Mercedes B-class 2012

This is the new 2012 Mercedes B-class, the primary in an exceedingly new family of tiny Mercs. It presages the new A-class – due later in 2012 – and a collection of recent compact models, together with a coupe and an off-roader.
So take note of the new B-class. The hardware you see here can pop up across future tiny Mercedes.
Merc B-class: what’s new for 2012
The styling is in line with today’s B-class, however they’ve created it less wantonly wise. It’s some of inches lower to the bottom and there are hints of it being a baby R-class tourer instead of a boxy babywagon van. That’s an honest factor, as its sleek zero.26 drag coefficient attests.

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Porsche Cayenne Diesel 2011

The Cayenne is that the Porsche we tend to all loved to hate. however is that the Cayenne SUV currently firmly accepted within the Porsche firmamentr? in any case, most currently perceive the we tend toll worn argument that it funds the sports cars we all love. Porsche has engineered twice as several 4x4s as the other single model line thus far this year, for crying out loud.

So it's that the Cayenne has been upgraded once more. We're into Mk2 Cayenne territory currently, and a series of minor mid-life revisions created in summer 2011 added additional nada to stay it competitive against the likes of the new VW Touareg and updated vary Rover Sport. we tend to drove the Cayenne Diesel, the sole realistic model you may get in Britain unless you are used by BP.
Porsche Cayenne Diesel: the tech spec

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Porsche 911 - 2011

At last, the new Porsche 911 is here. This all-new, 991-spec Porsche 911 are going to be unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show next month, and though you'll feel like you have seen it already, that is solely as a result of a number of footage leaked out last week.
What are you able to tell me concerning the new Porsche 911?

The 911 has been around since 1963, however even the foremost long-sighted, harshest critic can notice the new styling. (N.B. that’s new styling, instead of a brand new vogue direction). The design underpinning this latest 911 is all new, and also the wheelbase is 100mm longer than the present 997-gen cars'.

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Ferrari 458 Spider 2012

The new Ferrari 458 Spider is a plain, and inevitable, extension of the 458 Italia sports automotive vary. Ferrari has forever offered a fresh-air various to the junior V8 and that we all knew it had been coming back.
But the dearth of surprise did not stop the tongues drooling and eyes goggling once we clapped eyes on the new 458 Spider earlier than its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show.
The Italia remains our favorite junior supercar, having swept the board at the 2010 Performance automotive of the Year take a look at and fought off a challenge from the McLaren MP4-12C. and that we fancy currently it will sound even higher, with less sound deadening between your ears and therefore the 4499cc flat-plan crank V8 and its angry 562bhp at 9 thousand rpm.
Ferrari 458 Spider: the main points
Interestingly, the 458 roadster is that the initial mid-engined supercar within the world to supply a folding exhausting prime. Sadly, no images are offered of the flop-atop roof however - they are saving that for the Frankfurt show.

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Kia M5 rival: 2011

This is Kia's M5 rival. Sound crazy? You bet. however this can be a 5-series sized concept within the mould of the Korean-market K7, complete with rear-wheel drive and a V8 powertrain.
Okay, maybe it's additional adore an Audi A7 or 5-series GT in its fastback bodystyle. One person within the workplace even mentioned the Aston Martin Rapide, till they awakened and slunk off with their tail between their legs.
There's no name nonetheless - this can be a teaser at this stage - however we'll see this Kia concept automotive at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show on thirteen September 2011.
So Kia's going M5-baiting?

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Mercedes E63 AMG Estate 2011

The new E63 is Merc’s AMG-powered middleweight and follows a tried and tested plan: massive V8 + sober saloon = autobahn domination. Well that’s the speculation, and this can be the truth.
So in the week it’s the E-class’ flip to possess a go along with the six.2-litre V8?

Yes, Mercedes likes to unfold the bhp love around and thus it’s no surprise that the shortly once the discharge of the regular E-class, we’re currently being offered this: the AMG-fettled E63, a circa £69k businessman’s hot rod.

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Lexus GS 2012

This is the new Lexus GS, that has simply been revealed at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California, USA.
Presumably the new Lexus GS is clean and green?

Well, yes, however abundant of the official Lexus press unharness is stuffed with phrases like ‘improved driving dynamics’ and ‘packed with innovative performance’, however no mention is formed of fuel consumption or emission figures. All we all know officially is that there’ll be a full hybrid GS450h for the united kingdom, along side a purely petrol GS250 – markets just like the USA will be sold a GS350 (pictured). Still, reckon on the GS450h simply besting the Lexus RX450h SUV’s forty four.8mpg and 145g/km.

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Volkswagen Up 2012

Almost four years to the day when we tend to initial saw the VW Up concept automobile, Volkswagen is unveiling the $64000 thing: this can be the new VW Up town automobile, on sale in UK dealers in spring 2012.

Forget the official, trendily informal name 'up!'. i am afraid CAR's aiming to overrule the grammatical violations and decision it the nice recent Volkswagen Up.
It definitely appearance terribly the same as the VW Up concept automobile

Indeed it will. the outside variety of Volkswagen's baby, that replaces the Fox, remains intact. simply this three-door are going to be launched next spring, most likely in time for the new '12' reg in March.

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Ford Fiesta 1.6 - 2008 CAR

Here’s the primary drive verdict on Ford’s all-new Fiesta, the foremost vital supermini to be launched in 2008. Not solely is that the Fiesta Britain’s best-selling little automotive and also the sporting driver’s alternative, it’s conjointly the backbone of loss-making Ford’s turnaround set up.

By 2010, the Fiesta hatchback are on sale in Asia and North America (as well as Europe), a world strategy which will be rolled out to the next-generation Focus and Mondeo, as Ford battles for profitability. however has the need to please everybody led to a mixed-up mess which will satisfy nobody? scan our initial drive of the one.6-litre petrol Fiesta to search out out.


CAR is in Tuscany, Italy, driving the ecu version of the new hatchback. The Fiesta goes on UK sale in October 2008, priced from £8695 for a three-door Studio model running the bottom 59bhp one.25-litre petrol. we have a tendency to tested a luxurious one.6-litre Titanium spec model, with 5 doors, a replacement four-cylinder Ti-VCT petrol kicking out 118bhp and a lofty £13,195 fee.

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Honda Jazz 1.4 ES i-SHIFT

The arrival of a replacement Honda Jazz means that an previous folks' favorite is back. larger within and a lot of versatile than the other rival, the outgoing Jazz was a runaway success with retired sorts. The new automobile is longer, wider and a lot of spacious than ever, and offers up all-new engines and a replacement gearbox, and a hybrid version is coming back. however will it match up to the likes of the sensible new Ford Fiesta? scan on for automobile Online’s initial verdict on the new Honda Jazz.

Ignore the drive for the instant – tell me concerning the flexibility of the new Honda Jazz

The existing Honda Jazz sells well as a result of it’s huge within, and every one those clever, practicality-boosting options are straightforward to use. With the new model it’s business as usual with the cinema rear seats – dubbed Magic Seats in Hondaspeak. Either you'll be able to fold the seat squabs up thus tall hundreds slot in the flat passenger footwell. otherwise you fold the complete seat forward by tugging one lever.

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2011 Acura ZDX

The 2011 ZDX may be a 4-door, 5-passenger luxury sport-utility, accessible in three trims, starting from the 6-Spd AT to the 6-Spd AT w/Advance Package.

Upon introduction, each trims are equipped with a regular three.7-liter, V6, 300-horsepower engine that achieves 16-mpg within the town and 23-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is commonplace.

The 2011 ZDX may be a carryover from 2010.

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Ford Fiesta 2012

Features Ford Fiesta 2012, Fuel economical and fun - the 2012 Fiesta is each. The Fiesta SE with the SFE Package delivers up to forty mpg hwy.2 Its sporty, agile performance comes courtesy of the technical precision solely a Ford-tuned suspension offers. taking over straightaways could be a sleek affair, too, after you mix electrical power-assisted steering (EPAS) with the proprietary Ford invention - active nibble management. Covert aerodynamic style and significant technology like the class-exclusive* twin dry-clutch PowerShift six-speed automatic transmission and one.6L Ti-VCT Duratec® I-4 engine with twin freelance variable cam timing build driving Fiesta a responsive and fuel-responsible exhilarating expertise.

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2012 Generation Corvette C7 Stingray Sports Car Launched

The next generation Corvette C7 Stingray sports car are launched in 2012 as 2013 model. Seventh generation Corvette remains developing, however he believes to be revealed to the general public in 2012. Next Generation Corvette C7 Stingray using additional advanced materials like carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium additionally as smaller engines. GM plans to stay production prices down on their last small block motor Sports car


In mid engine and rear engine updates were thought of, but the front engine, rear platform wheel drive (RWD) can still keep the engine compact and low price. there's an opportunity of come back of the project from the roof of the rear window broken. GM additionally added that the Corvette keep putting in place front of the engine, that outlined the sports car for 57 years. The new Corvette pride with an 5.5 liter V8 engine with an output estimated at 440.

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Mazda CX-5 Will Make Its World Premiere at the 2011

Mazda can hold the globe premiere of its all-new Mazda CX-5 compact crossover SUV at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday, thirteen September. The MAZDA CX-5 is that the 1st of recent style theme, ‘KODO – Soul of Motion’ and a replacement generation of Mazda merchandise which will adopt the complete vary of Mazda’s breakthrough SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY.


The Mazda CX-5 are going to be progressively introduced to the markets from starting of 2012, that evolves Mazda’s hallmark fun-to-drive character. Developed the complete vary of SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY, as well as all-new Mazda gasoline and diesel engines, automatic  and manual transmissions, chassis and body – the CX-5 delivers excellent handling responses and a high-quality ride, matched with a complicated safety performance and outstanding environmental credentials.

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Future Acura 2012 TL Improvement Performance, Redesigned and New Feature

The mid-size 2012 Acura TL four-door debuts at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show on February 9. The 2012 Acura TL get the newly redesigned exterior, upgraded technology and  improved performance. 2012 Acura TL get all new six-speed automatic that facilitate to enhance fuel economy.

2012 Acura TL have optional engine, 3.5-liter V-6 engine created 280-horsepower and three. 7-liter V-6 made 305-horsepower. The new six-speed automatic transmission can enable double-kickdowns from fifth to 3rd gear and build the straightforward transfer of transmission.  Optimized gear ratios can make the 2012 Acura TL slightly quicker and  improvement performance.  The Fuel economy is improved from 18/26 mpg city/highway to 20/29 mpg

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Ford Trucks 2007

Ford XLT F-150 FX2 Sport 2007

As Ford moved into the 2007 model year, its F-150 continued as one in concert of America’s best-selling vehicles. For the primary time this year, it was available out there with a navigation system. Base costs for the F-150 ranged from $18,275 for the two-wheel drive V6 regular cab to $39,355 for the four-wheel drive Harley-Davidson SuperCrew crew cab.

This two-wheel drive XLT model Ford F-150 is supplied with the FX2 Sport package, including such features as special interior and exterior trim, color-keyed bumpers, and a chrome exhaust tip.

The 2007 Harley-Davidson package added $5,450 to the base worth of an F-250 pickup truck, and it included special badging, wheel lip moldings, chrome step bars, rubber bed mat, and polished 20-inch alloy wheels. The package required the six.0-liter turbodiesel V8 engine, automatic transmission, and electronic transfer case.

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Ford Trucks 1920-1929

From 1920 to 1929, the Ford Company grew with new products and acquisitions, including several new and well-received Ford trucks and tractors.

Though Model Ts were becoming dated by the early Twenties, people continued to buy them in record numbers. One reason was that Henry Ford kept lowering their cost; from a starting price of $550 in 1920, one could be had for as little as $260 by 1925. But even low prices won't sell a product forever, and competitors were making inroads by offering features not available on the Model T.

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Ford's F-250 HD pickups

As the 2000s began to unfold, Ford demonstrated a focus on improving the models already on their roster, as well as adding more options to their lineup - especially in the area of ever-larger trucks and SUVs.

Ford began the 21st century by releasing a new super-sized sport-utility vehicle bigger than anything else on the market -- or that had ever been on the market. Called the Excursion, it rode the Super Duty truck chassis that also hosted Ford's F-250 HD pickups. This maximum-duty behemoth dwarfed its closest rival, the Chevrolet Suburban, by being longer, wider, taller, and nearly a ton heavier.

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Jaguar XE 2013

Jaguar is working up a new coupé and roadster pair tentatively badged XE – to tackle the Porsche Cayman/Boxster duopoly in the premium sports car market. The new Jag XE is revealed in full in the latest September 2009 issue of CAR Magazine, but we've held one artist's impression back to show online.

The two-seater is part of an ambitious strategy to turn Jaguar into the British Porsche (minus the VW family political spats that seem increasingly to distract from Stuttgart's mostly sensational road cars). The XE is part of an outline product plan that stretches to 2015, and CAR magazine lays bare the key cars in the new issue. If successful, Jaguar could soon be making more than 100,000 cars a year as a profitable independent under Tata Motors' wing.

Jaguar XE: here in 2013, you say?

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Jaguar C-X16 concept 2011

This is Jaguar’s new sub-XK sports car. As we revealed back in 2009, Jaguar is working on an all-new small sports car, nicknamed the XE, to compete with Porsche’s best – and this is it.
This official design sketch teases the concept car (dubbed C-X16, the hybrid supercar concept is C-X75) that will appear at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.
What do we know about the Jaguar C-X16 concept?
Jaguar is keeping mum on most of the details – it’ll announce more at the Frankfurt show – but we scooped a lot of the information two years ago.
Underneath the almost-certainly-gorgeous body will be a lightweight aluminium platform with a front/mid-engined layout, and V6 petrol engines (in 275bhp naturally aspirated or 350bhp supercharged forms) sending power to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.
The drop-top comes first in 2013, while coupe and R versions arrive by 2015. And that means the next XK is pushed more upmarket.

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Mazda RX-8 facelift 2008

Mazda’s facelifted RX-8 arrived at the Detroit Motor Show, and it’s more of a mild nip and tuck than a drastic overhaul. Mazda hasn’t suddenly dropped in a V6 or anything like that – so far over 165,000 rotary-engined RX-8s have been sold and Mazda doesn’t want to mess with a recipe that works. That means it’s still a four-door, four seater with 'Freestyle' (suicide to you and me) doors, and a unchanged 1.3-litre turbine engine available in 189bhp and 228bhp states of tune.

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Mazda RX-8

Mazda RX-8 information: everything you need to know if you own a Mazda RX-8, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the RX-8. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the Mazda RX-8 car range. We list the top 10 stories for each model – and where appropriate you can click on ‘More’ to browse even more of our archive content.

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Aston Martin and Mercedes 'to strike €300m deal'

CAR Online today lifts the lid on the secret deal – codenamed Romeo and Juliet – being hammered out between Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz. We have sensational details of the alliance, including a plan for hybrid Aston Martins, the full range of proposed Lagonda models and even a possible DB10 and 4x4 from the Aston Martin Lagonda stable.

Back in August 2008, we revealed how the British sports car maker was in talks with the German giant over future cooperation (read our original Aston-Merc scoop here). Now we publish the latest news on a wide-ranging €300 million (£240m) deal that could see Gaydon and Stuttgart work much more closely together.

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Maybach 62S (2007) CAR review

What’s this – more power for the plutocrats?

In a word, yes. The £341,585 Maybach 62S - the S stands for Special, should you be wondering – gets the same mighty 6.0-litre twin turbo V12 as last year’s 52S, which dishes up a barely believable 612bhp at a very low 4800rpm. The torque figure is even more impressive – between 2000-4000rpm there’s a massive 738lb ft on tap. As well as the bonus 74lb ft and 45bhp, your extra £81,085 pays for bigger 19-inch alloys shod with Michelin run-flats, revised front and rear aprons, a raft of minor style changes, a solid paintjob (no more eye-watering two-toners at last) and some mightily impressive chunky exhausts pipes.

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Maybach at the crossroads (2007)

Maybach: hit or flop?

Maybach is going back to the drawing board to fix sluggish sales. The true sales figures for the Maybach brand have over the past 18 months become one of the best-kept corporate secrets at DaimlerChrysler. On the internet, there are currently 60 new and used cars being advertised across Europe - among them a barely run-in ’06 model with 5000 miles on the clock offered at a 55 percent discount. According to trade estimates, last year’s production totalled a rather pathetic 280 units.

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BMW 1-series M Coupe (2011) official teaser video

This is the new BMW 1-series Coupe, the next car to come out of BMW’s famed M Division. Just ahead of the launch of the M3 GTS (a stripped-out, track-focussed M3 with an enlarged 4.4-litre V8), BMW has released this teaser video of its next M car, the 1-series M Coupe
What? So it’s not an BMW M1?
Nope, that name is reserved for BMW’s legendary supercar, but it should still be pretty tasty. We hear there’s a 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight six under the bonnet, producing somewhere around 350bhp, and an M Division-spec interior, while this video shows off the chunky bodykit with a deep front bumper and four exhausts.

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BMW 1-Series M Coupe (2011): more details

BMW's readying a pocket-sized M3 for those on a smaller budget: the BMW 1-Series M Coupe. While official information remains scarce on this 2011 pocket rocket, we've grabbed a few more pointers to its performance and stats.
Set to be launched in early 2011, the 1-series based M spells a return to more lightweight M cars after the X6 M and its ilk that strained relations with the most fervent M division fans.
What no M1?

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BMW 1-series M Coupe (2011) teaser video

BMW is continuing to build up the hype ahead of the launch of its next M car – this is a teaser video giving us our first glimpse of the undisguised BMW 1-series M Coupe
So what’s new, and what do we already know about the BMW 1-series M Coupe?

What’s new is our first look at this hot 1-series’ butch bodykit, complete with an engorged front bumper and triple air intakes. There are CSL-alike 19-inch wheels too, and sitting between the cross-drilled front discs is a twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six, producing 335bhp and 369lb ft. Drive, thankfully, goes to just the rear wheels, and they’ll be a choice of either a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. There’ll be an M diff too, but we hear it might be on the options list as BMW’s money men fight to keep the list price under £40k.

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BMW 1-series M Coupe (2011) first official pictures

This is the new BMW 1-series M Coupe, and after months of tantalising teases, we’re finally getting to see M Division’s new baby. Under the bonnet of the BMW 1-series M Coupe is a forced-induction six-cylinder engine, but purists should be kept happy by the fact that it’s still rear-drive and is only available with a manual gearbox. Plus the BMW 1-series M Coupe will cost less than £40k.
So the new BMW 1-series M Coupe doesn’t have a lovely naturally aspirated engine?

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BMW 1-series M Coupe (2011) MotoGP safety car

BMW's M Division has unleashed a track version of its upcoming 1-series M Coupe, which made its debut as the 2011 MotoGP safety car at the season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar on 20 March.
BMW 1-series M Coupe MotoGP safety car – the lowdown

Visually there have been some changes over the roadgoing 1M, which is due to go on sale in April 2011. The new louvred bonnet is made from carbon fibre, there’s an additional front splitter fitted to the bumper, plus polycarbonate side and rear windows, and an adjustable rear wing. There’s a light bar on the roof for official signaling duties and the package is wrapped in a suitably-loud M colour scheme

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BMW 1-series hatchback (2011) first official pictures

BMW has peeled the last pieces of camouflage sheeting from their F20 1-series and announced details of the upcoming entry-level car.
BMW 1-series: the evolutionary new look

As revealed in CAR's spy images last month, the 1-series is a clear evolution of its predecessor, featuring smoother lines but a more aggressively-angled front-end. The new headlight design dominates the nose, providing the 1-series with a pronounced squint compared with its predecessor.

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BMW 1- and 3-series coupes to become 2- and 4-series

BMW is shaking up its badging strategy and will turn the next-gen 1-series and 3-series sporting derivatives into the 2-series and 4-series.

Two-door Ones and Threes - the coupes and convertibles - will in future be rebadged as the BMW 2-series and BMW 4-series.
Why exactly are they rebadging BMWs as 2-series and 4-series?

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BMW 1-series

BMW 1-series information: everything you need to know if you own a BMW 1-series, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the 1-series. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the 1-series car range. We list the top 10 stories for each model, you can click on ‘More’ to browse even more of our archive.

The 1-series is the Golf for city types. There’s vast choice: pick from 116i, 118i, 120i, 130i, 116d, 118d, 120d and 123d, as a three- or five-door hatch, coupé or convertible. For more information on the BMW 1-series, click on our further stories on the links below.

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Popular Product BMW

Here you can Find all the information you need on every BMW cars in BMW's current range. All the most popular BMW models sold today are listed on this page, so you can browse the archive CAR news, advice, reviews, photo galleries, scoops, video and spy photos of all the BMW. Click on the BMW model you are interested and you'll be taken to a page full of our content archives of BMW. This is a great way to filter all the stories you are interested in BMW CAR Magazine - in one handy place. Click on the link below for a list of most popular BMW car.

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New Honda NSX

You're looking at the long-awaited successor to Honda's NSX. After years of on-off speculation, we will finally see the new supercar in thinly veiled concept guise next month.


The company says this low-slung coupe 'provides a glimpse of the next-generation Acura exotic sports car' - but insiders openly talk of this being the new NSX. Acura is Honda's American luxury brand (think Honda's Lexus) and the Advanced Sports Car Concept will be shown at the Detroit Motor Show on 7 January. No more details are available at this stage, but we do know that Honda boss Takeo Fukui will whisk the covers off. CAR Online understands the new model will remain mid-engined - a high-revving V10 is rumoured - and will be a GT-style supercar. This teaser image reveals a squat supercar whose long rear deck confirms a mid-engined layout. Powerfully sculpted haunches and quad exhausts lend the car a purposeful poise. Honda has sold around 5000 NSX models in the UK since its launch in 1990, and the car only went off sale last year. The US was the car's biggest market.

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Honda's future: small cars, no NSX or Euro Acura

Honda chief executive Takanobu Ito today spelled out his vision for the next decade at Honda to CAR Online. No successor to the NSX is under development, but there will be a smaller city car slotting under the Jazz in Honda's range. It will be launched in Asia at first, potentially following in the rest of the world.

Ito, who is also president of Honda R&D, said that the company had no firm plans for a pure battery electric vehicle at this stage – the onus is on hybrid petrol electric cars and fuel-cell models.

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Honda HSV-10 GT (2010) first official pictures

The NSX is dead. Long live the NSX. After cancelling a proposed NSX successor, Honda has converted the abandoned road car project into a racer and created this SuperGT competitor, the HSV-10 GT.
So the Honda HSV-10 GT used to be an NSX?

Yes. Back in 2008 CAR’s spies snapped the front-engined road car testing at the Nurburgring, but in the midst of worldwide recession Honda put the project on hold. But rather than wasting all its research work, Honda'sR&D team used the basis of the car to create a racer that can compete in the GT500 class of Japan’s SuperGT endurance series.

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Honda NSX

Honda NSX information: everything you need to know if you own a Honda NSX, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the NSX. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the NSX car range. We list the top 10 stories for each model – and where appropriate you can click on ‘More’ to browse even more of our archive content.

The Honda NSX is no more – but what a supercar it was. Mixing Japanese engineering with family car usability (sort of), it really did move the goalposts in the supercar sector. Aluminium build, rear-drive and a chassis signed off by Ayrton Senna. Bliss! For more information on the Honda NSX, click on our further stories on the links below.

• Honda HSV-10 GT (2010) first official pictures
• Honda's future: small cars, no NSX or Euro Acura
• New Honda NSX 

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Honda Jazz (2008): first official pictures

Here are the first pictures of the all-new Honda Jazz, the follow-up to the super-clever supermini that’s been on sale since 2002. You’ll have to wait until autumn 2008 for Honda’s UK dealers to launch the Jazz, but CAR has already pored all over the new supermini to bring you a full preview of the latest mini.

So what’s the new Jazz like?

Our first impressions are that it’s an easy-to-use model – with first-rate ergonomics. You can see why so many older drivers buy the Jazz; it’s easy to  own, a cinch to get in and out of and the cabin quality is impressive.

Honda says it’s given the new Jazz a ‘big car’ feel, so although it may look similar to its predecessor, it’s longer by 55mm (to 3900mm) and wider by 20mm (to 1695mm). The wheelbase is 50mm longer, too, and a slightly wider front track is claimed to make it more agile.

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Honda Jazz Hybrid (2011) first official pictures

You're looking at the new Honda Jazz Hybrid, a new version of Honda's supermini, which takes the firm's tally of petrol-electric cars to four. Take that, Toyota.

Honda will introduce the hybrid Jazz as part of a 2011 facelift. It's the first time hybrid power has been available in the supermini segment.
What's under the skin of the 2011 Honda Jazz Hybrid?

The Jazz Hybrid features the same 1.3-litre petrol engine which does service in the Insight and Civic hybrid, assisted by an electric motor and putting its power down via a CVT automatic shifter. Honda hasn’t homologated the Jazz Hybrid yet, but claims its internal tests saw the car return 64.2mpg and 104 g/km CO2 – the Insight, depending on spec, returns 61.4-64.2mpg, and 101-105g/km.
What else is different on the Honda Jazz Hybrid?

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Honda Jazz

Honda Jazz information: everything you need to know if you own a Honda Jazz, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the Jazz. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the Jazz car range. We list the top 10 stories for each model – and where appropriate you can click on ‘More’ to browse even more of our archive content.

The Honda Jazz is the smallest Honda on sale – but still fizzes with clever engineering. The trademark pop-up rear seats remain, swinging up to free space for luggage or mountain bikes in the rear footwells. For more information on the Honda Jazz, click on our further stories on the links below.

• Honda Jazz Hybrid (2011) first official pictures
• Honda Jazz (2008): first official pictures

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Honda Civic Type R UK sales to cease

The Honda Civic Type R is dead. Or it is at least in Europe, as the high-revving, naturally aspirated 2.0-litre engine that powers Honda's hot hatch can't meet forthcoming emissions requirements
So Honda has been forced to kill off the Civic Type R?

That's right – the Civic Type R can’t meet the latest Euro5 emissions regulations that come into force at the end of 2010, meaning in the UK and most other European countries (a tiny handful have Euro5 exemption) the Civic Type R will cease to be. If you live outside Europe then you’re still in luck as the Swindon-built Type R will continue to be sold in markets as far afield as Australia and South Africa.

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Honda wallpapers from our trans-European road trip

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