Spyshots: future cars uncovered

If you’re excited about the £250k, 670bhp Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series, then prepared to be stunned by Stuttgart’s next supercar. Currently dubbed the Gullwing, it will be AMG’s first production car...

In 2009 Mercedes will launch its revised S-class, and while the tweaks on the surface will be minor, the changes under the skin will be major. Our spy photographers have caught both the regular and...

Prepare to feel perturbed, because this is a hot Subaru Impreza you’re going to struggle to get your hands on. CAR Online’s spies have spotted the new Spec C Impreza testing at the Nurburgring, and...

CAR has just bagged spy photos of the new BMW M5 out on test in Germany with its predecessor. The next-generation hot 5-series will not use the current 5.0-litre V10, which can only survive in...

Shock news from Volkswagen: the Up city car and spiritual successor to the original Beetle will switch to a front engine/front-wheel drive layout, CAR can confirm. Despite the 2007 concept being...

Porsche doesn’t stand still with the 911 – but these spy photos of the new 998-generation 911 remind us that it prefers evolution at a glacial pace. You can almost feel the weight of four decades’...

Is this Honda's new global hybrid car? Our latest spy photos from America scoop a new Honda model that looks like a home-grown green car rival to the petrol-electric Toyota Prius. But CAR's new...

Want to turn your Mercedes SLK into a goldfish bowl? Our spies have caught this prototype out on test with a panoramic glass roof, which is being readied for launch on the next-generation SLK. It's...

News of the imminent death of large off-roaders is mostly exaggerated. We’ve just caught an early engineering prototype of the next Volkswagen Touareg – codenamed VW726 – out on a shakedown test. This...

TVR yesterday slid the covers off the new Sagaris in a private viewing, CAR Online can reveal. Our photographs were smuggled out of a special event held for owners and dealers – and they're the first...

Strip away that natty disguise – have BMW's engineers been taking hallucinogenics? – and you'll see the best photos yet of the new BMW X1. Codenamed E84, the new crossover arrives in mid-2009 and is...

The X-Bow is only the beginning for KTM. The Austrian bike manufacturer is now readying a slew of new low-cost, eco models – including a cleaner, cheaper 4x4 and a choice of city cars aimed at...

We caught the next-generation RX off-roader undergoing drivetrain tests this week, just as our sources revealed that Lexus UK is on the verge of canning all petrol versions. So the new RX luxury SUV...

The successor to BMW's Z4 is coming in late 2008 – ahead of a showroom launch in early 2009 – but you can see the new roadster in CAR's exclusive spy video here. For the first time, the new Z4 will...

Check out CAR Online's new car spy videos – lifting the lid on the next generation of secret new cars with a flood of new scoop videos. Browse our spy films from launch week here:  Day 5BMW Z4 Day...

Aston Martin has just facelifted its Vantage, slotting a bigger 4.7-litre V8 under that gorgeous nose. Visually the V8 Roadster is identical but it’s beneath the gorgeous bodywork that the changes...

Fancy watching a Citroen MPV oversteer? Check out our spy video below where you’ll see French engineers cold weather testing the new C3 MPV and getting it sideways. Don't forget, if you've got any...

Just when the world is starting to go green, Porsche is preparing to unleash its Panamera super-saloon. Luckily there will be a hybrid version, but if the Panamera looks anything like the Cayenne...

BMW is preparing the antidote to SUV-haters everywhere. Our car spies have snapped hybrid versions of the X6 testing in the USA with a new bonnet that marks out this ‘green’ car. Due in 2009, the BMW...

CAR Online has scooped the farewell edition of the SLR – a speedster version of Mercedes and McLaren's outrageous supercar. Our spy photos and video conclusively reveal the chop-top SLR that's somehow...

Chevrolet's Camaro coupe is a rear-drive dose of Motown doing what it does best: old-school muscle cars for the masses. It may be five years behind the times, but you can't help feeling fond of a V8...

The Vauxhall Astra is about to get a dose of Insignia style – and you can see how 2009's important new family hatch is shaping up in our new car spy video below. Click here to read our original scoop...

Want to know what slotting the brutal 600bhp V12 from the DBRS9 racer into the sublime Vantage feels like? Then check out our new spy video revealing the madcap Aston Martin in action. Watch our short...

You won’t see the new Toyota Avensis until the Paris motor show 2008 – but CAR has scooped the Japanese Mondeo rival six months before it goes on sale. Watch the new 2009 Avensis in our new spy video...

Mercedes will soon unveil its A5 and 3-series Coupe rival later in 2008 – but CAR’s video spies have scooped prototypes out on test, as engineers put the coupe through its paces in final shakedown...

The Lotus Eagle is one of the definite highlights of the 2008 London motor show – and you can see and hear the first new Lotus for 14 years in our new spy video below. It’s a mid-engined 2+2 and will...

These are the best spy photos yet inside the 2009 BMW Z4 – revealing the new-look cabin that will grace next year's new roadster and confirming it will have a folding hard top. Although there is still...

Chevrolet will replace its Lacetti/Nubira/Cobalt with this slick saloon in autumn 2008. Our spy photos reveal the four-door Chevy in near-production form three months ahead of its planned debut at the...

Aston Martin will start production of its Bentley Continental Flying Spur rival in early 2009. Based on the DB9's, the 6.0-litre V12 is still present and correct but the aluminium platform is...

BMW hopes to break the hegemony of the Mercedes S-class with its new 7-series coming in autumn 2008. The big limo from Bavaria will break cover in July 2008 and make its debut at the Paris motor show...

Cadillac is gunning for the M5, RS6 and E63 AMG with its new CTS-V. The American hotrod runs a detuned supercharged 6.2-litre V8 from the Corvette ZR-1, complete with a limited slip diff, Magnetic...

Lexus will relaunch the IS compact exec with a facelifted version in autumn 2008. Expect to see the new saloon in the fourth quarter, which points to an unveiling at the Paris motor show 2008.  This...

BMW is putting the finishing touches to the mildest of mild facelifts for its all-conquering 3-series saloon and estate – caught here almost camo-free – ahead of its Paris motorshow debut this coming...

Seat has already started work on turning up the new Ibiza’s wick – our spy snapper caught this mule testing this week – less than a month after the new three-door SportCoupe’s debut. Expect both...

BMW is working flat-out to prep its new X5 performance flagship – expected to debut at the Geneva motor show early in 2009 – which borrows the X6’s muscular 408bhp twin-turbo V8 for a 155mph punch.

Audi’s upcoming new S4 – caught here in saloon and Avant forms, shorn of any disguise and with a current RS4 in tow – may look just as you’d expect it to, but it will be a radically different car...