With just a few days to go until British Motorshow in London, news and images are starting to leak out from the U.K, including this preview of the all-new Lotus 2+2. Known as “Project Eagle,” this mid-engined sports car is motivated by a Toyota-sourced 3.5-liter V-6 engine producing about 280 horsepower...

General Motors announced bold moves to drastically cut costs as the beleaguered automaker struggles amid the rapidly changing marketplace and union strikes. Through restructuring, cost-cutting, head-count reductions, and product plan shifts, GM aims to bolster its liquidity by $15 billion through 2009...

Among the redesigned cars quietly heading to a showroom near you is the larger, sleeker, and more refined 2009 Audi A4 sedan and Avant wagon. On the auto show circuit this year, the A4 blended in with the expanding portfolio of models, seeming lost beside the A5, Q5, TT, and numerous S models. However...

A sign of its commitment in China, Buick chose the 2008 Beijing Auto Show to unveil its Invicta concept car. This mid-sized sedan reveals the design direction for Buick’s next-generation vehicles for the United States and China, and the Invicta is expected to replace the LaCrosse later this year. The...

At the 2008 Beijing Auto Show, Audi took the wraps off the latest SUV to join its swelling ranks, the Q5. Slotting below the three-row Q7 in the range, the Q5 enters the luxury crossover vehicle market for 2009, boasting two inches in length and width over the popular BMW X3. It will be offered in the...

Mopar and the Mopar Underground team showcased their customized Jeeps and Dodge trucks project vehicles last month at Moab Jeep Safari 2008. Since 2002, the Mopar Underground design team has been customizing production vehicles, often to be shown at the massive Specialty Equipment Market Association...

One exciting effect of automotive design and concept vehicles is the chance for carmakers to completely reinvent themselves—especially good for those known mostly for building the most basic of transportation. Sure, we’d all love to own and drive an exotic at whim, but reality is that most of us need...

Known by car enthusiasts for its Mustang transformations and excessively gilled S7 supercar, Saleen has pulled the cover its latest potential high-performance model, the S5S Raptor. At the New York International Auto Show, Saleen revealed its brilliant, sharp-edged S5S Raptor, along with its Dan Gurney...

Scion proved its hip to be square with its original xB, being affordable, frugal, and urban chic. Nissan has been watching the success of that enthusiast-rallying box from afar, while offering its own successful take in Japan, the Cube. Over the past few years, the Cube has made token appearances at...

Looking for the next big thing, Scion unveiled its Hako Coupe concept at the New York International Auto Show last week. Taking its name from the Japanese word for box, the Hako recasts the xB with a blend of Japanese aesthetic and vintage American car design. It seems that just as American youths covet...