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Ford pulled the wraps off of its 2013 F-Series Super Duty Platinum truck today, and are luxury truck buyers in for a treat. The all-new Platinum will sit atop the Super Duty lineup, above the already-opulent King Ranch Super Duty. Differentiating the Platinum Super Duties from the more proletariat versions are ...    Read more

The Geneva Motor Show debut of the Bentley EXP 9 F concept was not without controversy, but the company insists that a luxury SUV does indeed fit the British marque's heritage. In this video, Bentley designers talk about what makes the EXP 9 F unique, and how it aligns ...    Read more

Dodge will be expanding the availability of the base 2.4-liter I-4 on its hot-selling Journey. The 173-hp four-pot will now come standard on the mid-level Journey SXT. Previously only available on the Dodge Journey AVP and SE, the 2.4-liter I-4 will now be ...    Read more

KW Automotive has released pictures of its new wing door hinge kit for the 2012 Chrysler 300. Built in Germany by its LSD Doors division, the new wing door hinge kit is a bolt-on affair and doesn’t require welding or painting to install. It bolts to the same ...    Read more

The latest car to join the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's list of Top Safety Picks is the 2012 Nissan Versa sedan. The Versa sedan received the safety award after receiving the top marks of "Good" in front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests. This is the first time ...    Read more

Lamborghini wowed audiences at the Geneva Motor Show with its Aventador J, a stripped-out speedster version of the company's Aventador LP700-4 coupe. Now Lamborghini has released this video showing close-up details of the Aventador J, as well as the car's design and development process. The Aventador J was billed as ...    Read more

Nissan is in no rush to release its new 2013 Altima sedan--the current Nissan Altima remains to be the brand's top seller--so it shouldn't be surprising that the car is in no rush to be unveiled, either. Once again, Nissan has teased the upcoming Altima ...    Read more

Chrysler Group will expand availability of its Pentastar V-6 engine and eight-speed automatic transmission to the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup truck, which will be launched this year. A regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week revealed several future Chrysler product plans. Nearly all of Chrysler's other ...    Read more

Chrysler used its presence at the 2012 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis to roll out several new Ram Truck variants, including a natural gas-powered Ram 2500 HD and a few new twists on the Ram 1500 HD Tradesman. Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG Pickup Fleet customers -- especially energy and utility companies ...    Read more

As things start to wind down in Geneva, all eyes start to shift toward the New York Auto Show in April, where the refreshed 2013 Toyota Venza will take a bow and show off its new facework and new standard goodies. Left mostly untouched ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz's most luxurious vehicle may no longer be the S-Class: at the Geneva Motor Show this week, the three-pointed star took the wraps off of the production-spec version of the Viano Pearl Limited Edition van. Mercedes previewed the Viano Pearl Limited Edition at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show with ...    Read more

This year’s Geneva show seemed to have fewer reveals than prior years. Although there weren’t as many debuts as past shows, there were still some mighty fine production and concept cars that were shown for the first time at this show. Lamborghini Aventador Jota Although the car is ...    Read more

Maybach is dead, but its chief competition certainly isn't: Rolls-Royce has released an updated version of the iconic Phantom, dubbed the Phantom Series II. What's new? You may need your magnifying glass to spot how the Phantom II differs from the ...    Read more

If you've been waiting for a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for some time, your wait may be a bit longer than originally expected. General Motors confirmed this afternoon that production of the new supercharged super-Camaro has been placed on a temporary hold. GM Inside News posted a letter from General Motors ...    Read more

Here's a totally different take on plug-in hybrid technology: at the National Truck Equipment Association show, Odyne Systems displayed a 2012 Ford F-750 truck equipped with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain. Although it is still an electric hybrid, this Ford F-750 isn't anything like typical eco-minded hybrids with which you may be ...    Read more

Effective April 1, Jim Lentz will assume the position of president and CEO of Toyota Motor Sales, USA. Currently president and COO, Lentz will become the first American to hold the top slot at Toyota’s North American wing. Lentz started at Toyota in 1982, working on the west coast as the ...    Read more

Automobile Magazine had the opportunity to talk with Bernhard Maier Porsche AG, member of the executive board of management, and top Porsche sales and marketing executive, Matthias Müller, Porsche AG, president and chief executive officer, and Detlev Von Platen president and CEO of Porsche Cars North America at the Geneva ...    Read more

In case you were wondering, Alan Mulally is a wealthy man, and he's about to get even wealthier: we hear that Mulally has received a whopping $58.3 million stock option package from Ford Motor Company. The company says that it's compensation for his work bringing the company back from the ...    Read more

The Morgan Motor Company brought its Plus E electric roadster to the Geneva Motor Show, hoping to gauge public interest to the concept car. If there is strong demand from customers, Morgan may put the Plus E into series production. The Morgan Plus E rides on the aluminum chassis that ...    Read more

Ford is hoping that this current chapter of MyFord Touch will soon come to a close. The system made its way into vehicles a few years ago and has been a thorn for owners and even more painful for Ford’s rankings in customer survey ratings. ...    Read more

Lotus Cars has been forced to temporarily halt development of its new vehicle line while the Malaysian government sells its stake in parent company Proton. Evo reports that Lotus CEO Danny Bahar is "completely taken aback" at the lockdown period. The temporary halt is due to Malaysian trading regulations, which require ...    Read more

The 2013 Porsche Boxster is lighter, more powerful, and more fuel efficient. That last fact is partially due to the use of electric power steering, which is generating a chorus of “boos” from the press before anyone has even driven the car. It’s amazing how quickly haters emerge when iconic brands ...    Read more

Yes, the Nissan Invitation, which debuted today at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, is technically a concept - but officials have already confirmed the vehicle will be going into production in short order. Nissan isn't saying very much about the Invitation concept that it didn't previously hint at. ...    Read more

It's been a while -- six years, in fact - since Mitsubishi last launched an all-new Outlander crossover utility vehicle, but the Japanese automaker just debuted its new 2013 Outlander at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. If the new Outlander looks a bit familiar, there's a good reason: its exterior ...    Read more

We already had a look at the 2012 Ford B-Max before, but the subcompact MPV made its official debut in production form today at the Geneva Motor Show. Now that we've seen it on the show floor, we can say that it looks more ready than ever to take on ...    Read more