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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Chevrolet Spark EV Heads to Geneva, will go on Sale in Europe Next Year

After its world premiere at last year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the Chevrolet Spark EV's next stop is the Geneva motor show, where it will be displayed for the first time in front of a European audience. Read more »

Mercedes-Benz Details New A45 AMG Hot Hatch with 355HP [27 Photos & Video]

The new A45 AMG high-performance hatchback was officially revealed today, and it's a little more powerful than what Mercedes-Benz lead to us believe.

In fact, the Germans originally told us that the A45 AMG's newly developed 2.0-liter twin-scroll turbocharged inline-four would make around 330hp (335PS) and over 295lb ft (400Nm) of peak torque, before it revised that number to 345hp (350PS) and 332 lb-ft (450Nm) last November.

Third time is a charm with the final numbers standing at 355hp (360PS) and 332 lb-ft (450Nm), which Mercedes-Benz says makes the 2.0-liter unit "the most powerful series production four-cylinder turbo engine in the world".

Only a few weeks before the new IS sports sedan receives its European premiere at the Geneva Auto Salon, Lexus announced pricing and specification details for the UK market model. Lexus' local dealers are accepting orders from today, with first customer deliveries set for mid-July. Read more »

Mitsubishi to Debut GR-HEV Hybrid Pickup Truck and CA-MiEV Concepts in Geneva

Mitsubishi continues to explore new options to enhance its range with fuel-efficient hybrids and zero-emissions EVs with the announcement of two concept models. The two studies are the GR-HEV Sport Utility Hybrid Truck and the CA-MiEV compact model, which will be displayed alongside the European market Outlander PHEV at next month's Geneva Auto Show. Read more »

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

First Recorded Crash of 2014 Corvette Stingray – It's the One We Showed You Last Month!

The 2014 Corvette Stingray is so new that it hasn't even reached dealerships, and it won't be doing so until the end of summer, yet we have the first recorded accident, not at GM test facility but on a public road.

To explain, this image, which was discovered by Motorauthority on Digital Corvettes, was posted by forum member named "gpetry", who claims to have received it from a friend in Arizona, just last week, with the following description:

Right now, a group of designers and engineers in Hiroshima are supposedly working on Mazda’s next sports car with a rotary engine. Nobuhiro Yamamoto, the company’s car chief, let it slip a couple of months ago that a “new RX-7” is on the cards for 2017.

This means it's still four years away. That’s an eternity in the automotive world and many things can change until then. Especially those that, as Yamamoto acknowledged, are “not carved in stone”… Well, they’d better be.

If you liked what you saw with the new S3 three-door hatchback at last year's Paris Motor Show, but would prefer the same cosmetic and performance treatment on the more practical and roomier five-door model, you're in luck as Audi has introduced the S3 Sportback. Read more »