Something new appears to be afoot in the world of the Cadillac SRX. Spy photographers spotted this blacked-out SRX-based prototype with a curious mix of attributes that have us scratching our heads.
The front bumper-mounted lighting assemblies found on the current standard SRX have been removed here, and in their place
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U.S. investment bank JPMorgan is making final preparations before starting an auction of the Chrysler Group on behalf of DaimlerChrysler, according to a report by the U.K.'s Times. The news follows a shocking report from last week suggesting General Motors might be considering buying Chrysler.
While reports of a possible Daimler-Chrysler
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Design firm Pininfarina has released two preview sketches of a new Maserati coupe, expected to be unveiled as a concept at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The name of the new 2+2 coupe is unknown, but recent reports have suggested the Italian automaker might revive the Mistral nameplate.
Power will come
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Cadillac will open the next chapter of its 21st century product story, as the 2008 CTS sedan makes its European premiere at the 2007 Salon International de l’Auto in Geneva, Switzerland. The new luxury sedan is scheduled to begin production in the United States, in late summer of 2007, with European sales to follow in [...]
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If new illustrations from German magazine Auto Motor und Sport are any indication, the next-generation Volkswagen Beetle will lose much of its retro styling for something considerably more modern.
When the new Beetle was introduced in 1998, it arrived with styling derived directly from the original. If Volkswagen's
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Volvo Cars is back at the world’s largest show for classic cars and everything else to do with the classic-car hobby. The exhibition theme for this year’s Volvo stand is “As times goes by – 80 years with Volvo carsâ€.
Eight cars trace the company’s historyAt this year’s show – held between March 28 [...]
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The powerplant was originally going to be uprated to 140bhp, but Caterham engineers were so impressed with its potential, they gave it another 10bhp.
The 150 model starts at ВЈ17,495, but there will be a stripped-down track variant - the Superlight - priced at ВЈ20,495. More than 10,000 miles of road testing and 1,200 miles of [...]
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Last week, Auto Express revealed details of how Subaru’s next Impreza will get an oil-burner in 2009, but now the Japanese firm has confirmed that its first ‘boxer’ diesel will arrive much sooner than that. Following its unveil at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the new powerplant will be launched in the UK early [...]
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 It’s clear to see that the sports car has been given an injection of pure muscleTake a look at the world’s first pictures of the new Esprit, which reveal the shape of things to come from one of BritÂain’s best-loved supercars.
Despite the elaborate black and white disguise, it’s clear to see that the sports car [...]
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According to figures from Parkers, owners of small models lost the least amount of money to falling residuals last year. And best of the lot was the Toyota Aygo, which shed on average only ВЈ2,000 – or around ВЈ40 per week – in 2006! However, while the little Toyota dropped 26.1 per cent of its [...]
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