The Honda GEAR Is The Subcompact Honda Has To Build

This year's Detroit Auto Show was all about Acuras instead of the core brand, but the Japanese clearly didn't want to leave North America without giving us a new Honda. They choose the Montreal International Auto Show for their premier, so go ahead and blame Canada for getting the first peek at a future we hope Honda embraces.

Designed by Honda's Advanced Design Studio in downtown Los Angeles, the GEAR Concept is a subcompact hatchback aimed at the fashion conscious Gen-Y costumers. Appereantly, it was inspired by fixed-gear bicycles. While I can't see the resemblance, the intentions are clear: Honda wants to give the world a trendy, customizable city car that also keeps being practical and most importantly, affordable for young people. We hope they plan on keeping the Pagani-style quad exhausts as well.

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New Corvette convertible images leaked

Pictures claimed to be of the next-generation Chevolet Corvette Stingray convertible have appeared days after the coupe premiered at the Detroit motor show.

The unofficial pictures show that, with the hood down, the only visible differences between the bodystyles is that the cabrio loses the full width rear spoiler, and it appears to have smaller wheels.

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Fiat-Chrysler CEO Marchionne Uses Racial Slur for New Alfa Romeo Engine

Alfa Romeo’s return to the U.S. market, which is supposed to revive the historic Italian brand that’s currently on life support, has been announced more times than we can recall, only to be postponed time and time again.

In our 2013 NAIAS review we wrote that, compared to GM and Ford, not to mention foreign carmakers, the Fiat-Chrysler Group presence was underwhelming and we were wondering where Alfa Romeo was.

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Tour the 2013 Detroit Auto Show through a Super Gallery of 400+ Photos

The 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit won't open for the public until Saturday, January 19, (January 16-17 is the industry preview, and January 18, the charity preview) but if you’ve been following our coverage of event, you should know most things you need to know.

While no one was surprised by Detroit’s big three choosing their hometown to launch their new production and concept cars, this year’s show also had major world premieres from Asian and European automakers, too.

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2014 Corvette Stingray Video Roundup: Engine Startup, Press Kit Unboxing and Digital Gauge

The flow of information regarding the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray continues with a trio of videos that show some new aspects of the car itself as well as General Motors' promotional efforts targeting the press.

We'll begin our sightseeing with a clip that comes to us courtesy of the crew over at GMAuthority who placed a microphone up, close and personal to the display model's buttocks at the Detroit motor show as GM fired up the 450-horsepower V8 engine.

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Fiat 500 Abarth Tenebra and 500 Cativa Concepts on Display in Detroit [Live Photos]

It may not be a standalone brand yet, as reports have suggested, but the 500 family is nevertheless expanding rapidly with five-door minivan and crossover offsoots.

That’s not to say that Chrysler’s Italian partner has left the standard, three-door 500 alone: after introducing the 160HP 500C Abarth and the all-electric 500e at LA last November, today it unveiled two design concepts at the 2013 North American International Auto Show.

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First Photos of the Updated Acura NSX Concept II?

A Chinese website has dropped a pair of pictures of what is claimed to be the latest Acura NSX Concept, which the Japanese carmaker has already confirmed for the Detroit Auto Show.

Acura itself has described the car as "the next evolution of the NSX Concept". While we can't see any differences on the outside compared to the original study displayed at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, there's a picture of the interior, which was not shown previously.

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Take a Walk Around the New Corvette Stingray via a Photo Gallery and Videos from the Detroit Show

If our own stats are anything to go by, the new Corvette Stingray is the undisputed star of the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, so given your interest in the seventh incarnation of GM's flagship sports car, we prepared an extensive photo gallery along with videos from Chevrolet's booth.

In the first clip, Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter walks us around the new 'Vette and briefs us on the key highlights of the car, while we also have footage from the presentation and a short interview with GM North America president Mark Reuss, the latter courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.

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New BMW 4-Series Coupe Concept in the Flesh from the Detroit Auto Show

Beginning from next year, BMW fans will have to get used to calling the new coupe version of the 3-Series the 4-Series, with the Bavarian carmaker previewing the production model through a very thinly disguised concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The concept features a slightly longer wheelbase, wider stance and considerably lower roofline than the current 3-Series Coupe.

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Color Me White: Tesla Displays Slightly Updated Model X Prototype at Detroit Motor Show

Tesla’s second model after the Model S all-electric saloon will be the Model X crossover, which was on display at the automaker’s stand at the Detroit Motor Show.

Although we’ll have to wait for the automaker’s press conference to find out more about the seven-seater electric SUV that's based on the chassis and running gear of the Model S, the only visible exterior difference to the prototype that was launched last year is the white, instead of silver, paint and the alloy wheels’ design.

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This 2014 Corvette Stingray Can be Yours Virtually For Free

If you had any doubts that GM is attempting to make future buyers of its all-new Corvette Stingray feel younger in one by adapting the car's styling as well as its own marketing efforts to reach the PlayStation and Nissan GT-R generation of youths, look no further than to its connection with the Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) racing game.

After offering GT5 users the chance to drive a camouflaged prototype of the new Corvette C7, a challenge that more than 500,000 people accepted since last November, Chevrolet and Polyphony Digital Inc., the developers of the racing game franchise, are now making the production model available for download.

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Cadillac ATS, RAM 1500 Win 2013 North American Car & Truck/Utility of the Year Awards

A panel of 49 motoring journalists has chosen the Cadillac ATS and Chrysler’s RAM 1500 as the 2013 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year respectively, with the results being announced during the opening day of the 25th Detroit Motor Show.

Cadillac’s new compact luxury sedan beat the Honda Accord and Ford Fusion, the two other finalists selected by the jury in the car category after eliminating eight other rivals that included the BMW 3-Series, the Dodge Dart and the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ.

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New Volkswagen CrossBlue 6/7-Seater SUV Concept in More Detail [Updated]

A fresh set of images and additional details, including the name of VW's new Detroit motor show-bound CrossBlue SUV Concept, surfaced on the internet today.

Volkswagen developed the CrossBlue specifically for the U.S. and Canada to preview an upcoming model designed to slot between the smaller Tiguan and the more luxurious and pricier Touareg SUVs.

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Jeep Upgrades 2014 Compass and Patriot Models with 6-Speed Auto

Making their world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit alongside the refreshed 2014 Grand Cherokee are two more Jeep models, the 2014 Compass and Patriot.

Both Jeeps gain a new six-speed automatic transmission that will be available either as standard on certain Latitude and Limited models or optional on the Sport.

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First Official Photos of Cadillac's New ELR Extended-Range Hybrid Coupe

The countdown for the presentation of the new Cadillac ELR at the Detroit auto show (January 14 to 27) begins with a fresh set of pictures that afford us our first unobstructed view of the GM's upmarket extended range hybrid coupe.

The new images show some exterior details of the car as well as of the sharply styled interior that keeps in line with other products from Cadillac.

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Fiat 500 Abarth Tenebra and 500 Cativa Concepts on Display at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show

It may not be a standalone brand yet, as reports have suggested, but the 500 family is nevertheless expanding rapidly with five-door minivan and crossover offsoots.

That’s not to say that Chrysler’s Italian partner has left the standard, three-door 500 alone: after introducing the 160HP 500C Abarth and the all-electric 500e at LA last November, today it unveiled two design concepts at the 2013 North American International Auto Show.

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2014 Corvette C7: First Official Photos, Watch the Live Reveal

The wait is finally over and you can say hello to the first official photos of the most anticipated world premiere at this year's edition of the Detroit auto show, courtesy of the forum members over at VWVortex.

The new, seventh generation of the Chevrolet Corvette will be presented during a special event today at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST), with the full details and imagery to be released immediately after.

You can watch the presentation from the live video stream right after the break and as always, voice your thoughts in the comments below.

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Actor Danny Glover Joins Activists in Protesting Against Nissan at the Detroit Show

He might be 66 years old but, apparently, he ain’t "too old for this s**t". Actor Danny Glover will join community leaders from the state of Mississippi who will come to Detroit on Monday, January 14, the opening press day at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, to protest against Nissan.

The actor, who is also an activist since attending university, and the rest of the protesters are renouncing the Japanese carmaker’s treatment of its workers at its Canton Vehicle Assembly plant as “unfair”.

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GM Wants New Corvette to be More than a Car for "Successful Plumbers", be a Poster on Kids' Walls

Even though it started as a young American’s dream car, somewhere along the way in its 60-year old history, the Corvette lost its edge and fell behind rivals.

GM execs agree with analysts such as Edmunds’ Jessica Caldwell who say that the ‘Vette is thought today as “an old man’s car”: the data show that last year, through October, around 46 percent of Corvette buyers were 55 years or older compared with just 22 percent of Audi R8 and 30 percent of Porsche 911 clients.

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Quiz: Can You Guess the Detroit Motor Show World Premiere Seen in this Picture?

As noted by Andrew in his posting about the Corvette C7, there's no such thing as a secret between two people…unless one of them is lying six feet under the ground. ]

The latest leak comes to us from automotive spy photographer Chris Doane who just posted this image on his Facebook page.

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