Pricing for the all new 2009 Mazda6 has leaked online over at Mazda6club.com. The 2009 Mazda6 will arrive in showrooms later this summer with a base price of under $20,000 for the entry level model.

Starting at $19,850, the entry level Mazda6 i SV will be powered by a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine that produces 170-hp. The Mazda6 i Sport and i Touring will be powered by the same engine but will have some extra options such as remote keyless entry and leather-trimmed steering wheel with a price tag of $21,250 and $22,750 respectively. The Grand i Touring model starts at $25,850.

The 2009 Mazda6 s Sport will be powered by a 3.7 liter V6 producing a total of 272-hp and will carry an MSRP of $25,150. The Mazda6 s Touring will start at $26,150. The top-of-the-line Mazda6 s Grand Touring will start at $29,150.

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When Volkswagen unveiled the Routan minivan at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, we were told that pricing would be under $25,000. Today Volkswagen announced the official pricing for the Routan which will start at $24,700 for the S Model, $29,600 for the SE Model, $33,200 for the SEL Model and $38,400 for the SEL Model equipped with a Premium Package.

Volkswagen has also teamed up with Uppromise, the country’s largest private source of college funding, to provide $1,500 to customers who purchase or lease a new Routan to put towards their child’s education.

The 2009 Volkswagen Routan will come standard with a 3.8 liter V6 engine that produces 197-hp and 230 lb-ft of torque mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. A 4.0 liter V6 is also available and produces 251-hp and a peak torque of 259 lb-ft. The Routan will arrive in showrooms in September of this year.

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Audi has revealed the S-Line package for the new 2009 Audi Q5 which will be available in the US in the summer of 2009.

Appearance wise the the 2009 Q5 S-Line gets a shiny grille with matching mesh pattern air vents around the fog lamps. Standard are 19-inch alloy wheels but you can opt for a 20-inch upgrade. Inside, the S-Line package gives the Audi Q5 a three-spoke steering wheel wrapped in perforated leather, aluminium trims and Nappa leather or Alcantara sports seats with lumbar support with S-Line logos.

Performance wise Audi has left the engine lineup untouched but does offer a sportier suspension kit. The U.S. will get a 3.2L V6 FSI direct-injection unit that will produce 265-hp and 243 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 will come in at 6.8 seconds. Check out our original 2009 Audi Q5 post.

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Toyota today announced its new MSRP for certain Toyota and Lexus models that will be effective mid-to-late May 2008. While the new 2008 Sequoia, 2008 Tacoma, 2009 Corolla, 2009 Matrix and the Lexus IS-F pricing will remain unchanged, other models will see a slight price increase.

The 2008 Yaris sedan and hatchback will get a price increase of $200 to $12,425 and $11,550 respectively. The Prius will get a bump of $400 to $21,500. The 2008 Camry Solara and Solara convertible will go for $20,180 and $27,440 respectively, while the 2008 Avalon will get an increase of $250 to $27,325. The new 2009 Camry will get a new base MSRP of $18,920 and the hybrid Camry will carry a $25,650 base price tag.

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Along with the new 2.0L TDI quattro Audi TT, Audi has officially launched the new Audi TT-S for the European market. Offered in both a Coupe and Roadster variant, the TT-S is powered by a 2.0 liter engine that produces 272-hp mated with an S-tronic dual-clutch transmission. 0-62mph comes in 5.2 seconds with a top speed of 155mph.

Pricing for the Audi TT-S Coupe starts at €44,900 while the Roadster version goes for €47,750.

We will bring you U.S. launch details as soon as we get them.

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Adding a navigation system while purchasing a new car with some automakers can run up the price of your vehicles by a quite a few hundred dollars. Suzuki is about to break that barrier and will offer the first car in America under $16,000 with navigation as a standard option.

The 2009 Suzuki SX4 and SX4 Crossover will feature an integrated standard navigation with other technological features such as Bluetooth, lowest price gas station locater, weather details and real-time traffic info.

The 2009 SX4 is scheduled to arrive in dealer showrooms this summer.

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Mazda today unveiled the all-new redesigned Mazda6 for the U.S. market which is set to go on sale later this summer.  Mazda says that following the CX-7 and the CX-9, the 2009 North American Mazda6 is the third model that was designed and engineered specifically to meet the needs of our North American customers.

No horsepower ratings have been released as of yet, but we’re going to estimate them for you. The base entry level model will be powered by a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine from the JDM market and should produce around 175-hp. The range-topper 3.7 liter V6 is the same engine from the 2008 CX-9 so we’re guessing an output of 265-hp.  Mazda will offer a six-speed manual or a five-speed automatic for the 4-clyinder while the V6 model gets a six-speed automatic transmission with manual-shift mode.

Pricing and details will be announced closer to launch but don’t expect them to change from the current model’s $19,625 tag.

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When the much anticipated Corvette ZR1 made its debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in January, we were told that engineers are still messing around with the LS9 supercharged 6.2L V8 engine to hit a target of 620-hp and approximately 595 lb-ft. of torque.

The GM engineers are finally done messing around and the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will officially produce 638-hp (an increase of 18 over the original target) and 604 lb-ft of torque (an increase of 9 over the original). That means the LS9 puts out nearly 103 horses per liter. We still don’t have any official 0-60 figures however top speed will be just over 200mph.

The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will hit markets this summer with the MSRP to be right under $100,000.

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Earlier this morning we brought you details and the press release on the new 2009 Audi A3. Now Audi of USA has released their 2009 Audi A3 press release giving us all the details on the stateside launch scheduled for September 2008. We on the stateside will still not get the three-door variant.

Audi will offer the redesigned five-door 2009 A3 in the U.S. market with two different engine variants including a 2.0 TFSI 200-hp and a 3.2 quattro with 6-cylinders producing 250-hp. Unlike the Audi Q5, the 2009 Audi A3 will get the S tronic dual-clutch transmission with Audi magnetic ride. Also new for this year, Audi will offer quattro on the 2.0 TFSI variant which will be available exclusively with S tronic transmission.

So breaking it down, the 2.0 TFSI will be offered in either a manual (0-60 in 6.7 seconds), or an S tronic or S tronic with quattro. The 3.2 V6 will only be offered with quattro and an S tronic transmission (0-60 in 5.9 seconds).

Pricing and options will be announced closer to launch date.

Note: Pictured above is the five-door 2009 Audi S3 which will not be offered in the U.S. Guess Audi of USA is too lazy to give us any pictures right now.

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Following the design theme of the Audi A3 Convertible that was revealed in November of last year, Audi has today unveiled the new redesigned 2009 A3 and A3 5-door Sportback, which is now also available as an S3.

As with its predecessor, the Audi A3 and A3 Sportback will be offered with eight different engine choices in their lineup - five gasoline and three diesel. Six of the eight feature four-cylinder direct-injection with turbocharging.  The five gasoline engines include a 1.6L unit producing 102-hp, a 1.4L TFSI unit producing 125-hp, a 1.8 TFSI unit hitting 160-hp, a 2.0 TFSI producing 2000hp and a the 3.2 quattro with 6-cylinders pumping out 250-hp. The diesel lineup includes a 1.9 TDI that produces 105-hp (manages 52mph) and a 2.0 TDI that produces 140-hp 170-hp. Almost all choices are offered with a 6-speed manual gearbox as standard besides the 1.6 and 1.9 TDI. Buyers can also opt for the new S tronic dual-clutch transmission on many models as well.

Joining the S3 in lineup this year is a S3 Sportback. Both models are powered by a 2.0 TFSI unit producing 265-hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 for the S3 comes in 5.7 seconds and 5.8 for the Sportback. The car will start shipping this summer with a price tag of € 20,350.

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The much anticipated 2009 Audi Q5 has finally been revealed. The U.S. will get their Q5 in the first quarter 2009 and power will come from a 3.2L V6 FSI direct-injection unit that will produces 265-hp and 243 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 will come in at 6.8 seconds. We, unfortunately will not see the new S-Tronic.

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At the 2008 New York Auto Show, Dodge stated that the entry-level Dodge Challenger SE will start in the low $20,000 range. According to a top executive who spoke with the Detroit Free Press, Chrysler plans to begin selling the 2009 Challenger in August for as little as $23,995 (pretty exact estimate if you ask us).

Chrysler’s executive vice president for North American sales, Steven Landry, said that prices for the Challenger lineup could go as high as $39,995 for the 2009 model year.

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Ford today introduced the Fiesta to the Chinese market with the new Fiesta S. The new Fiesta is the first product from Ford’s new global product development process, with variants to be launch in Europe, Asia and the Americas between 2008 and 2010. Production of the Fiesta is slated to begin before the end of this year at the $510million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Nanjing.

We saw the three-door and five-door version at the Geneva Motor Show and now we get this five-door variant in ‘S’ trim, giving us an idea of what the ‘RS’ or ‘ST’ versions may look like. Ford adds a new front bumper, aluminum grille inserts and an aftermarket rear-roof wing.

The Ford Fiesta will be launched in the UK at the end of this year and will come to the U.S. and China by the end of next year.

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