New York Auto Show

  • Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012

    Standing on a New York City street with taxis, buses, and sirens in the background isn't necessarily the best place to shoot a video, as the clip above pretty much proves. But it was the backdrop for our segment on Fisker Automotive--since there were three 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric sport sedans parked at the curb--right after that company unveiled its Fisker Atlantic concept last Tuesday night. You can see video of that unveiling here. We stepped outside to film our update segment because inside the Meatpacking District event space, the music was still pouring out and the...

  • Infiniti LE Concept at New York Auto Show, April 2012
    Infiniti LE Concept Electric Sedan: New York Auto Show Video

    The Infiniti LE Concept was one of the few pure concept cars at last week's New York Auto Show media days, a design study that wasn't a production model but just an indication of how a future car might evolve. In reality, though, Infiniti hasn't bothered to disguise the fact that the LE Concept is...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S beta vehicle, Fremont, CA, October 2011
    Infiniti LE Electric Luxury Sedan: Tesla's Worst Nightmare?

    One of the surprise stars of the New York Auto Show media days this week was the Infiniti LE Concept. The design study for an electric four-door sedan is a close approximation of a car that will roll off assembly lines in Smyrna, Tennessee, in about two years. And it poses an intriguing question...

  • 2013 Chevrolet Spark shown at Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov 2011
    2013 Chevrolet Spark Minicar To Be Priced At Around $13,000

    Amidst the unveilings and concept cars of the New York Auto Show, carmakers also make other announcements. From General Motors, we learned today that the 2013 Chevrolet Spark minicar will carry a base price of $12,995 including destination. All Sparks are fitted with a 1.2-liter four-cylinder...

  • 2012 Infiniti LE Concept
    Infiniti LE Concept: Electric Sedan Full Details, NY Auto Show

    Yesterday, we got a brief glimpse of Infiniti's four-door sedan concept car; today, we have all the details of the Infiniti LE Concept. The four-door, all-electric sedan concept is really a thinly disguised production car that will reach Infiniti dealers within two years. It gives Nissan's luxury...

  • 2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel, 2012 New York Auto Show
    2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel Live Photos: 2012 New York Auto Show

    The 2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel will deliver better fuel economy than the Cayenne Hybrid, at a considerably lower starting price.

  • Infiniti LE Concept at New York Auto Show, April 2012

    At auto shows, sometimes cars get uncovered before their official unveilings. The car you see here is Infiniti's Zero Emission Concept, a four-door sedan that will be formally introduced tomorrow morning at a press conference. But when Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn stopped by the stand, the covers came off just long enough for photos of Ghosn with his company's latest concept car. The silver sedan has all the Infiniti styling cues, including Infiniti's double-arced grille and the "crescent" roof pillar. The grille on this car glowed from the inside, which showed up close that it was largely a...

  • 2013 Nissan Altima
    2013 Nissan Altima Promises Up To 38 MPG Highway Fuel Economy

    The 2013 Nissan Altima appears as if it will raise the bar for midsize sedan style and fuel efficiency.

  • 2013 BMW X1, 2012 New York Auto Show
    2013 BMW X1: Photos, Info From 2012 New York Auto Show

    BMW has used the New York Auto Show to announce it will sell the 2013 BMW X1 in the U.S. market. Slotting in below the X5 and X3 in BMW's SUV lineup, the X1 will use turbocharged four-cylinder engines to deliver better economy than its larger, heavier brothers can manage--but still giving buyers...

  • BMW X5 xDrive35d 10 Year Edition
    BMW X5 xDrive35d Named 2012 Diesel Car of the Year

    This morning, the BMW X5 xDrive35d was named the 2012 Diesel Car of the Year by the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine. The BMW beat the new Volkswagen Passat TDI, which placed second, and the VW Golf TDI, which garnered third place. Altogether, 13 passenger cars and light trucks competed for...

  • 2013 Lexus ES 300h
    2013 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Bows At 2012 New York Auto Show

    Toyota made a vow to build every one of its vehicle lines in hybrid form, and it's adding another model to the growing hybrid list at this year's 2012 New York Auto Show with the introduction of the 2013 Lexus ES 300h. The first Lexus ES hybrid seems to share much with the latest Toyota Camry...

  • Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012
    Fisker Atlantic: Video, Photos From New York Auto Show Launch

    Despite the travails of Fisker Automotive, it's safe to say this: Henrik Fisker knows how to design striking cars. The Fisker Atlantic unveiled last night is a stunning mid-size sport sedan. Or, perhaps, sport sedan concept, since it wasn't shown in motion. The Atlantic range-extended electric...

  • Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Hall in an ad for the 2012 Nissan Leaf

    It's the kind of question that makes every CEO roll his eyes. In effect, it translated to: Your sales of one model last month were lousy, so is that car a failure in the market? But if the model is the Nissan Leaf, the first battery electric vehicle sold in volume in the U.S. (and around the world), the question takes on added resonance. It referred to last month's U.S. sales of plug-in cars. Nissan sold 579 Leafs, while Chevrolet sold a whopping 2,289 Volts. That put total Volt sales ahead of Leaf sales for the first time since the two cars went on sale in December 2010. At this morning's...

  • 2013 Porsche Cayenne
    2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel: 2012 New York Auto Show

    European buyers have had several years to get used to the idea of a diesel Porsche, but the concept will come as a bit of a shock to U.S. Porsche enthusiasts. Nevertheless, Porsche has announced its first diesel in the U.S. market will be the 2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel. It joins the 2012 Porsche...

  • 2011 Mazda Takeri Concept
    Mazda Takeri Diesel Concept: 2012 New York Auto Show Preview

    The Mazda Takeri Concept sedan will make its North American debut this week at the 2012 New York Auto Show. But this is a slightly different Takeri than we saw at the Geneva Motor Show. For the first time, Mazda will show its new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel powertrain in a concept car. The Takeri...

  • Fisker Atlantic (Project Nina) leaked
    Fisker Atlantic: Mid-Size Project Nina Sedan Leaked Before NY Show Debut

    With Fisker's Karma already on the market and in the hands of customers, all eyes have turned to Fisker's 'Project Nina', a car to slot below the Karma in Fisker's range. And it was bound to happen: Pictures of the next Fisker range-extended electric car have leaked onto the internet, ahead of its...

  • Teaser sketch for Fisker Project Nina range-extended electric car
    2012 New York Auto Show: Green Car Preview

    The 2012 New York Auto Show is fast approaching and alongside the high-profile supercars and luxury vehicles, we'll again see a number of new green cars making their world or American debuts. This year, that includes the U.S. launch of the production Mercedes-Benz A Class, and the world reveal of...

  • 2012 Infiniti M35h Hybrid
    Infiniti Zero Emission Coupe Concept To Debut At NY Auto Show

    Infiniti has been on something of a product blitz lately, launching its 2013 JX seven-seat crossover this month and a host of concept cars over the last year. Now it has confirmed it will show a new concept at the 2012 New York Auto Show two weeks hence: the Infiniti Zero Emission Concept Coupe. We...

  • 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas model at New York Auto Show, April 2011

    OK, so gas prices are hovering around $4 a gallon, and dispensing with gasoline altogether is getting more and more attractive. But for whatever reasons, plug-in cars aren't for you. Maybe it's the limited range of battery electric vehicles, maybe it's the $41,000 cost before incentives of the 2011 Chevy Volt. Well, depending on where you live, there is another option: fueling your car on natural gas. For more than a decade, Honda has been the only carmaker that has sold a compact passenger car powered by natural gas. For 2012, its all-new Civic line includes a model called the Civic Natural...

  • 2012 Honda Civic HF at New York Auto Show, April 2011
    2012 Honda Civic HF 41-MPG Model: Video Tour, NY Auto Show

    Of the five separate 2012 Honda Civic models featured at last month's New York Auto Show, the Civic HF sedan is probably the most affordable tradeoff between gas mileage and purchase price. Its base price is $19,455. It's EPA-rated at 29 mpg city, 41 mpg highway, toward the top of the 2012 Civic...

  • 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid at New York Auto Show, April 2011
    2012 Honda Civic Hybrid: 44-MPG Compact's High Points (Video)

    The largest single model launch at the New York Auto Show two weeks ago was the 2012 Honda Civic line, with five separate models, new styling, and better fuel economy. The highest gas mileage in the entire lineup comes from the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid. Honda projects it will achieve 44 mpg for each...

  • 2012 Hyundai Accent at 2011 New York Auto Show with High Gear Media's Joel Feder
    2012 Hyundai Accent Subcompact: Video Tour From NY Auto Show

    Hyundai is on a roll, hammering its 40-mpg highway gas mileage advantage and launching new cars left and right. We covered the new 2012 Hyundai Accent a few days ago when it was launched at last week's New York Auto Show--focusing on its 1.6-liter direct-injected four-cylinder engine, which is...

  • 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco at New York Auto Show with High Gear Media's Joel Feder
    2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco: Video Tour At New York Auto Show

    First came the news that the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu would have only four-cylinder engines, following the path set by the 2011 Hyundai Sonata and other midsize entries. Then came the official unveiling of the line at last week's New York Auto Show, complete with projected gas mileage numbers. The...

  • 2012 Kia Rio
    2012 Kia Rio Brings Start-Stop, 40 MPG: NY Auto Show

    Kia has redesigned its popular Rio small car for 2012, offering buyers more space, more power and up to 40 mpg fuel economy on the highway. The vehicle made its U.S. debut this past week at the 2011 New York Auto Show and is set to go on sale this fall in both sedan and five-door hatchback...

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