Scion unveiled its new and first ever rear-wheel drive concept today at the 2011 New York Auto Show, which is basically a Scion-badged Toyota FT-86 Concept. The FR-S Concept sports coupe is a car that the hip brand hopes will begin to reinvigorate their brand appeal in the realm of driving performance. And this because, [...]
Subaru debuted its all-new next-generation Impreza today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Featuring more dramatic styling than the outgoing model, the new Impreza is still a little hard to swallow in terms of aesthetics. But the looks aren’t the only things that changed. Subaru said that the new Impreza provide a 30% increase in [...]
Key Competitors: Ford Fiesta, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Versa Power: 1.6L D-CVVT Gamma GDI inline-4 – 138 hp/123 lb-ft of torque. Transmission: 6-speed manual; automatic with SHIFTRONIC/AcriveECO. Price: over $12k. Hyundai unveiled the brand new 2012 Accent today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Design-wise, the new Accent takes its visual cues from the popular [...]
Key Competitors: BMW 1-Series, Audi A3. Power: 2.0L 4-cylinder turbocharged, direct-injected engine – 210-hp / 229 lb-ft. Transmission: dual-clutch transmission (gears not specified). Will it be built: Yes. The new Mercedes-Benz Concept A, in our opinion, is the most attractive concept to debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show. The production model will arrive sometime [...]
Key Competitors: Mercedes-Benz SLK, Porsche Boxster. Power: 2.0L TwinPower turbocharged I4 making 240-hp/260 lb-ft. Transmission: 6-speed automatic; 6-speed manual. Price: TBA. BMW revealed its first four-banger powered car in over 10 years earlier today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. The 2012 BMW Z4 sDrive28i features the company’s new efficient, clean yet powerful TwinPower [...]
Key Competitors: Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Chevy Cruze, Volkswagen Jetta, Toyota Corolla, Dodge Avenger: Hyundai Elantra, Kia Forte, Mazda3 Power: 1.6L HR16DE CVTC inline-4 – 109 hp/107 lb-ft Transmission: CVT Price: $10,990. Nissan has just unveiled the all-new 2012 Nissan Versa today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Donning a larger body than its [...]
Today at the 2011 New York Auto Show, Lexus unveiled the new LF-Gh Hybrid Concept, a rear-wheel-drive concept that is powered by a Lexus Hybrid Drive powertrain. Speculation has it that the Lexus LF-Gh Concept hints at the next-generation Lexus GS sedan – however, Lexus says that the ‘premium grand touring sedan’ design features that [...]
One of the most famous—and woeful—cars ever made in automobile history made a new debut earlier today at the 2011 New York Auto Show today. Hail aus Deustcheland, comes the brand new, completely redesigned ‘people’s car:’ the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. When it first debuted in 1938, it sold over 21 million copies in air-cooled, rear-engined, [...]
The current Ford Taurus SHO has been with us for about three years now and has received mixed reviews. So naturally, we wouldn’t be expecting a mid-cycle refresh for another couple years. But FoMoCo decided to change things up and debuted the mid-cycle update for the 2013 Taurus earlier today at the 2011 New York [...]
Nissan is ready to take motorsports to the zero-emissions level. Today at the 2011 New York Auto Show, Nissan unveiled the new Nissan LEAF NISMO RC Prototype. Hoping to kill the perception “that electric vehicles fall on the dull side of the automotive enthusiasm scale,” the Nissan LEAF NISMO RC is powered by the same [...]
