Saab made a press presentation a while ago, where they showed this illustration of their next top of the line model. Which is now the aging, and very conservative 9.5. Well… These look nothing like the 9.5. But they are, after all illustraions created to make them look good. To tell us that the company… Continue reading New SAABS !!!!

Babs Muller is our favorite girl. My roommate Phil Schwartzetti and I have know Babs for many years. Maybe even too many… Babs was Phil’s brother’s girlfriend for a while. It’s actually a long, somewhat sick and pathetic story. But everything you want to know (and everything you don’t) about Babs is here: Don’t say… Continue reading Babs Muller!!!

This wagon based on the Saab 9-3 will be available within a year. But they won’t call it a wagon. They’ll give it a “in” name like Sportwagon, Sporthatch or Allroad. Whatever they call it, it’s a wagon. And 4 wheel drive will be available. They might even offer their all new Turbo V6 with… Continue reading New Saab 9-3 Allroad/Wagon

That Australian concept looks pretty close to production to me. Except for maybe that huge glass top. Looks like it is based on that new rear wheel drive platform GM is working on. It will be used on a few of their brands around the world. They showed us this platform first, a couple of… Continue reading 2004 Holden Torana concept

There were quite a few interresting new cars at the Paris auto show last month. One of them was the all new 1007. It actually was introduced exactly 2 years ago as a concept car. And the production model is about the same. It took them a while… At about the size of a Mini… Continue reading New Peugeot 1007

This is what the “small Cadillac” model might look like. It is still a couple of years away, and is mainly designed for the European market. Well… So they say. Small, overpriced cars from Europe like the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4 or Mercedes C Class are very popular over here. So you know Cadillac… Continue reading Future Cadillacs

Well… Isn’t that a shame. Another legendary name is being flushed down the toilets! This new Charger is nothing more than a Chrysler 300C, with a different nose, and a weird, ungainy rear treatment. That new back end consists of a more horizontal rear window. Which will, no doubt, decrease rear headroom. It is supposed… Continue reading 2006 Dodge Charger

It took them long enough! Citroen showed a really amazing looking concept car in 1999 called the Lignage. That was supposed to become their new “top-of-the-line” car. Here we are, in late 2004, and that car is still almost a year away! But they’ve been showing it to “select’ dealers in Europe for over a… Continue reading 2006 Citroen C6

Save the cash and just bring the Renault Megane design over here! Whether it is a hatch, or the more conservative trunk design, this car looks better and sportier than the Nissan Tiida! They just need to “body color” the bumpers, and build it in the US. And look!!! They already have the hardtop convertible… Continue reading 2006 Sentra should look like:

Interresting how the addition of a trunk, can turn a modern, somewhat interesting design, into a heavy, blocky, boring and basically ugly car… Let’s hope our Sentra doesn’t look like that!

The all new Nissan Tiida ,for the Japanese market, might just be very close to what we’ll get as the new Sentra in the US. The addition of a regular trunk (or maybe not) might actually be the only major change. Let’s hope they have enough guts and try to compete with the boring Civics… Continue reading 2006 Nissan Sentra???

From Germany we get an early look at the next M Class. Nothing really new here. It does look better than the previous one, but that’s not saying much… Let’s hope they can finally get the quality/reliability problems under control. They should be ashamed of themselves with the current model’s reputation. Still made in the… Continue reading 2006 Mercedes M Class

About the same size as a Passat, that new Peugeot seems to have what it takes to make it over here. Even the choice of engines is similar to what we get. A 2.2Liter with 160hp, or a 3.0Liter V6 with 211hp. But Nooooo.. Peugeot is still “thinking about re-entering the US market”. So don’t… Continue reading Peugeot 407

Nothing to say really… Except, that now,the maestro also designs sneakers for kids…

Here are 2 more shots of what the next Miata might look like. Latelly, some prototypes have been spoted in Europe, undergoing some testing. And they seem to look like an updated version of the current design. Which itself, was an “updated’ version of the previous design! Will fear dictate the new design direction? Let’s… Continue reading 2006 Miata Part2

Another cool car we can’t get. Citroen is own by Peugeot, and these guys distroyed their good name in the US in the 80’s by selling pretty crappy cars. Most of them used to only retain about 45% of their value after the 1st year of ownership. And they gave up the US market. They… Continue reading Citroen C4

Well. It looks much better on these pictures. Still not very modern, still a mix of Accord/Camry/Audi. But at least it doesn’t seem to look cheap. Actually a very nice mainstream car. Not really worse than the Accord. And miles ahead of the ugly and misguided Malibu.

One of the world’s best designer is trying to show what can be done to make a small city car safe and attractive. His Nido is both. The sad part is that, it is now almost 5 years after the year 2000, and we still drive boring and unatractive boxes like the Corolla or the… Continue reading Pininfarina Nido

Give or take a few details, this is what we’ll get over here as the smallest Mercedes model. They will by then, stop selling the cool 230 Coupe. And they wimped out and followed JD Power’s advice of NOT selling the really cool new A class in the US. Even thought they had planned it… Continue reading 2006 Mercedes B Class

The S3X interior seems as good looking as the exterior. And very roomy. The roof seems to come straight out of the all new Pontiac G6. Let’s hope they will offer it on the production model… The whole thing looks very nice, but it’s a bit over a year away. And the US Version might… Continue reading 2006 Chevrolet S3X. Interior.