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  • Honda’s NSX replacement: the spyshots

    17 June 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Honda’s NSX replacement is here. CAR Online’s spies have snapped the first pictures of the replacement for the legendary mid-engined supercar testing in Germany. Only this time around the engine – a...

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  • Audi A7 (2009): the full story

    12 June 2008 by Tim Pollard (artist's impression by Larson)

    STOP PRESS! We've updated our Audi A7 scoop with the world's first photographs of the new four-door coupe. It might be wearing the mother of all disguises – more of a tent, really – but this is the...

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  • Ford Focus RS: the official 'scoop'

    12 June 2008 by Tim Pollard

    After yesterday's leak of internal photos revealing the Ford Focus RS, the Blue Oval has taken the unusual step of releasing its own 'official' spy photos. This pair of pictures shows the new RS...

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  • Mini Convertible (2009): the latest spy photos

    12 June 2008 by Dimitri Pesin

    It’s only three months until we see the new Mini Convertible, but CAR has obtained the latest spy photos of the premium soft-top. It looks the same! What’s new on the Mini Convertible? Think of this...

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  • Audi A6 facelift (2009): undisguised spyshots

    11 June 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Audi is playing a monotonous game of spot the difference with its A6 facelift, but at least the looks will be RS6-inspired. We’ve snapped the new car, due to be unveiled at the 2008 Paris motor show...

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  • New VW Passat (2012): the scoop

    11 June 2008 by Georg Kacher (artist's impression by Larson)

    Volkswagen will facelift the Passat one more time in 2009 before the all-new Passat v7.0 arrives in 2012, CAR Online can reveal. Under messieurs Pischetsrieder and Bernhard, VW had planned four...

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  • Audi A6 facelift and RS6 saloon spy photos

    10 June 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Audi RS6 saloon (2009): the spy photos

    Audi will upgrade its A6 range in autumn 2008 – with a nip 'n' tuck facelift and the arrival of the RS6 hotshot saloon. So far, the RS6 has only been available in the Avant estate bodystyle. The...

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  • Vauxhall/Opel Meriva (2010): the spy photos

    09 June 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Vauxhall and sister brand Opel are readying a concept-style flourish for its next Meriva – it'll have suicide doors, just like the 2008 show car. Until recently, flash doors were the preserve of...

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  • Ford's new coupe revealed

    06 June 2008 by Georg Kacher (artist's impression by Motor Forecast)

    Ford will dare to be different with a cut-price CLS version of the next-generation Mondeo, CAR Online can reveal. A four-door coupe model will appear for the first time alongside the traditional...

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  • Audi R8: future model plans revealed

    05 June 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Audi will launch the V10 powered R8 in autumn 2008 – but it won’t get the company’s trick twin-clutch gearbox, CAR Online has learned. The supercar from Ingolstadt – powered by the RS6’s hirsute...

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  • Porsche Boxster (2009): the spyshots

    30 May 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Porsche is about to unveil the new 911, but we’ve already caught the next Boxster on test in Germany. These spyshots are of the Boxster S – nine months before its public debut at the 2009 Geneva motor...

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  • Renault Scenic (2009): the spy photos

    30 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Following hot on the heels of the Renault Megane hatchback at the 2008 Paris motor show will be this MPV version – the new 2009 Scenic. Our spies caught this French-registered prototype testing under...

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  • VW Golf Plus (2009): the spy photos

    29 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    The hatchback isn't the only new Golf coming in 2008 – VW will also unveil the next Golf Plus quasi-MPV this autumn. As our disguised scoop photos show, there are few big visual changes in store for...

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  • Jaguar XJ (2010) interior spy photo

    27 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    More proof that Jaguar is ditching retro: the new Jag XJ saloon will have a radical interior inspired by the modern XF's. Our spies got up close to this prototype in the West Midlands and managed to...

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  • Volkswagen Golf cabrio is back!

    23 May 2008 by Georg Kacher

    Volkswagen is reconsidering its soft-top strategy – and will reinstate the Golf cabriolet with this autumn's sixth-generation car and turn the next Eos into a Passat cabrio, CAR Online has...

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  • BMW 5-series (2010): the spy photos

    22 May 2008 by Ben Pulman

    BMW 5-series spyshots - front three quarter picture

    Germany’s big three premium manufacturers are readying their new executive saloons and CAR Online has spied the 2010 BMW 5-series on its first exploratory laps of the Nurburgring. Last week we had a...

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  • Jaguar XF-R (2009): the spy photos

    20 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    The Jaguar XF has done more to bolster the Coventry brand's image than anything else in recent years; now the new XF-R should give Jaguar a further shot in the arm, and we've got the full lowdown on...

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  • BMW 1-series spy photos

    20 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    BMW is working on the next-generation 1-series – and our spies have caught the first test mules as they took to the streets around Munich. One of the main changes on the new 1-series will be better...

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  • BMW 7-series (2009): new spy photos

    19 May 2008 by Ben Pulman

    BMW is putting the finishing touches to its new 7-series limo that it will unveil in summer 2008. The main change for the fifth-generation 7-series is the newfound adoption of style over the chunky...

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  • Audi A6 scoop

    16 May 2008 by Tim Pollard and Georg Kacher (artist's impression by Larson)

    Audi will unveil the new A6 exec in 2010 – a year after its key rivals the BMW 5-series and Mercedes E-class. Our artist’s impression, compiled with the help of sources in Ingolstadt, reveals a...

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  • Audi TT Speedster scooped

    15 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Is Audi about to launch a limited edition run of its speedster TT? The company showed the TT Clubsport Quattro one-off concept at a hot-hatch festival in Austria in 2007 – and today our spies in south...

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  • Porsche Panamera (2009) latest spy photos

    14 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    The latest round of Porsche Panamera spy photos have arrived at CAR, and we continue to see more detail of Zuffenhausen’s super saloon. Our latest scoop pictures of the Panamera reveal a quick glimpse...

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  • Mercedes E63 AMG (2009)

    12 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    The disguise continues to fall off the next Mercedes E-class, and it’s plain to see that it won’t shock anyone – even in this musclebound AMG spec. Not for Merc the surprise and radical change that...

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  • Mercedes’ new Gullwing: the inside story

    09 May 2008 by Georg Kacher (artist's impression by Larson)

    CAR Online has obtained the best info yet on Mercedes’ new AMG ‘Gullwing’ supercar. Depicted in our artist’s impression, the super coupe is codenamed C197 and will make its debut at the 2010 Geneva...

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  • Porsche Roxster scooped?

    08 May 2008 by Tim Pollard/Georg Kacher

    Is this Porsche's new junior 4x4? These fresh spyshots from the Nurburgring are believed to be the new mid-sized SUV codenamed Roxster under development at Weissach. Although based on the running gear...

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  • BMW X3 spied

    07 May 2008 by Ben Pulman and Georg Kacher

    This is BMW’s latest X3 prototype, testing under the body of a humble 3-series Touring. CAR Online’s spies have snapped the next-gen SUV mule on its first outing at the Nurburgring. Set to go on sale...

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  • Porsche 911 GT3 (2008) facelift

    06 May 2008 by Ben Whitworth

    The latest Porsche 911 has been caught undergoing initial testing. Hot on the very brisk heels of the facelifted 997 – due on sale in July 2008 –  comes Porsche’s track-biased 911. At this stage it’s...

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  • BMW Z4 spied (2009)

    02 May 2008 by Ben Pulman

    The next BMW Z4 will have a folding hard-top. Snapped here testing in Germany the next-generation will also feature BMW’s Efficient Dynamics technology, twin-turbo engines, the M3’s V8 and possibly...

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  • Ferrari 149/Dino

    01 May 2008 by Ben Whitworth

    Beneath this (very effective) camouflage lurks Ferrari’s top-secret new 2+2 coupe. And no, contrary to every single rumour on the mill, it will not be called the Dino and it will not sit below the...

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  • Nissan 370Z (2010) scooped?

    01 May 2008 by Tim Pollard

    Nissan has presented this strange official teaser shot of what is believed to be the new 370Z - the replacement for today's hairy-chested sports coupe, the 350Z. This unusual shot of a (rather vague)...

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  • Saab 9-4X scooped (2009)

    30 April 2008 by Ben Whitworth

    The Saab 9-4X is coming. After years of drought Saab is finally on a roll and things are certainly looking up for the beleaguered Swedish marque – although many would say it’s way too little and far...

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