tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70116969551398286552012-01-24T10:25:54.228-05:00This blog is about the expanding portfolio of Nick Wilcox's digital automotive renderings.Nick Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06669807784874908911noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011696955139828655.post-5913609324332973152011-09-14T11:30:00.000-04:002011-09-14T11:30:01.919-04:00

From GMInside News: Way back in January 2009 General Motors confirmed that the Chevrolet Spark mini-car would ultimately be sold in North America. After an extended period of time outside of the media’s limelight, recent spy shots have confirmed that the Spark will receive a mild update prior to arriving on North American shores. Earlier this year GMI confirmed that the Spark, despite its

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Personal File: So I was in the car the other day driving my daughter to dance class and I noticed a new Dodge Grand Caravan R/T on the highway. The man van looks good but could have had more going on outside and under the hood. I began to wonder how much more aggressive the Caravan could have looked if Dodge had gone all out and created a true SRT version of the van. So I quickly put this

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Personal File: This is a post I've been working on for quite some time as I really can't get past the 'bangle butt' on the recently unveiled 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. Don't get me wrong though, this car is amazing and the interior is top notch. I just don't care for some of the high level exterior details. Not one to leave a stone unturned, I wanted to see what I could do with it. So I created two

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Personal File: I really like the new Chevrolet Colorado Concept revealed this year at the Bangkok International Auto Show. I don't yet know if it will make its way to North America, but I have been wondering what if they created a GMC counterpart. I would assume the Canyon brand name would be kept and the vehicle would integrate design cues found on GMC XD, Granite and All Terrain concepts

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From GMInside News: Late last week rumors surfaced (for the second time in a year) that Chevrolet is prepping a coupe variant of the new Cruze compact sedan. While we hate to be the bearers of bad news, we can confidently say that there is no Cruze Coupe in the product plans. There is, however, a two-door (err...three?) GM compact car in the plans for North America.Click here to read this

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Personal File: Been a LONG while since I've posted - been really busy at work - but I wanted to put this chop together at the request of a commentor on the previous Accord post (thanks JustCorey!)Having more time to think about the design of the Accord and after reviewing JustCorey's comments, I came back to this chop a second time. I've integrated an additional full light bar and turn markers

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Personal File: Like many others who are passionate about the automobile, one of the most painful parts of the GM bankruptcy/buyout last year was the loss of the KAPPA platform. If given another development cycle, I think GM could have had one of the best small two seaters available on the market. We'll never know what would have happened if things turned out differently, but it is fun to

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Personal File: Let me first preface my post in saying my thoughts and prayers go out to the Japanese tsunami victims.On to the post - I noticed the slight visual updates to the 2011 Honda Accord at the Chicago Auto Show and immediately noticed they added "retro" style tailights bars that go all the way across the trunk lid. This is obviously a nod to older Accord models, however I think adding

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Personal File: So I was finally going back through my brochures from our annual Chicago Auto Show trip and came back upon the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Having done an early look at what it might have looked like for InsideLine, I was very impressed with what Nissan had actually done with the vehicle. It seemed to be a hit with the ladies at the show, especially the younger female demographic

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Personal File: So I'm ice and snow bound at home today and my brother sends me this funny link on AutoBlog about backwards cars.What a fun concept I thought as I sifted through the gallery. Not to miss out on the fun I decided to put one together myself and could think of no better car than the classic '63 Corvette. Swapping front for back at the beltline was so natural for the car it was

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Personal File: I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you all for visting my blog over this past year - all 7,000 of you! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and even post your feedback and comments.

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Personal File: Finally - after a few months of staring at this chop sitting half finished on my desktop, I was able to put together a solid design. The results turned out even better than I had hoped for as there was no way to know where the design would lead.The original design, when introduced at Geneva in '09 as the Nissan Qazana, was full of crazy design elements yet had some impressive

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From Edmunds InsideLine: The trouble with rumors is that they often change shapes and directions like a cloud on a windy day. Today's "it's a lion, no, no it's a tree with a face!" comes from the Detroit News who are reporting that the new Dodge Viper is confirmed for production in 2012 as a 2013 model and that it is not based on an Alfa platform. The 2013 Dodge Viper will use an architecture of

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Personal File: I can't help it. Every time I see a new Chevrolet Traverse I want to smack the designers who approved that rear end upside the head. The crossover design is overall very well done for a vehicle this large but they really missed the mark on the rear end. Largely void with uninspriring tail lights that sit far too high on the rear fenders, it looks sorely out of touch with the rest

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Personal File: I've been hearing a lot of talk lately about how 2011 may be the year of the minivan thanks to the revamped or all news models from Chrysler/Dodge, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, and Toyota. I've personally never liked minivans but I cannot argue with their functionality and how much they have improved over the last few years.And it seems the sub-compact car class is firing up for 2011

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Personal File: Contest #3 is in the books and and I shake out as the winner. It was another great Fiat/Chryler merger theme chosen by the InsideLine staff and another great competition between the top three. Kudos to the other selected finalists. Looking forward to the next one!I will enjoy my Season 11 Top Gear DVD prize :)Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: Now that the Paris Auto Show has completed, I wanted to take a stab at one of the most promising but underdelivered concepts of the show - the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback. As much as I wanted to like the hatch (it was better looking than the Cruze sedan), I just couldn't get over the decision to do a hatchback over a wagon. So what is a guy like me to do? You guessed it - make one.

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Personal File: I entered the new Photoshop contest over on Edmunds InsideLine and have again been selected as one of the finalists. The theme this time was a take on stab at the next generation Dodge Viper rumored to be designed on the Alfa Romeo 8C platform. This was an interesting proposal that turned out to be surprisingly easy to accomplish. Wheelbases were similar and overall design

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From Edmunds InsideLine: We knew that Nissan would be showing a convertible version of the Nissan Murano at the 2010 LA Auto Show. What we didn't know was confirmed today; The upcoming drop-top crossover will be the 2012 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. The Murano CrossCabriolet will be the world's first all-wheel-drive crossover convertible and will seat 4. Click here to view this article.All

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Personal File: Rats! It looks like I was squeezed out of first place on Photoshop contest #2. Well played Alejandro! The LamboYaris was great. Although I would have gone for the VW GTI as a base, you did a bang up job and deserve the win. Kudos to the other selected finalists as well.Here are some fun comments from the voting - enjoy How is the Ferrari not getting more love! That actually

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From Edmunds InsideLine: Earlier this year we suggested that the struggling Scion brand might try to get its groove back by expanding the 2011 Scion tC line to include a convertible. The size and shape of the redesigned tC would work well for a compact 2+2 droptop, we thought. Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: I entered the new Photoshop contest over on Edmunds InsideLine and have again been selected as one of the finalists. The theme this time was a take on the sub-compact market with a new hot-to-trot product. After seeing the Aston Martin Cygnet sub-compact in their posting (a real car by the way), I felt obligated to do the same for a Ferrari. Using the popular Fiat 500 and the

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Personal File: I just saw the newly released images of the production 2011 Nissan Quest and the design is growing on me the more I study the images. I wasn't sold on the Nissan Murano redesign when it came out a few years back but this new corporate face is really starting to come together.The new Quest inspired me to see what the Murano might look like with a similar front end treatment. With

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Personal File: I figured it was time to changes things up a little so I decided to go with a completely new look and feel for the site. You've probably seen the changes already but I've been tweaking features over the last few days and wanted to make it 'official.'I've added some new features (image gallery, social network tools, etc), widened the main article area for larger images, and moved

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Personal File: Come follow Automotive Renderings on Twitter!Thank you for your support.

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From Edmunds InsideLine: A couple weeks ago we got our best glimpse yet of the refreshed 2011 Dodge Charger. It was such a clean look, we wouldn't be surprised if it was a setup. But who cares? We got to see the new face of the Charger, which isn't all that different from the old face of the Charger. It's a refresh after all, not a complete redesign.It did, however, give us enough to generate

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Personal File: I read on InsideLine a few weeks back that there could be a Regal wagon coming to America soon. This is great news as not only am I a major fan of wagons, but because I figured GM would all but abandon this market (minus the CTS wagon) in America. if the Regal wagon will actually happen, it got me thinking 'what if the wagon takes off and sells well'? Would Buick consider a Buick

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Personal File:Wow! It looks like I have won the first ever Edmunds InsideLine Photoshop Contest! It was a great theme chosen by the InsideLine staff and a great competition. Kudos to the other selected finalists. I hope more contests are to come.Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: I entered the first ever Edmunds InsideLine Photoshop Contest and have been selected as one of the finalists. The theme was to speculate what the Chrysler/Fiat merger will bring us (Americans) in the next few years. My entry is a reskinned Fiat Bravo Active Sport with bold styling cues taken from both the cancelled SRT-4 Caliber and SRT-8 Magnum. Th results look pretty

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Autoblog recently picked up the InsideLine article on the Infiniti M Coupe.Click here to view this article. AutoSplies also picked up the article this week Click here to view this article.

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Inside Line has learned that Nissan executives have discussed the expansion of the 2011 Infiniti M lineup from solo sedan to a three-model offering as well — sedan, coupe and ultimately convertible, too. This is a necessary move if the Japanese automaker intends to seriously compete in this segment, but then, we're not telling Nissan anything

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Personal File: Is this another sign of the carpocalypse? All kidding aside - what is going on here? Are three grilled SUVs really necessary? Design standards have been around for decades - SUVs, and cars for that matter, have an upper and lower grille (unless you are AUDI - who does it all in one!). Inserting an arbitrary grille right between them throws off the design aesthetic. I hope I'm not

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Personal File: So I was driving to work last week and noticed a two-tone Mercury Grand Marquis drive by me. I thought - wow - that looks really good. The colors did wonders for the aging body lines. As I continued onto work, I had trouble finding any new two-tone cars (not trucks/SUVs). That seemed odd. Classic cars of the 50s and muscle cars of the 60s had available two-tone paint jobs. Even

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Personal File: Kudos to Ford for finally building the Focus as a world platform car. The lineup looks to be very competitive for North American markets in 2011. The design is great (even if we don't get the wagon!)Having said that, I do think the front end is a bit incohesive. Perhaps if Ford had taken more design cues from the original Ford kinetic Design concept, the Iosis, I think it would

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Personal File: What is with Car and Driver right now? They just can't catch a break. On the heels of the fiasco with the photoshoped BMW X6 , I just read about the controversy stirred up over at Car & Driver. It revolves around theft and usage of Jon Sibal's digital artwork by one of their artists for a large article done in the May edition. I am shocked. There is so much skill, time and love

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Personal File: Car and Driver Magazine: May 2010 — so I was reading through my May edition of Car and Driver this week and stumbled upon an editor's letter regarding a hotly contested 'photoshopped' image used in a BMW X6 M article. The core issue involved was not the liberal use of photoshopping but the fact that the images were not clearly labeled as having been altered.This issue hits pretty

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Personal File: I really like the new design direction happening over at Volkswagen. The recently redesigned Golf looks amazing. However I've been pondering if the front end design has become too "heavy" with the darker design elements. With a quick adjustment to the lower grille, perhaps as a paint color match option, a lighter front end would be more welcoming. What do you think - better or

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From Edmunds InsideLine: TORRANCE, California — After a product drought that has lasted too long to be considered cool, Scion unveiled a redesigned tC coupe last month at the 2010 New York Auto Show. It's the first time the brand-leading coupe has been revamped since its 2004 launch. Now sources tell Inside Line that the tC lineup could expand to include a convertible model in 2012. Click

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Personal File: I hit the Chicago Auto Show last weekend with no grand expectations. I knew the show was going to be more restrained than years previous due to the economy and that many brands are no longer in business. In lieu of this, I was surprised to see many automakers continuing to hand out lavish brochures. After collecting brochures from every manufacturer (as I do every year) and

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — So now that the 2011 BMW 5 Series is out in the open, it's time to move on to the really good stuff. We're referring to the next BMW M5, of course, you know the one we spotted on the Nürburgring late last year?Click here to view this article.

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Recently, Inside Line broke the story that Mercedes will introduce a C-Class coupe in an effort to lure younger buyers and battle both the successful BMW 1 Series and 3 Series. And now we have the first image of the coming C-Class convertible.Click here to view this article.

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Unfortunately some people love to ruin what is great about the internet. I have resisted going to moderated comments as I feel that goes against very spirit and nature of the blogging world. However I am tired of the SPAM my blog receives after my posts are indexed by search engines. From this point on, all comments will be moderated. If your post is legitmate and you are a real person, it

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Two weeks ago, Inside Line broke the story that Mercedes will introduce a C-Class coupe in an effort to lure younger buyers and battle the successful BMW 1 Series. And now we have the first image of what the two-door just might look like. Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: I hit the Indianapolis Auto Show today with a buddy and his family and I happened to notice a few styling changes on the Honda CR-V for 2010. I don't really follow Honda that much but I was surprised that the updates were very subtle. I've never liked this generation CR-V (starting in 2007) and I was disappointed more wasn't done with the 2010 refresh. So in lieu of the new

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Personal File: I recently read on GMInsideNews that production of the Buick Regal will be moving to Oshawa Canada starting in 2011. This is great news as there is a possibility that the vehicle could receive a few more Buick design cues. The only major change moving it from Opel to Buick for 2010 was the grille change.In the hope that something more may come of this production switch, I wanted

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Personal File: The restyled 3 appears to be a huge hit for Mazda and with the new MAZDASPEED version coming for 2010, the little 5-door that could is ready to ramp up the wow factor. I really wanted to love this car but I cannot get past the bizarre Nagare styled front end. While I applaud Mazda for evolving their design language, this new direction has me scratching my head.With some very minor

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From Edmunds InsideLine: Given the upheaval at GM, we've doubted at times that we'd ever see a Cadillac CTS coupe, much less a wagon. Now both of those variations exist, and there's only one more CTS to wonder about: a convertible. The lines kind of work, don't they? Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: I have a growing distaste for the current generation small/mid-size truck offerings by General Motors. GM made some really bad design decisions with the front ends on both vehicles thanks in part to the platform sharing with Izuzu.I've been contemplating doing a mid-cycle enhancement projection on the Colorado for a long time now and finally sat down and took at a stab at it

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From Edmunds InsideLine: Since rumors are already flying about the possibility of a Toyota FT-86 convertible, we thought we would give you an idea what such a vehicle might look like. Not bad eh? Supposedly a Toyota official told someone at a Dutch website that the company would build such a vehicle "if there was sufficient demand." Well, given that the FT-86 was the unofficial star of the 2009

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Personal File: KIA has developed a great new design language that is punctuated with its dog-bone grille with a large KIA logo centered inside. Well maybe not ... I see that KIA released images of the new Cadenza sedan and what happened to the logo? It is sitting up on the hood! What were they thinking? I had to put it back where it belonged ... take a look above.All source photos copyright

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Personal File: Seems the fate of the much maligned Chrysler Sebring and platform mate Dodge Avenger are not as bad as originally reported. According to reports by AutoWeek and AutoBlog, it appears the platform may be getting a much needed mid-cycle enhancement. This MCE will hopefully help boost sales until fresh product (and capital) from Fiat can arrive by 2012. If this is the case, I

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Personal File: Wow - I just read about the new BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept and I am impressed! Not only is the concept showing off a new diesel-based plug-in hybrid drive system, the concept looks awesome as well! I really like the design language that has been applied and feel it is the appropriate look for the future of BMW. I wanted to take a stab at applying this design onto an

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Personal File: I'm sure by now you've all heard how well Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has done overseas and here in America. I was quite excited to go see TF: ROTF so I went with my brother at the first midnight showing. Unfortunately, we left with mixed feelings. One of the major issues we had with the movie was with Autobot twins, Skids and Mudflap. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I

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From Edmunds InsideLine: DETROIT — Lexus has never been shy about mimicking its competition. And its most recent form of flattery is the introduction of its "F" performance sub-brand. The first salvo is the 416-horsepower IS-F sedan, a direct competitor for compact German sport sedans such as the Audi S4/RS4, BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. Following BMW and Audi's lead, Lexus could produce an

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Personal File: As much as I am impressed with Nissan's new design language established with the 370Z and Maxima, I'm not a big fan of the headlight and tail light design. These so called "boomerang" headlights on the Maxima, for example, look completely alien to me. They are so over styled that I cannot appreciate the rest of the vehicle from any front or side angle.I couldn't resist the urge

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From Edmunds StraightLine: Forget about bankruptcy. GM's big problem is the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. The fools in the Center of Renaissance aren't building enough of them. They need to be cranking out more badass versions of their new red-hot hot rod; like right now. You know, before Obama and the Green Brigade take it away from us.The Camaro needs saving. Here are my brilliant ideas how to save

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From Edmunds StraightLine: Yeah, you read that right, Chevrolet Camaro SS Sedan. If there can be a BMW M3 sedan why not a four-door Camaro? The Camaro and the G8 already share a platform and although their engines aren't exactly the same they're pretty close. Leave the Impala for family duty and keep the rebadged G8 what it should be -- a full fledged sport sedan.Click here to view this article.

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Personal File: My first digital automotive rendering was this Oldsmobile Aurora (circa 1996). I originally cut the car out of a magazine advertisement and then cut out pieces of the middle to find the desired coupe shape. I taped the pieces back together and had a pretty convincing picture. However, while I was learning digital illustration in college, I wanted to make that coupe picture look

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California —The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe is just days away from its official debut at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show, and Inside Line now has an early look at the future Mercedes E-Class cabriolet as well. Since the new E-Class coupe is positioned as the replacement for the current Mercedes CLK coupe and cabrio, the arrival of a convertible shortly

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From Edmunds InsideLine: FOUNTAIN VALLEY, California — Rumors of a future convertible built from the new Genesis Coupe have been exaggerated, says Miles Johnson, manager of product public relations at Hyundai Motor America."It's never been in the plan," Johnson said. "There was some internal discussion early on, but since we unveiled the coupe in New York, there's been no talk."Click here to view

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Nissan has yet to officially unveil the all-new 2009 Nissan 370Z coupe, and Inside Line is already providing details on the 2010 Nissan 370Z convertible. Unlike the Infiniti G37 drop top, which uses a retractable hardtop, the future 370Z convertible will incorporate a power-operated soft top. The fabric top will likely keep the new Z

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From Edmunds InsideLine: DETROIT — In a continuing effort to make a mark and grab a few sales in Europe, Cadillac says that a hot rod version of the upcoming CTS Sport Wagon is, "still in the realm of possibility."Interest in pumping up sales in the European market was the impetus for the entire Sport Wagon program. The company announced that the CTS Sport Wagon would go on sale in the U.S. in

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Nissan is preparing a new addition for its popular Murano crossover lineup, and surprisingly enough, the future SUV will be a convertible. On the market since 2003, the five-passenger SUV underwent a complete makeover for 2009, and now Nissan is engineering a drop-top version of the latest-generation Murano. Expected to arrive by the spring of

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — With the launch of the elusive 2008 Audi R8 coupe in full swing and a high-powered V10 model on the way shortly, it's no surprise that an open-top model is in the works for 2009. In order to preserve the Audi R8's superior handling characteristics, expect the future open-air R8 to use a removable targa top instead of a full convertible like the

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — Audi already has convertible versions of its A4 and TT coupes, so it's not exactly a stretch to assume a drop-top version of the new Audi A5 coupe will be coming down the pipeline. A natural for going cabriolet, expect to see Audi chopping the top on both the A5 and sporty S5 trims. Unlike the 2009 Infiniti G37 convertible, the new A5 and S5

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From Edmunds InsideLine: DETROIT — Don't look for the Cadillac CTS coupe convertible to hit showrooms any time soon. Despite the fact that the CTS Coupe Concept was a runaway hit at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, our sources say GM has already done away with plans to produce the sexy new coupe in convertible form. If Cadillac is serious about the CTS coupe competing with the popular European and

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From Edmunds InsideLine: DETROIT — The Cadillac CTS Coupe concept at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show was so well received, enthusiast tongues wagged immediately about the possibility of a 2010 CTS Coupe production car. The next logical step? Supercharging the striking new coupe to the same specifications as the 2009 CTS V-Series sedan.Cadillac has already said the coupe will easily accommodate the

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From Edmunds InsideLine: SANTA MONICA, California — It won't make its official debut until this summer, but the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series is already staking its claim as one of the most extreme Mercedes-Benzes ever built. It starts with a 6.0-liter twin turbo V12 engine. In the standard SL65 AMG it pumps out a healthy 604 horsepower, but in the Black Series the same engine gets cranked

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From Edmunds InsideLine: DETROIT — If the car enthusiasts within General Motors prevail, Pontiac will further expand its lineup of rear-wheel-drive performance vehicles to include a 400-plus-horsepower V8-powered G8 coupe. Just don't call it a GTO. The coupe, which would be based on the Holden Coupe 60 concept the Australian division unveiled recently at the Melbourne auto show, would arrive in

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