April 27th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Budget, Paris Motor Show, Hatchback, Opel, Vauxhall
The new Opel minicar has been so long in gestation that it has worn three names (so far). From the Junior and Allegra, we are now being told that it will now be called the Opel Adam, no doubt a nod to company founder Adam Opel.
Still clothed in enough camo to hide a barn, we can’t...
April 25th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Audi, Electric
Imagine you’re a spy shooter at the Nürburgring. You’ve got your ancient Ford Scorpio parked nearby, but you’ve hoofed it up to the top of a hill in the hopes of getting the perfect angle on the track. Three heavy cameras are strung about your body like you’re a...
April 25th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Europe, Nissan, Racing
Nissan announced earlier in the month that it would be fielding a factory team in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, piloting a 2012 GT-R. The car is reportedly a Club Track Edition, a race-ready derivative sold in Japan, and our spy shooters have spotted it out in the wild.
The car is only lightly camouflaged,...
April 24th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, UK, MISC
Rumors and conjecture will only get you so far, particularly when we’re talking about the stratosphere of supercardom where speculation can disappear back into the ether from whence it came as quickly as it emerged in the first place. What we need to really anticipate the arrival of a new record-breaking...
April 23rd, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance
We’ve already seen the production-ready 2013 SRT Viper. In fact, we named it Best In Show after it officially debuted at the 2012 New York Auto Show earlier this month. But what we haven’t seen is the full color palette that will be offered, and our spy photographers recently caught a Viper prototype out...
April 20th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Hatchback, BMW, Luxury
Remember the rumors of BMW working on a hot 1 Series hatch just below the 1 Series M? The evidence trail was so faint that we called it “the most speculative sort of specualtion” when we posted on it six months ago. The trail and the car just got a lot hotter now that the very three-door...
April 20th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Design/Style
We like the small Fiat 500 a lot, but we’re not so fond of the upsized version Fiat is planning. When the five-door 500L debuted at Geneva, calling it homely was being generous, indeed. We can’t deny the logic in offering a more family friendly 500, however. But a size-large seven-seater? This quite literally...
April 18th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Mini
Want a hot little hatchback? You could do a lot worse than a Mini. But as with many cars, your budget will determine how much speed you get: Cooper, Cooper S, JCW or – with the first-gen model, anyway – the top-of-the-line John Cooper Works GP.
Introduced just before Mini launched the second-generation...
April 18th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Ferrari
The arrival of any new Ferrari is bound to be anticipated eagerly by legions of fans around the world, but few more keenly than the successor to the famed Enzo.
Following in a line that dates back to the 288 GTO, through the F40, the F50 and most recently the Enzo, the new top-of-the-line hypercar...
April 17th, 2012 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Wagon, Europe, Audi
When a company like Audi debuts a new model line, enthusiasts know it brings with it the promise of a high-performance muscle-beast to follow. And so is the case with the A6 leading to the RS6.
The first RS6 packed a twin-turbo V8 good for 444 horsepower, and the second-generation model had a 571-horse...