Cars & Concepts
The next-generation Lexus ES sedan, which debuts at the Beijing auto show next week, will feature a more stylized body with a prominent version of the brand's polarizing spindle grille.
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The relatively low-volume Avalon and Corolla hatchback offer a preview of stablemates that are more critical for Toyota North America: the reworked Lexus ES, which will debut this week in Beijing, and the coming Corolla sedan.
Infiniti has turned its aging QX50 into a true competitor in the compact premium crossover space, with an advanced engine, new safety technologies and an attractive sticker.
A look at the new Infiniti QX50 and its crossover competitors.
The first diesel F-150 will get 30 mpg highway, 22 mpg city and 25 mpg combined, according to EPA estimates, making it the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup when it hits showrooms in May.
The first vehicle announced under General Motors' ambitious effort to introduce at least 20 electric or fuel cell vehicles by 2023 will be the Buick Velite 6 for China.
For the first time in more than a century, Ford will offer a vehicle in the U.S. with an engine that can run on two cylinders.
The new Focus compact that rolled out in London and China last week debuts Ford's global version of Volkswagen's much acclaimed MQB modular architecture, a central element of Ford's stated aim to achieve $4 billion in engineering efficiencies over the next five years.
When global automakers descend on Beijing next week for Auto China, they will be focused on two white-hot vehicle segments: crossovers and EVs.
The competition to build the world's fastest road-legal car is something of a friendly rivalry among Bugatti, Koenigsegg and Hennessey Special Vehicles -- but a rivalry nonetheless.
Bentley and Range Rover are getting some competition from a new rival with a familiar name. Automobili Pininfarina will be a stand-alone, Europe-based brand specializing in electric SUVs.
Mercedes is developing a battery-powered sedan about the size of its S class, dubbed the EQ S, which will challenge Tesla's Model S for high-end electric-car buyers.
Tesla is targeting November 2019 as the start of production for the Model Y small crossover, with output in China to begin two years later, two sources told Reuters this week.
The battery powered I-Pace coming this fall could finally be the vehicle that changes everything in the U.S. market for Jaguar.
With profits from pickups more important than ever as sales of cars fade, Chevrolet is making sure one of its biggest cash cows won't ever get old. The brand said the next-generation Silverado HD will debut next year as a 2020 model.
Ford revamped the Focus compact to put more emphasis on semi-autonomous technology and sporty exterior styling. A longer wheelbase created a bigger cabin though overall exterior dimensions are the same.
Pininfarina is joining with Hong Kong's Hybrid Kinetic Group to develop "clean energy vehicles," and if the H500 sedan concept looks like a hopeful Tesla rival, that's because it is.
Jaguar has another street-minded crossover in the works, one with the Porsche Cayenne in its sights, according to a new report.
Chevrolet is expanding the availability of its popular 1LE track package and 10-speed transmission as part of a refresh of the Camaro for the 2019 model year.
