Los Angeles Auto Show Coverage

To celebrate the XC60 crossover becoming Volvo's best-selling model in 2011, a special-edition Inscription model has been released. The car follows the Volvo C70 Inscription, which was unveiled just before last year's Los Angeles auto show. Semi-aniline leather covers the seats in colors including Marble White, Toscana Tan, Off-black, ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Press days may be over, but you can still check out our ...    Read more

Two sons reunited their father with his 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS that he sold back in the 1980s. Herb Younger was the original owner of the car that was part of more than two decades of family memories. Herb sold the car to help pay for his children’s education. Five years ...    Read more

Because of the NBA lockout, we won’t be hearing Blake Griffin's sneakers squeaking on the basketball court anytime soon, but we can hear him give some great advice regarding the 2012 Kia Optima. Earlier this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the towering basketball ...    Read more

Is it possible to find driving nirvana at the intersection of Los Angeles’ notorious I-405 and I-110 freeways? Not now, but perhaps sometime in the future. Porsche plans on opening a so-called Porsche Experience Center -- along with one amazing test track – within the next few years. The idea, ...    Read more

Chrysler brought a concept to this year’s L.A. Auto Show, but it seemed to fly under the radar. The so-called 300S 426 looks rather pedestrian -- well, except for that 426-cubic-inch Hemi crate engine placed underneath a transparent hood, of course. A joint project between the Chrysler and Mopar ...    Read more

Coda, the electric car company, took the stand this year at the L.A. Auto Show once again with its gasoline-free sedan, but this time brought some big news. Not only has it teamed up with General Electric to distribute a charging system, it has also dropped the price of its ...    Read more

Mini is ready to hit the track in the newly-created B-spec racing series. Thanks to a partnership with Mini of Charleston, South Carolina, the automaker will be entering a lightly modified version of the three-door Cooper hardtop in the 2012 race season. “B-Spec racing is a great fit for Mini because ...    Read more

Honda still isn’t interested in bringing the Fit/Jazz Hybrid to North America, but the company did roll out a new green variant that is coming to our market: the 2013 Fit EV. Look familiar? For the most part, this production model is nearly identical to a “concept” shown at last year’s ...    Read more

After seeing Fiat’s hotted-up 500 Abarth debut at the Los Angeles auto show, we were eager to learn more about the feisty hatchback. We sat down with Michael T. Vincent, platform manager for the Fiat 1.4-liter MultiAir engines, to learn more about the new-to-America Fiat 500 Abarth. ...    Read more

If you thought that the Lotus Evora didn’t need much in the way of revisions, you might be right, but the British automaker took its time at the Los Angeles Auto Show to show a spruced up 2012 Evora S anyways. The Evora S now gains a new submodel, the Evora ...    Read more

Yes, the 2013 Ford Flex is still a funky, boxy, three-row people mover – but the latest iteration of the cube-shaped crossover does receive a number of updates for the new model year. First up: the nose. Although the new fascia -- which incorporates concentric rectangles to form both the headlamp ...    Read more

Jaguar has long been know for its designs, but has had some real knockouts one after the other in the past few years in the forms of the C-XF, C-X75, and C-X16 concepts, and the XF and XJ production cars. We were able to sit down with Jaguar Global Brand ...    Read more

You’re forgiven if you are not all that familiar with the Lincoln MKT. Fewer than 8000 examples of the three-row crossover were sold in all of 2010, giving the MKT the dubious honor of being Lincoln’s slowest-selling product last year. Regardless of its showroom performance, the 2013 MKT on display ...    Read more

Lamborghini is doing everything it can to make sure the Gallardo, the brand’s best-selling car, doesn’t go stale. Enter the 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder, which debuts not long after the ...    Read more

For the 2012 ML63 AMG, Mercedes-Benz has dropped the naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 in favor of a smaller, forced-induction engine that is quickly finding its way under all "63"-badged AMG vehicles. While it may not sound quite as ferocious and guttural as the outgoing engine, the twin-turbo 5.5-liter has momentous power ...    Read more

The Mazda CX-5 crossover had hardly left the stage from its Los Angeles Auto Show debut when Mazda released something else: the CX-5’s newly class-leading fuel economy numbers. The CX-5 will get Mazda’s new ...    Read more

Lincoln design director Max Wolff says that almost every exterior part of the 2013 Lincoln MKS is new. While the car has been thoroughly redesigned, it still looks familiar: the 2013 model has received a mid-cycle freshening, rather than a full-on redesign. The 2013 MKS was unveiled today at the ...    Read more

Technically, the ST badge on this Ford Fiesta stands for Sport Technologies – but it may as well stand for “super tease.” This is the second time we’ve seen a Fiesta ST at a major international auto show, but Ford is still refusing to officially confirm the vehicle for series ...    Read more

Subcompact cars have become a hot commodity, and Chevrolet wants part of the sales action. As a result, the company has decided to sell the Chevrolet Spark in the U.S. from mid-2012. Although it is making its U.S. debut at the Los Angeles auto show today, the Spark has been ...    Read more

Think the horsepower wars are over? Think again. In the latest round of muscle-car wars, Chevrolet launched the first volley with its 580-hp Camaro ZL1, and Ford retaliated with its 650-hp Mustang Shelby GT500. Now Chevrolet is taking another swing by unveiling the convertible version of the new ZL1 at ...    Read more

Fiat’s newest offering has taken its sweet time coming to the U.S. market, but don’t expect it to stand still for long. The turbocharged 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth, which serves as a halo model for Fiat’s range of Cinquecentos, debuted earlier today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Like its ...    Read more

We’ve been following the joint venture between Subaru and Toyota for what feels like forever. The two are teaming up to produce a pair of small, lightweight, rear-wheel-drive sports coupes that are nearly ready to go on sale. There was a chance Subaru would finally divulge the BRZ’s output at ...    Read more

It was only two seasons ago that Kia threw its hat into the motorsports ring with its Forte Koup tuned by Kinetic Motorsports. Now, after its first-ever championship in the 2011 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, the Korean brand is looking to up the ante with not one, but ...    Read more

When it comes to the new Mustang, Ford is emphasizing one key metric: 200 mph. That’s the top speed of Ford’s fastest-ever factory Mustang, the 2013 Shelby GT500. While all versions of the 2013 receive a mild refresh and some equipment changes, the GT500 is undoubtedly the showstopper at the ...    Read more