Spy Shots: Fiat 500 Abarth SS 1 year ago on Autoblog

Fiat is set to debut the high performance version of its fashionable 500 -- possibly in October at the Paris Motor Show -- and spy shots have revealed that development is well underway. If fans of the retro-mobile were let down by the Abarth model's relatively puny 133-horsepower and ...

Spy Shots: Porsche Panamera still ugly 1 year ago on Autoblog

More spy shots of the Porsche Panamera have emerged, and in addition to wearing almost no camo, it is missing one other thing: any hint of beauty, anywhere. In fact, we can now definitively say that Porsche has one of the world's greatest ever surprises up its sleeve: the company either has a ...

Spy Shots: Audi RS5 spied undisguised in Death Valley 1 year ago on Autoblog

With the high-strung Audi RS5 looming large on the horizon, an entirely undisguised test mule has been spotted undergoing hot-weather testing in the infamous Death Valley in the southeastern United States. Picking up where the S5 left off, the test mule is wearing a new, more aggressive front end, ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Mazda3 1 year ago on Autoblog

New spy shots of the refreshed Mazda3 have surfaced, lending credence to the future-Mazda images we've seen oozing out of places like an EU harmonization office, and a Japanese toymaker. It looks like the doors remain largely unchanged, with the nose and tail receiving the bulk of the work. The ...

Spy Shots: 2009 Honda City? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Honda is set to release the fourth-generation of its City subcompact and these newest spy shots show that development is well underway. The previous generation had been based on the Honda Jazz, known in the U.S. as the Fit, but the new model moves away from that platform and grows slightly larger in ...

Spy Shots: Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder 1 year ago on Autoblog

Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule in a lot somewhere in Modena. An eagle-eyed tourist snapped off a handful of pics showing the two-piece roof and articulating trunk in its earliest stages of ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Lincoln MKT 1 year ago on Autoblog

Only a few days after Ford officially confirmed that the seven-seat crossover everyone already knew was coming was indeed coming, a preproduction mule of the Lincoln MKT has been spotted in the wild. Ford promised that the MKT would look nothing like its Ford Flex sibling, and a quick glance at ...

Spy Shots: Nissan 370Z shows off its redesigned rump 1 year ago on Autoblog

A forum member at VWVortex caught a mildly disguised Nissan 370Z on the freeway, and the two shots give us clearer glimpse of what to expect when the new Z debuts in Los Angeles this November. It's been widely reported that the 2010 370Z will be shortened by four inches and will ride on a slightly ...

Spied & Rendered: Alfa Romeo 149 1 year ago on Autoblog

As Alfa Romeo prepares to launch its next all-new model, dubbed the 149, test mules have been spotted, details have come into focus and speculations have been rendered. The five-door hatchback will join the MiTo in replacing the aging 147. Sources suggest that the 149 moniker could be dropped ...

Spy Shots: Hyundai's Pacifica-like Portico crossover 1 year ago on Autoblog

The market for oversize and jacked-up minivans parading as crossovers hasn't exactly set the world on fire, as Chrysler's Pacifica and Mercedes-Benz R-Class have ably proven. Still, Hyundai is set to throw its hat into the ring with the upcoming Portico, which is based on the concept vehicle from ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Mercury Milan is up next 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Mercury Milan spy shots It seems like the Mercury Milan's lot in life is to follow the Ford Fusion, go wherever the Fusion goes and do whatever the Fusion does. Thus it's no surprise that when spy photographers happened upon prototypes of the 2010 Ford ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Fusion snapped! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Ford Fusion spy shots Our spy photographers have caught the 2010 Ford Fusion wearing nothing but an ugly paint job, which means we get a crystal clear view at what Ford has in store for its midsize sedan. While things between the wheel wells appear to ...

Mitsubishi Colt to get Lancer's shark-nose for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

Following the market debut of the new Lancer and EVO, Mitsubishi appears to be preparing a mid-cycle facelift for its junior Colt hatchback that's sold in Japan and Europe. The photos, which were snapped at an apparent promotional photo-shoot in Berlin, Germany, indicate that the Colt will get the ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Cadillac SRX caught in full glory 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Cadillac SRX spy shots Our inside sources tell us Cadillac is very close to officially debuting its 2010 SRX crossover, but they can take their sweet time now that we have these new spy shots of the Wreath and Crest CUV in nothing but some checkered tape. ...

Infiniti G37S spotted prior to Pebble Beach 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Infiniti G37S This weekend is of course the big Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey, California, and a number of automakers will be on hand to debut vehicles there. Infiniti is one of them and will be showing off a few new models on the greens of ...

EU patent office leaks 2009 Mazda MX-5 facelift 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click to view more renderings of the 2009 Mazda MX-5 Automakers go to great lengths to keep their upcoming products secret, but sometimes leaks are out of their control. Case in point, the recent leak of the upcoming redesign of the Mazda3 and now a facelift for the Mazda MX-5/Miata. With the ...

Spy Shots: Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 Roadster... seriously 1 year ago on Autoblog

They have got to be kidding. Another SLR derivative? Before the Mercedes-McLaren supercar speeds off into the horizon, it will have spawned no less than six different versions - including the original coupe, the Roadster, 722, 722 GT, the upcoming "Speedster", and this latest variant - if the latest ...

First spy shots of Audi R8 Targa surface 1 year ago on Autoblog

After more than a year of speculation, and even a leaked sketch, we finally have our first spy shots confirming that Audi is developing an open-air version of its R8 supercar. And just to sweeten the deal, the test mule spied is all but completely undisguised. While nomenclature has yet to be ...

Spy Shots: Cadillac CTS coupe caught with minimal camo 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for new high-res gallery of Cadillac CTS Coupe spy shots Past spy shots of the upcoming Cadillac CTS Coupe have shown the prototype wearing baggy pants on its butt that obscured exactly how much of the CTS Coupe Concept's rotund rear end would make it to production. These new shots from ...

Ferrari California spotted in... California, where else? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click for more of the Ferrari California in San Francisco This was bound to happen sooner or later, and sooner it is: still over a month before its official public unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in October, the new Ferrari California has been spotted in its element: the streets of San Francisco. ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Chevy Equinox 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Chevy Equinox. The stealthy lensmen at KGP have caught the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox making the rounds at General Motors' internal testing facility, and they've provided us with a better glimpse of Chevy's new crossover, beyond the low-res image that ...

2010 Mazda3 revealed by a toy? Not really, but kind of 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more renderings of the 2010 Mazda3 Sure, it has happened where a toy manufacturer accidentally reveals a new car, but we don't believe this is one of those times. These renderings of the redesigned 2010 Mazda3 were posted in a thread over on carspyshots.net under the auspice of ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Buick LaCrosse caught completely uncovered 1 year ago on Autoblog

Though the newish Buick Enclave has received plenty of accolades, it's the right vehicle at the wrong time for GM's smallest brand. The other two vehicles in Buick's lineup – the LaCrosse mid-size sedan and Lucerne large sedan – might better appeal to gas-conscious buyers than a large ...

Spy Shots: Opel Astra caught 1 year ago on Autoblog

Ja, Bjorn, tink dat's de new Astra? Shoor looks like it, Jan. Lutz will be asking you to kiss this thing when it comes out from under that checkerboard camo. The current Astra is good, and the new one promises to be better, with looks that aren't revolutionary, but nicely done nonetheless. We'll ...

2010 Pagani Zonda spied undisguised in America 1 year ago on Autoblog

Following the previous shot alongside the Mercedes SL65 Black test mule in Colorado, the developmental next-generation Pagani Zonda has shown up again in the lenses of spy photographers right here in the good old U.S. of A. The undisguised test mule of the upcoming AMG-powered supercar has sent the ...

Spy Shots: Chevy Beat finally hits the road 1 year ago on Autoblog

Testing of the Chevy Beat is officially underway, and our friends at NextAutos have procured the first set of spy shots. The camo'd mule is still sporting the short overhangs and upright silhouette of the concept, but GM decided to equip the squat city car with another set of doors to make ingress ...

Spy Shots: Azera-based Kia luxury sedan spotted 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of spy shots Our spy photographers from KGP caught another vehicle out testing in the desert recently, though this time it comes to us all the way from Korea instead of Japan. Kia is supposedly developing a new near-luxury sedan using the best bits of the Hyundai ...

Spy Shots: Acura's new sport crossover caught under cover of night 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of spy shots Honda/Acura engineers were recently caught testing a new sport crossover in the dead of night around the deserts of California, and while they came wielding flashlights to blind our spy photographer's lens, we got these pictures of what the luxury brand ...

Pre-pro Pontiac G8 GXP spotted in Australia 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more spy shots of the G8 GXP from G8 Nation Although we thoroughly enjoyed the fleeting time we spent with the Pontiac G8 GT, what whith its 361 horsepower and 385 pound-feet of torque and all, it's the upcoming GXP model that truly looks to catapult the Australian-bred sedan back ...

Fioravanti coachbuilt Ferrari F430 spied at Fiorano 1 year ago on Autoblog

The automotive web lit up this weekend with speculation over a mysterious Ferrari photographed running development laps around the Fiorano test track.. While some suggest this could be the successor to either the F430 or the Enzo, observers were confused by the complete lack of any apparent effort ...

Spy Shots: Chevy Cruze shows off its interior 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to enlarge We've got a bit of a wait ahead of us in the United States, but if this interior photo does indeed show the Chevy Cruze's passenger compartment, then maybe it'll be worth it. TheCaranatic.com doesn't tell the source of the image, the Daewoo logo on the wheel indicates that it ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Mercedes-Benz CLK 1 year ago on Autoblog

A Quarter Pounder with cheese isn't exactly Schupfnudeln and Kölsch, but some Mercedes-Benz engineers decided to slum it while putting the new CLK through hot weather testing. That stop at the Golden Arches put Stuttgart's camouflaged efforts under the scrutiny of the Automotive Traveler's long ...

Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz SLC gullwing supercar raises its door 1 year ago on Autoblog

The facts surrounding the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz SLC supercar are scarce, but one thing's for sure: gull-wing doors are part of the package. So far, we've only seen spy shots of the SLC wearing body panels pilfered from other M-B products, along with one Viper-clad mule. But these newest images ...

Spy Shots: Next-gen Prius gets caught testing 1 year ago on Autoblog

New spy photos of Toyota's next-gen Prius have surfaced on the web, and for the first time we're looking at an actual prototype rather than a mere mule built out of pieces and parts from the current-gen Prius. The new spy shots reveal that the 2010 Prius will indeed retain the current five-door ...

Renault Megane spied undisguised in America 1 year ago on Autoblog

While French authorities go after the journalists and photographers who obtained images of the new Renault Megane, an undisguised, production-ready example of the vehicle was spied undergoing testing right here in the good old US of A. The new Megane III was previewed by the Megane Coupe Concept ...

Spied-by-Side: Pagani Zonda and SL65 Black in Colorado 1 year ago on Autoblog

Eyebrows were raised when a photograph from the Rockies began circulating the interwebs. The rare shot shows a pair of delectable supercar test mules – the next-generation Pagani Zonda and the new Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series – undergoing testing side-by-side on public roads. Aside ...








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