Auto Shows (Page 14)

It’s that time of year again. National Drive Electric Week is coming up (September 9-17). Around the nation, the EV and hybrid curious will meet with owners at events. Last year, we even gave away a weekend with a Chevy Volt! Where are you attending?

Lamborghini used the Monterey Car Week to unveil and display a unique trio of high-performance autos. The display was the first time that the trio, Aventador S, record-setting Huracan Performente and the Huracan Spyder, were shown together anywhere in the world.

Torque News has learned more details about the upcoming Volkswagen I.D. Buzz electric vehicle. Planned for 2022, the Buzz owes much of its design to the iconic Volkswagen Microbus that generations of hippies, surfer dudes and others loved back in the 1960. The update, though, has size advantages when compared to two popular vehicles, the Honda Odyssey and Ford Explorer.

Volkswagen has made it official. The I.D. BUZZ, which owes much of its look and feel to the iconic VW Microbus of the 1960s, will go into production and arrive in showrooms as a 2022 model.

BMW has done it again. They unveil another smokin’ hot concept and this time it’s the BMW Z4. Will it see production?

Monterey Car Week is a great place to introduce a hypercar like the Audi R8 V10 Spyder. It is Audi's fastest production convertible, hitting 60 in 3.3 seconds. The intro is planned at Friday's Quail, a Motorsports Gathering.

Porsche has announced that the next Rennsport reunion will be held in 2018 at Laguna Seca. This will be third consecutive West Coast outing that brings together spectators, classic and current Porsches, drivers and more. Previously, the reunion had been held every four years.

The Celebrity Hellcat Shootout at the 2017 Roadkill Nights by Dodge event near Detroit was punctuated due to hard rains late in the evening, but in settling for a split title, NHRA driver Matt Hagan and YouTube show host Tony Angelo each contributed $5,000 to their charities – while also making a couple good, strong runs in the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

A few weeks back we brought you the news that for the second year in a row, Dodge will sponsor legal street racing on Detroit’s Woodward Ave as part of the Roadkill Nights automotive festival and to help make this year the best ever, racers who want to participate have to fill out an application and be chosen by the Roadkill crew – and I think that it is a great move.

Ford Motor Company announced today that the Ford brand is the official presenting sponsor of the 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise – effectively replacing Chevrolet, which has been the title sponsor for the past 6 years.

Goodwood Speed Weeks to feature rollout of three Lamborghinis. Running the hill at Goodwood, the automaker will have the Centenario with its 2.8-second 0 to 62 time; the Huracan with its 740-horsepower V-10, and the Aventador S which features a unique engine note.

FCA announced today that for the second year in a row, Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge will sponsor legal street racing on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue along with a massive automotive festival at the M1 Concourse grounds which border the temporary race track on Woodward.

Nissan unveils a new Frontier Attack Concept at the Buenos Aires Auto Show. Does it preview a new global production model?

The annual Michigan F-Body Association Meet & Greet is the biggest collection of Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird show cars that you can see in the state and the 2017 MIFBody.com event runs tomorrow from 9am to 3pm at Baker’s of Milford.

Subaru Corporation will exhibit their new Global Platform at the People and Car Technology Exhibition 2017 in Japan. How will the new architecture benefit crossover buyers?

With the next-generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class getting a sedan variant, this leaves the CLA-Class in a precarious position. There will be two sedans of the same size sitting on dealers and one could eat into the other's sales. It seems Mercedes has a solution.

Subaru unveiled the newly-refreshed 2018 Outback at the New York International Auto Show this month. Here’s 5 upgrades consumers will want to know about.

The newly-remodeled 2018 Subaru Crosstrek, coming this summer, will ramp up the fun-to-drive meter. There’s 5 new upgrades consumers will feel when they drive it.

Volkswagen has stretched the idea behind a concept vehicle well beyond what it once was. Instead of putting a mockup or clay model out there to gauge reaction, the automaker is now debuting "concepts" that are well along the production development train.

If you thought auto show season was done, think again!

The only key information that we didn’t get at the NYC debut of the Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk was the pricing, but with that being such a hot topic, today we will take a look at the possible pricing range of the world’s quickest, fastest and most powerful SUV.

Maserati is embracing its dark side with a new special edition Ghibli that made its debut last week in New York.

The new Super Track Pack adds appearance items from the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to the Charger R/T – bringing the high performance look of the SRT lineup to the least expensive Hemi Charger.

The newly-remodeled 2018 Subaru WRX STi made its global debut at the New York International Auto Show this week. Are the upgrades enough to keep STI fans grinning?

Take a tour of the new 2018 Subaru Ascent 3-Row SUV’s interior space. [video]

Volkswagen's 2018 Golf family is carrying some awesome new technology. The automaker has been so excited about the changes that it has taken as many chances as it can to discuss the new tech.

The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk made its grand debut yesterday at the New York Auto Show and while we have already spoken about the incredible details of the world’s quickest, fastest and most powerful sport utility vehicle – the actual debut of the 707hp SUV deserves some attention of its own.

Volkswagen told journalists who have been gathered in New York City to cover the Auto Show there that they will be adding a new five-seat SUV to the production runs at Chattanooga.

Popular Mechanics has named Volkswagen's I.D. BUZZ as winner of the Concept Car of the Year for 2017. The first models based on this concept are scheduled to appear as 2019 models.