A prototype for Volkswagen's electric crossover SUV based on 2017's ID Crozz concept car has been spotted. The automaker is working at full speed on its new ID family of electric cars. The first to arrive will be the Golf-sized ID 3 hatchback, which is set for a debut in September though sadly isn't planned for sale in the United States. The ID...from High Gear Media Network Feed https://ift.tt/2yuozgm






The next time someone says the world is better off without Hummer, consider this vehicle: the Mud-Maro. It's a first-generation Chevrolet Camaro that sits atop a Hummer H1 chassis and fitted with knobby mud tires. It appeared on YouTube channel Hoonigan AutoFocus last Friday. The build comes from owner Chris Highman, who brought the creation to an...
BMW art cars are a tradition all their own, but Andy Warhol's M1 Art Car is perhaps the pinnacle of them all. This year, the M1 Art Car turns 40 years old, and to celebrate, BMW looked to capture the car in a new light. Following a social media contest called Shootout 2018, BMW Classic awarded 29-year-old German photographer Stephen Bauer the...
Dodge has never made a factory convertible from its modern-day Challenger coupe, but if it did, we imagine it would look something like this. Yet, these aren't renderings or Photoshopped pictures. The car seen here is real and for sale at a North Carolina dealership. Motor Authority spoke with representatives from Keffer Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram...
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has been officially revealed and now the brand is ready to let us know about some of the car's finer details. Corvette Blogger first reported on the mid-engine Corvette's order guide that was published on July 19. The guide goes through the ins and outs of each package and exterior option, and compliments the...
Ford has been busy sending filings to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On July 25, the company filed two trademarks for the upcoming Bronco SUV to claim the "Bronco Outer Banks" and "Bronco Big Bend" names. Motor1 first discovered the Big Bend trademark, while Ford Authority uncovered the Outer Banks filing, and both sites reported...
Tired of the aftermarket stealing all the limelight when it comes to new parts for Land Rover's original Defender, the British firm has come up with its own parts designed to boost performance of the iconic off-roader. The parts are designed to fit both the Defender 90 three-door and Defender 110 five-door, though only on models from select years...
Half a millimeter is a few sheets of paper tall. It’s half the thickness of a credit card, or half the thickness of a penny. By the numbers, it’s about two-hundredths of an inch. It’s also how exacting Jayme Cummins is in her job. She fits hoods, headlights, and front bumpers to Acura’s most prestigious cars at the...
The modern De Tomaso P72 supercar will meet the world's only P70 during Monterey Car Week, the race car originally developed by Carroll Shelby, Peter Brock and Alejandro de Tomaso. The P70 is the car De Tomaso's designers took inspiration from in developing the P72. A lighter, more powerful version of the Pagani Huayra Roadster has been revealed...
Pagani in 2016 introduced a more hardcore version of its Huayra supercar wearing the initials BC, picked in honor of Benny Caiola, Pagani's first customer and a close friend of Pagani founder and namesake Horatio Pagani. Just 20 were built, each of them with the Huayra's coupe body style. Now, though, Pagani has taken the covers off the Huayra...
Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was charged on Wednesday by German prosecutors in relation to the Volkswagen Group's diesel scandal, which first erupted in the fall of 2015. Stadler was charged along with three others, whose identities are yet to be revealed, as part of a German investigation into the emissions-cheating scandal. The charges include...
A prototype for a redesigned Nissan Rogue has been spotted. Nissan's popular compact crossover SUV was last redesigned for 2014 and updated for 2017, so this redesigned version should bow in the next 6-12 months. We currently expect it on sale in late 2020 as a 2021 model. In some markets, it will be badged an X-Trail, just like the current...
Italy's De Tomaso is back, and the revived company is sticking with high-performance cars, the first of which is the stunning P72 supercar that was unveiled earlier in July at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The P72's next stop is the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the highlight of next month's Monterey Car Week. This will be the...
The fifth model from Volvo sister company Lynk & Co. has been spotted. The car is a compact crossover SUV with a coupe-like profile, the first time the body style has been used on a model in the compact segment. Due out in late 2019 or early next, the car is expected to be called an 05. Lynk & Co. is also developing a compact hatch that is...
Semi-official BMW tuner Alpina has given the world some fantastically tweaked cars over the years, the latest of which is the 600-horsepower B7 based on the 7-Series. As you may have noticed, Alpina tends to step where BMW's own tuner, the M division, doesn't dare tread, and it looks like the next offering will be based on the X7. Our latest spy...
Porsche has a redesigned 911 on its hands, the 992 generation, but so far we've only seen the car in its Carrera S guise, which starts at $114,550. Porsche has now finally added the entry-level Carrera to the ranks, which brings the starting price down to $98,750. Opt for the convertible body style and you're looking at a starting price of...
Audi's S5 Sportback combines sports car looks and performance in a practical package. Soon, an updated version of the sexy liftback sedan will arrive. The changes coincide with the mid-cycle update for the entire A5 range and will reflect changes already introduced on an updated A4 arriving for 2020. This means minor tweaks on the outside and some...
The Audi A1 Sportback subcompact hatch sold overseas is now available as a soft-roader. Just don't call it an Allroad. The car that spawned the legendary Bugatti Atlantics, the magnesium-bodied Aerolithe, has been recreated. It was no easy task as the team behind the project had nothing to rely on other than some old photos. The 1,750-horsepower...
Almost a decade after we first laid eyes on the Tuatara, SSC North America has finally put the hypercar into production and will soon deliver the first example. Pre-production of the Tuatara has been up and running at SSC's facility in Richland, Washington, for several months and the company confirmed Friday that the first example will be...
Back in 1935, Bugatti presented the Aerolithe at that year's Earl's Court Motor Show. It was based on the automaker's Type 57 chassis but looked like no car that had come before. It was a strictly a design study, with its swoopy lines going on to inspire the legendary Atlantic cars. The design wasn't the only thing that was revolutionary about the...
Pagani in 2016 introduced a more hardcore version of its Huayra supercar wearing the initials BC, picked in honor of Benny Caiola, Pagani's first customer and a close friend of Pagani founder and namesake Horatio Pagani. Just 20 were built, each of them with the Huayra's coupe body style. Soon, though, Pagani will take the covers off the Huayra BC...
Opel's Insignia lineup is about to be updated, as evidenced by the sighting of partially camouflaged prototypes. The latest tester is for the Insignia's Grand Sport liftback sedan body style, which we get here as the Buick Regal Sportback. Opel engineers are also testing an updated Insignia Sports Tourer wagon, which we get in soft-roader form as...
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen claimed victory on Sunday in a rain-affected, incident-packed Formula One German Grand Prix held at the Hockenheimring. Heavy rain saw the safety car out for the first few laps and once the race director deemed conditions were safe, Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton, the pole-sitter, was off to a flying...
Audi's pint-sized A1 Sportback has received the soft-roader treatment, although it hasn't been given the Allroad designation like the automaker's other soft-roaders but rather the new moniker Citycarver. As the name suggests, the A1 Citycarver is at home in the city, but if buyers what to carve out their own path on country roads or a little rough...




