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VIDEO: The answer to how Honda will market the Accord Crosstour? Animated jazz

We're not so sure about the Honda Accord Crosstour. It's definitely a Honda, so at least from a marketer's perspective, that''s a big plus, but the big crossover/hatchback//wagon/thing isn't exactly what we'd call pretty, and worse, it isn't even as functional as its competitors. We're not alone in our criticism of Honda's latest, as the Japanese automaker has heard more than its fair share of Crosstour complaints on the Internets. Like it or loathe it, though, the Crosstour is upon us, and Honda dealers need to sell it. We were curious as ... Read more →

VIDEO: Citroën using cool interactive "augmented reality" tech to pitch new DS3 Jonathon Ramsey

Citroën is using the latest in video technology to promote its newest compact, the DS3. First, you go to Citroën's augmented reality website and print out the interactive pages. Then, ...

Frankfurt 2009: Kia c'eed spiffs up basic transportation Jonathon Ramsey

The Kia c'eed has come in for a voluminous number of changes, all of which are explained in the massively massive press release after the jump. The short of it is a restyled exterior, new ...

Renault unveils updated Clio Renaultsport 200 hot hatch Noah Joseph

200. That's a mighty big number for such a tiny car, but it's the horsepower figure that Renaultsport's latest hot hatch packs beneath its bonnet. And while it may be only three measley horses more ...

Chevrolet Cruze could spawn hatch and wagon variants Damon Lavrinc

The Chevrolet Cruze may be delayed, but that doesn't mean that more variants of the Cobalt/Lacetti replacement aren't on the drawing board. In addition to the standard four-door model that Chevrolet ...

BMW 5-series hatch cometh 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view a high-res version courtesy of AutoExpress. According to AutoExpress, the next generation BMW 5-series will be offered as a hatchback, along with its standard sedan and wagon counterparts. The Brit pub supposedly has it on good authority that the new hatch design will be similar ...

Hot new hatch in Italian = Lancia Delta 1 year ago on Autoblog

The new Lancia Delta has been spotted at a photo shoot, and this blogger thinks it's a mighty find looking car. The production version of the Lancia Delta HPE Concept that debuted at the 2006 Paris Auto Show, was apparently considered a disappointment, and the lines haven't really changed. The car ...

Skoda's Twindoor: An innovative all-in-one trunk and liftback 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of the new Superb's Twindoor system Czech automaker Skoda unveiled its new 2009 Skoda Superb (based on parent company VW's Passat) at the Geneva Auto Show this week. It's a great-looking car that represents an excellent execution of the platform, but that's not what makes ...

Go Rally! - Citroen rolls out the C2-R2 Max 1 year ago on Autoblog

If your inner rally driver lusts for something different than the run of the mill Subaru or Mitsubishi, there's a tasty new Gallic morsel to spice things up. Citroen is taking their C2 to the FIA Junior World Rally Championship this year, and the C2-R2 Max Rally kit is their ticket to homologation. ...

Alfa Romeo 'Junior' teaser images leaked 1 year ago on Autoblog

Before its highly-anticipated unveiling at the Geneva show in March, Alfa Romeo has been leaking mere glimpses at its upcoming entry-level hatchback. Tentatively known as the "Junior" after Alfa scrapped its own online naming contest, the hatchback is based on sister company Fiat's Grande Punto ...

Ford Fiesta and Focus ST get more power 1 year ago on Autoblog

While Ford keeps on cranking out newer, faster versions of the Mustang for American customers, Ford of Europe is preparing new packages for the Fiesta ST and Focus ST hot-hatches to do the same thing. The £950 package for the diminutive Fiesta ST pushes power up to 185 hp from its 2-liter ...

Euro-only Toyota Auris gains sporty SR180 model 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for high resolution gallery of the Toyota Auris SR180 The bucket of parts that makes up the Toyota Corolla also gives life to several other vehicles worldwide. In the UK and other parts of the world, they get the Auris, a three- or five-door hatch-type-thing. While Toyotas in the United ...

Celebrity Upskirt: Alfa Junior caught unawares 1 year ago on Autoblog

Overseas customers anxiously awaiting the upcoming entry-level model from Alfa Romeo have a little teaser to hold them over. The replacement for the three-door version of the long-in-the-tooth Alfa 147 is expected to debut at the Geneva show this coming March, but this is the first time we've ...

Review: 2008 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport 2 years ago on Autoblog

The standard new generation evolution usually goes like this: bigger, roomier, longer, wider. For some models, it's not such a big deal to go fiddling with the specs, on certain cars it's even a welcome improvement. Subaru, however, has a conundrum on their hands when they go messing with the ...

Online voters name upcoming Alfa hatch "Furiosa" 2 years ago on Autoblog

Furiosa. That's what the new hatchback from Alfa Romeo will be called, by virtue of an international competition to choose the car's name. The Italian automaker is getting farther away from the Alfa-numeric (pun intended) nomenclature and giving its models more emotive nameplates instead. The web ...

Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sport Coupe never really caught on here in the US, and it was ultimately dumped from the automaker's Stateside lineup. It has lived on in Europe, however, and it will be updated to bring it closer in appearance to the all-new W204 C-Class sedan. The ...

New York Auto Show: 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX takes the stage 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Video of the WRX live reveal added after the jump click the above image to view over 100 high-res shots of the 2008 Subaru Impreza var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/2008_Subaru_Impreza_WRX_live_unveiling_VIDEO_PICS'; In what was surely one of the most anticipated debuts here at ...

New York Auto Show: Subaru's bigger Impreza makes its impression upon NYC [VIDEO] 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Video of the live reveal added after the jump! click above image to view 90 high-res shots of the 2008 Subaru Impreza var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/2008_Subaru_Impreza_live_reveal_in_NYC_VIDEO'; After running a few executives across the podium at its press intro, Subaru ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Ford Fiesta test mule 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Ford Fiesta name might not raise a lot of excitement in the American market, conjuring up as it does images of pathetically underpowered golf karts that pale next to other Ford products sold here like the Mustang and F-Series trucks. But in Europe, the Fiesta is one of Ford's top-selling cars. ...

Peugeot preps peppy 207 RC for Geneva 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above for all our high-resolution image gallery. Peugeot will drop its latest hot hatch on us at Geneva next month with the debut of the 207 RC. After bringing you the skinny on the peppy little hatchback last month with early leaked photos, parent company PSA has been nice ...

Peugeot leaks the 207 RC 2 years ago on Autoblog

Those European hot hatches just keep on comin'. Following the unveiling of the new Opel/Vauxhall Corsa OPC/VXR and reports on the upcoming Fiat Punto Abarth turbo comes the latest assault on the Renaultsport Clio 197, the Peugeot 207 RC. Parent company PSA evidently snuck the RC under the radar in ...

MINI Mods: John Cooper Works package for new MINI 3 years ago on Autoblog

John Cooper Works is the British tuning garage that created the original '61 Mini Cooper as a sportier version of the base model. So when BMW revived the MINI, they turned to the same garage, now headed by the founder's son Mike, to create a hotter new MINI. And with the release of the newer new ...

Paris Motor Show: Renault Mgane F1 Team R26 3 years ago on Autoblog

While Renault grabbed our attention at the Paris Motor Show with such exciting concepts as the Nepta gull-wing cabrio, Twingo supermini and Koleos crossover, they also revealed a new suped-up version of their ageing hatchback: the Mégane F1 Team R26. The R26 takes its name and inspiration ...

Paris Motor Show: Volvo C30 live and press shots 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo just took the wraps off the C30 hatch and it's pretty much exactly like the car we've been showing you for the past several months. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Smaller than the S40, the Mazda3-based hatch puts out 218 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque with the top option turbocharged ...

Driving off the fairway: VW CrossGolf 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge Volkswagen's popular Golf keeps inching closer and closer to the Tiguan SUV it will spawn. VW has taken the wraps off its latest soft-roader: the Golf Plus Cross (a.k.a. CrossGolf), which adds to the embiggened Golf Plus with raised suspension and revised trim, similar to the ...

Toyota names Corolla-based hatch the "Auris" 3 years ago on Autoblog

Hatchback, Toyota hath named thee, and thy name is Auris. Based on the Corolla sedan and placed up-market from the sprightly Yaris, the Auris five-door hatch features design elements similar to its kid brother, particularly around the front end with its the bulbous hood, oversized headlamps and ...

Honda's Tetris-tastic Jazz/Fit commercial 3 years ago on Autoblog

Who could forget Tetris, that most addictive and iconic of video games. Honda calls on our nostalgia with this ad for its European-market Jazz (which debuted at Detroit as the Fit for the North American market). The jazzy TV spot shows how much you can fit in the versatile 5-door Honda hatch. ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX hatch 3 years ago on Autoblog

First spy shots of the upcoming Subaru Impreza hatchback are hitting the 'net. Snapped under disguise while undergoing testing in California, you can begin to see the shape the new Impreza will take. As we reported earlier, the next Impreza's front facia will take yet another new styling direction, ...

Volvo C30 experiences premature release 3 years ago on Autoblog

We brought you the first official image of Volvo’s C30 concept a couple of days ago, and now our brothers in arms over at Autoblog Spanish have found a couple of additional images at a Swedish online news magazine called Dagens Nyheter. The C30 was supposed to be officially unveiled January ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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