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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 |

Yesterday, it was an interior photo of a mysteryNew York Auto Show world premiere; today, the spies at Chris Doane Automotive shared a second cropped picture of an unrelated new vehicle, which they say, was forwarded to their email without any further details.

It's hard to tell from this angle, but if we were to make a wild guess, we'd say it could be a new model from a Japanese carmaker, possibly from Toyota or its youth-orientated Scion brand and in particular, the redesigned 2014 tC sports coupe, which is pegged for a New York Auto Show debut.

What do you think? Tell us in the comments section right after the virtual break.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 |

The 2013 edition of the New York Auto Showmay have just opened its doors to the press this morning, but we're still receiving teasers of brand new or redesigned models that will receive their world premieres over the next 48 hours at the Jacobs Javits center.One of the most teased models of the show is the facelifted 2014 Dodge Durango, of which we get to see a few more details through a new set of photos shot from different angles.
The model seen here is the sportier Durango R/T, which like the rest of the range of the three-row SUV, features a restyled front end highlighted by the LED-trimmed headlamps and a similar suite of changes at the back with full width "racetrack" style LED taillights.
With all the teaser stories we've shared with you, you're probably already aware of the rest of the changes, but to recap, the 2014 model will also get a restyled interior and an 8-speed automatic transmission.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013 |

Despite having pulled out of the US market, due to poor sales, Suzuki is still looking to expand its operation elsewhere. Now, they are aiming to boost their sales in China, with a new C-segment sedan designed to appeal specifically for buyers from the People's Republic. It's called the "Authentics" concept.

Described as "Sporty x Elegant", it has a long wheelbase and a sleek low profile, but aside from that, it's really hard to tell anything else from the dark teaser photos which the manufacturer released to tease it.

We will know more once the concept makes its official debut at the 2013 Shanghai motor show, which takes place between 20 – 29 April.

To us, this looks like a rethink of the the not-so-successful Kizashi, which will first try and impress the Chinese automotive market, and then perhaps be sent elsewhere around the world. Suzuki has not specified if this is a replacement for the Kizashi, or if the production car it will spawn will be sold outside the country. All will be revealed towards the end of April.

By Andrei Nedelea

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MONDAY, APRIL 08, 2013 |

Bugatti has just released a "teaser" for an upcoming model, but we have absolutely no clue as to what it will be. That is down, in part, to them deliberately being ambiguous with the information they share, and in part to the fact that, the teaser they showed features a set of blue hangar doors, with light protruding through the gap – that's all. So, what is it?

The rumored replacement for the ageing Veyron, or another variant of the current car, but with more power, designed to take back the crown as world's fastest car?

Now, when we say ambiguous, we really mean it, because all they were willing to share was that "it's almost time" to reveal their "latest example of exceptional Bugatti performance" – whatever that means. If it is the 460 km/h (288 mph) all-new Veyron with around 1,600 hp, we are extremely eager to see what they have come up with, but if it's another over-the-top paint job and subtle makeover for the present-day model, the interest level goes down considerably. Sure, it will undoubtedly be cool and may even get more power, but it's still the same shape we've been used to since 2005.

Bugatti is expected to reveal more within the next few days, so keep a close eye on the site, because we'll be posting new information on this as soon as we get our hands on it.

By Andrei Nedelea

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MONDAY, APRIL 08, 2013 |

In yet another teaser that doesn’t let us see (almost) anything, Maserati announced that it will release the first pictures of its all-new Ghibli sports sedan on April 10, 2013, ten days before the world premiere at the Shanghai Auto Show. The video teaser shows black and white footage from the photo studio where we can see the silhouette of a car in the background. However, apart from the Maserati grille, there’s no other clue to help us imagine how the car looks like.

However, the safest bet is to combine the new Quattroporte’s looks with the car's proportions from the spy photos we posted last month. If that doesn’t help, just think that there’s only two days left before Maserati reveals the car on the ghibli.maserati.com website.

Maserati bets on the Ghibli to gain market share in the upper levels of the popular executive sedan category, where it has to fight against the top-of-the-range BMW 5-Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Cadillac CTS, and maybe even the BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe and Mercedes-Benz CLS models.

The car will ride on a shortened version of the new Quattroporte’s platform measuring around 4.8 to 4.9 meters long, and will likely be offered with a similar range of turbocharged V6 and V8 gasoline engines, and possibly a diesel unit as well in the near future.

By Dan Mihalascu

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