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Cadillac XTS breaks the mold with user-configurable gauges

Chris Burns — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:32:15 +0000

In a move that everyone in the automobile universe is going to understand instantly as groundbreaking in the simple way in which it breaks from the history of the art, the Cadillac‘s new XTS allows drivers to re-arrange their gauges. It makes perfect sense here in our modern mobile world that we’re able to re-arrange

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Mazda to offer diesel engine in new Mazda6 for the US

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:30:53 +0000

The Los Angeles auto show is in full swing and automotive news is coming at a frantic pace. A new bit of information from Mazda has surfaced at the auto show having to do with the new mid-sized Mazda6. The car made its US debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show and Mazda has confirmed

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Honda unveils updated 2013 Civic in LA

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:12:24 +0000

Love it or hate it, the Honda Civic has become one of the more popular cars for a new generation of automotive enthusiasts. Fans of the Honda Civic will want take a nice look at the 2013 Civic sedan that Honda unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The sedan gets a

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BMW i3 Concept Coupe eyes-on at LA Auto Show

Chris Burns — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:45:32 +0000

Enter the BMW i3 Coupe – an eco-friendly little tech-friendly amalgamation of excellence inside and out, and one that’s essentially just been revealed this week. As we spoke about just yesterday, this machine brings on an inter-car communications system, smartphone connectivity, and of course, a 170HP electric motor slice with lithium-ion batteries inside. It’s all

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BMW i8 Spyder Concept eyes-on at LA Auto Show

Chris Burns — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:13:41 +0000

This week we’re having a peek at several conceptual and near-market vehicles at the LA Auto Show 2012, today’s gems being a couple of BMW concept cars, one of them the most recent iteration of the BMW i8 Spyder Concept in its near-final-form. This vehicle is a plug-in hybrid machine able to reach 20 miles

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Krell teams with 2014 Acura RLX as home audio hits the automobile

Chris Burns — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:15:51 +0000

This week at the Los Angeles Auto Show the folks at Krell Industries have announced that they’re bringing on their high-end performance audio system knowhow to the auto industry for the very first time. They’ll be doing with first with the fabulous 2014 Acura RLX, and will indeed be replicating the home theater system power

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Hyundai shows off Veloster C3 concept

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:06:18 +0000

Hyundai has unveiled a new concept car at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car is called the Veloster C3 Concept and it’s sort of a convertible. I say it’s sort of a convertible because it maintains its fixed roofline and only the center section of the car’s roof opens in a manner similar

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New convertible VW Beetle debuts in LA

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:54:44 +0000

Volkswagen is on hand at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show and has unveiled the third-generation Beetle Convertible. The new Beetle Convertible shares much of the same design as the new third-generation Beetle Coupe with a wider, longer, and sleeker design. The new design is an attempt by Volkswagen to attract more male buyers to

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Porsche unveils 2013 Cayman in LA

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:28:57 +0000

Sports car maker Porsche was on hand at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show and took the opportunity to make the world premiere of the new 2013 Cayman. The 2013 Cayman represents the third-generation of the car and Porsche promises it’s completely new. The 2013 model is lower, longer, lighter, and faster according to Porsche.

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Jaguar XFR-S revealed: This big cat has 550HP claws

Chris Davies — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:28:25 +0000

Jaguar has pulled the wraps off of its XFR-S sports sedan, the big cat company’s 186mph take on tightening up the luxobarge until your passengers squeak like field-mice. Teased last week as the fastest and most powerful four-door from Jaguar ever, the XFR-S made its debut at the LA Auto Show 2012, using a 5-liter supercharged V8

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BMW i3 Concept Coupe ditches steel for intelligent EV

Chris Davies — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:30:11 +0000

BMW has taken the wraps off of its latest eco-friendly car design, the BMW i3 Concept Coupe, with an innovative carbon fiber cabin, clever inter-car communications system, and smartphone connectivity. Debuted at the LA Auto Show this week, the i3 Concept Coupe follows BMW’s LifeDrive ethos, packaging a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) passenger cell –

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Chevrolet Sonic and Siri integration hands-on

Vincent Nguyen — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:48:57 +0000

Chevrolet’s 2013 Sonic is a spritely little city car, and as of the new year it will have a perky digital personal assistant in the shape of Apple’s Siri. Targeted at cash-strapped but mobile-obsessed college leavers and first-car owners, the 2013 Sonic is the first in Chevrolet’s line-up to feature the MyLink Siri integration, though

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