2010 Beijing: BMW jumps on oxymoronic four-door coupé bandwagon

[svgallery name=”2010_BMW_Gran_Coupe_Concept”] By John LeBlanc BEIJING – In addition to a stretched wheelbase version of the 5 Series for the Chinese market, BMW debuted its Concept Gran Coupé, er, concept car here at Auto China 2010. If you haven’t guessed already, it’s a near-production version of Concept CS show car that was shown at the […]

2010 Beijing: Mercedes stuns with future CLS five-door

By John LeBlanc BEIJING – Alternating between the two major Chinese cities each April, it’s Beijing’s turn this year to host China’s annual international show. And so far during day One of two days of media presentations, the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break concept looks to be the stunner of the show. With its fifth door, […]

2010 New York: Concepts

Conceptually lacking After shows in Detroit, Chicago, and Geneva, the Big Apple shindig had little excitement for those looking for the future of the car By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – Maybe it’s a sign of smaller development budgets in today’s still struggling auto industry. But the word “fresh” is hardly the word to describe […]

2010 New York: Subaru widens (literally) its WRX range

[svgallery name=”2011_Subaru_WRX_Sti”] By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – Before this week’s New York auto show, Subaru had already announced that the 2011 WRX would adopt its big brother WRX STI’s wide body styling. But the Japanese automaker surprised the assembled media here with a first time ever four-door sedan version of its former hatchback-only top-line […]

2010 New York: Big and small Nissan UVs arrive

[svgallery name=”2011_Nissan_Juke”] By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – During the first media day at this year’s New York auto show, Nissan unveiled two new utility vehicles at polar opposites of the Japanese automaker’s lineup.

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