Archive for December, 2008

Spy Shots: Suzuki SX4 getting facelift too

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Spy Shots: Suzuki SX4 getting facelift too

Following in the footsteps of its European twin, the Fiat Sedici, Suzuki is slightly reworking its SX4 Crossover for next year. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice - all of the revisions are quite subtle - but the whole front fascia has been slightly remodeled. The most obvious change is to the grille area, [...]

Undead: Will Acura show NSX in Detroit even after killing it off?

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Undead: Will Acura show NSX in Detroit even after killing it off?

Just two weeks after we learned that Honda had suspended plans to introduce a new V10 NSX sports car in 2010 comes word that we may see the car anyway. Sort of. The production program is still dead, but it is being reported that the previously scheduled “concept” will appear at Detroit’s North American International [...]

SEAT prices the old Audi A4 new Exeo

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
SEAT prices the old Audi A4 new Exeo

When SEAT announced it was to launch a new flagship that was little more than an old Audi A4 with some new trim, we were puzzled. Everyone was puzzled. Was this Volkswagen’s big plan to revive its Spanish subsidiary? Indeed it was, as we quickly discovered when we got to Paris to find it sitting [...]

Spy Shots: LHD Isuzu D-Max caught in Midwest snow

Monday, December 29th, 2008

What the heck’s an Isuzu test mule doing banging around the Midwest? There’s no hope that this D-Max, based on the GMT 355 platform, will ever see a North American showroom, since the company recently folded up its tent and left.
What’s most likely is that an OEM is doing some development work on the big [...]

First 2010 Shelby GT500 being auctioned at Barrett-Jackson

Sunday, December 28th, 2008
First 2010 Shelby GT500 being auctioned at Barrett-Jackson

As has become the tradition in recent years, Barrett-Jackson will be auctioning off various “firsts” of upcoming production cars. Last year, the very first Corvette ZR1, Dodge Challenger, and Shelby GT500KR all went across the block, and earlier this month it was announced that the first retail 2010 Camaro would be available to the highest [...]

BMW’s 2009 unveiling schedule?

Sunday, December 28th, 2008
BMW’s 2009 unveiling schedule?

BMW Blog has trained its spyglass on what it says is a list of BMW rollouts for 2009, and it will begin next month with the brand spankin’ new Z4 showcased at the Detroit Auto Show. It is March, though, that will bring year’s first real bounty. At Geneva, BMW will be showing off a [...]

Spy Shots: Peugeot 3008

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The 2010 Peugeot 3008 has been spotted in France wearing a scant amount of camouflage, and unless Peugeot is deceiving us, it looks just like the Prologue HyMotion4 Concept from the Paris Motor Show. Updating the sheetmetal of the 4007, this crossover Pug gets a much smoother grille treatment and a combination of lines and [...]

Tata plans to inject “10 of millions” into Jaguar, Land Rover

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Tata plans to inject “10 of millions” into Jaguar, Land Rover

It seems like it was just yesterday when Tata agreed to take Jaguar and Land Rover off of Ford Motor’s hands for $2.3 billion. But it probably feels like forever for Tata, as a global automotive crisis followed almost immediately after the purchase. The Indian automaker has already pumped hundreds of millions of pounds of [...]