Say goodbye to the Smart city car in the United States and Canada. The little two-seater will end its markets at the end of this year, according to a report from TechCrunch. A spokesperson for Smart/Mercedes-Benz operations in North America confirmed the action to Motor1.com in the following statement. "After much careful consideration, Smart will
Historic British performance marque Lister has given a glimpse at the design of a successor to its Storm supercar. The design looks to maintain the stubby, wedge-shaped silhouette of the original Storm, so as earlier car's split front fascia. There also appears to be central stabilizerfin. There are no further details but Lister in 2014 said it
Last week, the pickup truck division of Polish tuner Carlex Design presented a wild visual upgrade for Mercedes-Benz X-Classpickup. Now Brabus, which specializes in tuning Mercedes products and has close links with the automaker, has revealed its first take on the mid-size pickup. The changes are little. Brabus is only warming up. Among the changes is a
Audi presented the new designe of A7 in all its five-door coupe/fastback sedan glory. Packing the same semi-autonomous driving technology and infotainment system as the recently revealed A8 flagship sedan, the A7 looks ready to take on competitors like the Mercedes-Benz CLS and BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. It certainly has a sleeker look than the A8, but how does the A7’s new
When Ford finally revealed the new-generation Fiesta ST back in February, we were ecstatic. Well, I was ecstatic, because I owned a Fiesta ST and loved it to death. According to this latest report, it seems the new generation Fiesta ST—and any other version of the new Fiesta, for that matter—will not be coming to America. It's a dark
At the Shanghai auto show, Audi revealed a concept that previews a coupe-like SUV bound for production in 2019, Audi e-tron Sportback. It’s not just a design concept. The Audi e-tron Sportback concept features an electric drive system that will be adopted in future all-wheel-drive models from the automaker. One electric motor on the front
America's Subaru is planning a plug-in hybrid version of the Crosstrek subcompact crossover. Friday the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid will be the producer's first plug-in hybrid. The company designed global platform that underpins the Crosstrek to accommodate a plug-in hybrid. The platform's flexible design allows for gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric drivetrains. The plug-in hybrid can
An all-new Nissan Altima will go on sale later this year as a 2019 model after Nissan takes the wraps off the newest sedan in its lineup at the New York auto show at the end of March. The 2019 Altima will replace the fifth-gen model that has been on sale since 2012. Nissan renews its family four-door following a redesign
The Kia Niro is already on sale in standard hybrid and plug-in hybrid forms but it will take the stage as a full EV at CES 2018. Kia will preview a Niro EV concept at the show next week, and it's showing us these teaser photos in the meantime. We can see a new face/lighting scheme is being applied to the concept; this
There's too many holes in Hyundai's crossover lineup, and it will spend the next few years remedying this situation. By 2020, Hyundai Motor America will launch eight new or redesigned crossovers in the U.S. These crossovers will cover everything from an A-segment entry to an eight-passenger midsize model. The first new crossover will be the subcompact
