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The slow five-day tease of the 2013 Ram 1500 continues today with a look at the pickup's interior as well as two other close-up photos. The remaining teasers of the updated Ram truck will be released throughout the course of the week, culminating in its reveal at the 2012 ...    Read more

This isn't the first time we've got a peek at the 2013 Lexus ES, but today Lexus officially revealed a teaser image of the new ES luxury four-door before being unveiled at the 2012 New York auto show next week. As on the 2013 Lexus GS, the 2013 ES' ...    Read more

BMW is officially pulling the sheets off the U.S. specific model of its BMW X1 compact crossover and 560-hp M6 Convertible at the rapidly approaching 2012 New York auto show. The 2013 BMW M6 Convertible deploys the same 560-hp turbocharged V-8 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission from its M6 ...    Read more

Scion has made it official: the base model of its sporty 2013 Scion FR-S will start at $24,930, squeaking in at just under the $25,000 target it set for its new sport coupe. That price is for the 2013 FR-S with the the six-speed manual transmission, the the six-speed automatic ...    Read more

No Ford police vehicle has ever been as efficient as the upcoming Police Interceptor, the automaker says. With a 288-hp 3.5-liter V-6 engine, the Taurus-based sedan is set to get an EPA rating of 18/26 mpg city/highway. What's more interesting than Ford's EPA mileage figures is the claim that the ...    Read more

Though you wouldn't know by looking at them, the 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is safer than the visually identical 2011 model. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just named the 2012 Outlander Sport crossover a Top Safety Pick after the automaker strengthened the roof structure for better protection ...    Read more

A downsized version of Chrysler's Pentastar V-6 engine will make its way under the hood of the Jeep Liberty replacement SUV when the model debuts, probably at the 2013 Detroit auto show. With a 3.2-liter displacement, the tweaked Pentastar V-6 engine will be mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission, ...    Read more

GM's 301-hp 3.6-liter V-6 engine debuts on the 2013 GMC Terrain Denali model, which features a number of visual upgrades over the regular Terrain. In the 2013 GMC Terrain Denali, the 3.6-liter V-6 engine makes 301 hp at 6500 rpm and 272 lb-ft of torque at 4800 rpm, easily besting ...    Read more

With all the news about midsize sedans lately, Nissan hopes the latest teaser of the 2013 Nissan Altima's taillight will make an impression on buyers everywhere. The new Altima will be unveiled at the 2012 New York Auto Show in April. Showing the 2013 Altima's redesigned taillight, the teaser is a ...    Read more

In spite of mixed critical reviews, the 2012 Honda Civic left February as the most popular compact vehicle. The Civic sedan and coupe was next followed by the Ford Focus, with 23,350 units sold -- more than double the Focus' total last February. “The ultimate arbiter of a vehicle's success is ...    Read more

Before long, the 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan will be unveiled, replacing the recently refreshed 2012 C-Class. Until that happens, though, Benz enthusiasts will have to keep busy with the spyshots captured by Motor Trend. The C-Class prototype shown doesn't appear to stray far from the proportions on the current car. An even ...    Read more

The driver's side master power window switch is prompting a National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration investigation on 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUVs. The NHTSA noted a similar issue with Toyota RAV4s last week. So far, the NHTSA has received 12 consumer complaints on 2006-2007 Trailblazers about melting or ...    Read more

The Ssangyong XIV-1 crossover convertible concept is likely to turn a few heads when it arrives at the Geneva Motor Show next month. We've only seen teasers of the Ssangyong XIV-1 concept so far, but the car appears to be a mix of the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet and the ...    Read more

Lexus' RX crossover is the car that helps pay for more exciting rear-drive products like the LFA and GS, and for the 2013 model year, the popular crossover is being restyled. Images of the 2013 Lexus RX from an brochure have been leaked in advance of the crossover's debut. While the ...    Read more

Cadillac may have just scored the best play of the Super Bowl: the automaker says its commercial for the 2013 ATS sport sedan was the most-viewed ad spot in U.S. TV history. Yes, you read that correctly. The 2013 Cadillac ATS ad, called "Green Hell", received an audience rating ...    Read more

Want advertising time in the Super Bowl? For 2011, 30 seconds carried an average price of $3,100,000 and the trend shows no sign of slowing down, based on all the automotive interest this year. From 2007 through 2011, Nielsen data show that automotive advertising in the Super Bowl far surpassed spending ...    Read more

BMW is bursting with energy about the all-electric ActiveE coupe. The recruitment process to find appropriate drivers for the ActiveE begins today. Oh, except they aren't called drivers, they're "Electronauts." ActiveE leases are considered phase two of BMW's electric car rollout. Before the ActiveE was Mini's take at an electric ...    Read more

Pininfarina has highlighted the top of the Cambiano concept in the latest teaser image of the car that's set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Pininfarina's Cambiano could attract auto show onlookers checking out other debuts like Infiniti's electric concept and the 2013 Porsche Boxster. The newest image ...    Read more

After blowing away most of the automotive competition in last year's Super Bowl ads, Volkswagen is returning this year...with dogs. The German automaker has released an amusing teaser video that suggests it wants to have the same advertising impact this year as with 2011's "The Force" about the new ...    Read more

The C6 Corvette has had a good, long run but before the sports car is gone, Chevy has developed the Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition. The 2013 Corvette marks the 60th anniversary of the Corvette nameplate and the final model year of the current Corvette. The 2013 Chevy Corvette 427 Convertible ...    Read more

If you thought the luxury crossover market was already too crowded, think again. Cadillac may be considering an SUV to battle the BMW X3 and others in its class. "We're looking at options there," said Kurt McNeil, Cadillac's vice president of sales, to Automotive News at ...    Read more

You ready for the age of 30 mpg full-size luxury sedans? Audi will soon bring the U.S. market supercharged V-6 and diesel variants of the A8, the automaker announced at the 2012 Detroit auto show. Starting with the 2013 Audi A8, luxury customers finally have a direct competitor for ...    Read more

GM may soon close the chapter on Chevrolet Volt safety issues, judging by the reaction of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's David Strickland. At the 2012 Detroit auto show, Strickland told reporters that automotive safety regulators were satisfied with GM's proposed fixes to prevent Volts from catching ...    Read more

While Audi tweaks the R8 sports car for the street, the automaker is busy preparing the new R8 LMS Ultra race car. Replacing the R8 LMS GT3, the new variant will carry a base price of about $444,000 before taxes when deliveries begin in March 2012. With customers of the ...    Read more

The 2012 Honda Insight may not be an all-new design (after all, the car did just launch in 2009), but the hybrid hatchback does incorporate a few tweaks for the new model year. Pricing for a base 2012 Insight starts at $19,120, or $150 more than a 2011 model. Although the ...    Read more