CARandDRIVER happily reports that the US will be seeing Mercedes-Benz’s latest forte in the EV world: the B-Class Electric Drive Concept. This confirmation comes from Mercedes-Benz when C/D spoke to them at last week’s Paris Auto Show. It will be the only B-Class sold here in America and will also be the only Mercedes-Benz branded [...]
Following some earlier reports, BMW unveiled their latest M Performance packages for the latest BMW 1-Series (F20), 3-Series (F30), and the 5-Series (F10) at this year’s 2012 Paris Auto Show. According to the Munich-brand’s report, the BMW M Performance accessory line allows any of the aforementioned cars to have various upgrades, all backed by BMW’s [...]
AutomotiveNews reports after speaking with Ian Robertson, a member of BMW AG’s board, at the 2012 Paris Auto Show that BMW’s latest three-cylinder engines will be coming stateside. “Hybrids with a three-cylinder engine are coming rapidly,” Robertson told AN during the show. “It behaves like a six-cylinder, it is half of a six-cylinder engine and [...]
WorldCarFans reports that Ferrari introduces a new option for the Prancing Horse’s super-luxo-sports-shooting-break, the 2013 FF, at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. For the new model year, the FF receives an optional panoramic roof, giving its occupants a nice big view of the sky without the need of some folding materials and scaffolding. Check out [...]
AutoBlog reports, after speaking with Audi’s President of U.S. operations Scott Koegh, that the four-ringed make will be bringing its RS5 Cabriolet to the United States in the first quarter of 2013. “That car is a no-brainer,” Koegh told AutoBlog. “We think our RS strategy fills the brand. We think adding this high-performance attribute is [...]
WhatCar? of the UK reports that Volkswagen’s anticipated XL1 hybrid two-seater sports car is confirmed to be on the way, after talking to board member Professor Ulrich Hackenberg of Volkswagen AG at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. According to the report, Hackenberg told WhatCar? that the new XL1 will be sold in limited numbers beginning [...]
Ferrari’s much-anticipated Enzo successor has been one of the biggest stories to be buzzing around as quite a few of us car geeks are anxious to learn how Ferrari plans to evolve the hypercar. And of course, Ferrari decided to shed some light in lieu of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Ferrari had decided to [...]
The new 2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 is generally not the vehicle people seek out when it comes to fuel economy; nevertheless the supercar company has installed both cylinder deactivation technology and an engine stop/start system in the model. Boasting a 180 millisecond reaction time, the start/stop system is designed to shut off when the [...]
Porsche showed off its latest addition to the Type 991 generation 911 sports car lineup: the 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S models. Additionally, Porsche announced that their latest Porsche Traction Management system will find its way in the latest 911 4 and 4S coupe and convertible. Visually, you can tell the difference between [...]
Kia pulled the sheets off of its latest crossover today, called the 2013 Kia Carens. The Carens was actually sold as the Rondo here in the United States for a brief three years between 2007 and 2010. However, because of declining sales that never recovered, Kia pulled the Rondo from the US Domestic Market and [...]
