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Mitsubishi has revealed the new 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander, giving us a sneak peak at the company’s small SUV a month ahead of the official unveiling next month at the Geneva Motor Show. In addition to a redesigned exterior, the Outlander will be available as a plug-in hybrid that could get up to 140-mpg. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander will be powered by an updated version of the current generation Outlander Sport ’s 2.0-liter four cylinder engine, according to Autocar . Fuel economy is a... Read Full Story

The 2013 Buick Regal will be available with a new four cylinder engine next year that will get 36-mpg.  The new engine from GM’s eAssist family of electric assisted engines, will replace the base engine in the Regal. The current base engine is a 2.4-liter four-cylinder that is rated at 32-mpg highway.  The eAssist engine will also be 2.4-liters but will get 13% better fuel economy, with a 36-mpg highway rating.  eAssist engines use a small battery pack and electric motor to help the... Read Full Story

BMW has officially released pricing on the updated 2013 BMW X5 M and 2013 X6 M. Both the X5 and X6 were refreshed for the 2013 model year. Both the X5 M and X6 M will cost $1,600 more in 2013 than they did in 2012. The 2013 X5 M starts at $88,850 and the X6 M starts at $91.900. The 2012 BMW X5 M For those prices, buyers will get the 555-horsepower, 480 lb-ft of torque twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 engine that was available in last year’s X5 M and X6 M, along with the same sport tuned... Read Full Story

Porsche is planning to use a tri-turbocharged engine for the next generation 911 Turbo . The Porsche 911 991 Turbo will be powered by a 3.8-liter horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine, this much remains the same, with three turbochargers instead of the current generation’s two. The triple-turbo 911 engine would use one small turbo that spools quickly to provide low end power and reduce turbo lag. The 2012 Porsche 911 997 Turbo shown here gets by with just two turbochargers The 991... Read Full Story

The 2012 Chevy Sonic and 2012 Nissan Versa are both newly redesigned for this year. The Sonic replaces Chevrolet’s Aveo, and is now built in America, making it the only subcompact car that can be considered truly domestic. The Versa has also been redesigned for this year with a curvier, more liquid exterior than the angular first generation. The 2012 Chevy Sonic The 2012 Chevy Sonic starts at $13,735. A barebones Nissan Versa sedan is available for $10,990, but if you’re just looking to... Read Full Story

All of BMW’s new diesel M vehicles will be powered by a tri-turbocharged inline six-cylinder diesel engine that makes 376-hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. Of course, because these are diesels, the power is available very low in the rpm range, making for great acceleration. All of the diesel Ms will come with an eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. BMW says that the M550d sedan will hit 0-60 mph in just 4.6 seconds, which makes it a very fast car just 4 tenths of a second... Read Full Story

The 2012 Ford Explorer and 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee are the latest versions of two of the most popular SUVs ever. The Explorer and Grand Cherokee are two staples of suburbia, doing duty dropping kids off at school, commuting and hauling groceries more often than they see dirt, mud and towing. Because these SUVs are used for more on-road adventures than off-road ones, both have been redesigned for this generation as unibody crossover-style SUVs, rather than body-on frame truck based ones (the... Read Full Story

The Saab brand is dead. All of the prayers for 11th hour saviors have gone unanswered, and Saab is now bankrupt, with its assets being sold off to pay creditors. Saab Cars North America, the North American distribution company for the brand, has also been marked for liquidation. The 2012 Saab 9-3 According to Motor Authority , the major possession of Saab Cars North America is the U.S. parts distribution business. SCNA resumed delivering parts to dealers on January 19 after stopping on... Read Full Story

The Obama administration has proposed a new fuel economy standard that could add up to $5,000 to the price of a new car. The proposal would raise the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard to 54.5 mpg by 2025. Cars with an average mpg rating of 54 sounds like a great thing for consumers, but the expensive technology involved in bringing the fuel economy to that level will add a significant amount to the price of a new car. The Obama administration claims that prices should only rise... Read Full Story

The 2012 Toyota Tundra and 2012 Nissan Titan are full-sized pickups from Japanese brands that made their names with tiny pickups that would be dwarfed by today’s massive workhorses. Toyota and Nissan have left the fuel efficient, tiny pickups behind and haven’t looked back, instead embracing the American buyer’s mantra ‘bigger is better.’ The Tundra and Titan are huge, V8 powered monsters that will tow and haul more than the 3/4 and 1-ton models of yesteryear. The 2012 Toyota Tundra. One... Read Full Story