This model starts life as a Camry SE equipped with the four-cylinder engine, which is then augmented with a ...    Read more

When the Smart ForTwo arrived on our shores years ago, it was the only player in the microcar segment. Today, it’s a different story and the ForTwo is losing buyers to newcomers like the 2013 Chevy Spark and Scion iQ. The folks over at ...    Read more