A few months ago, I posted a few pictures of a new Nissan called the Tilda.Well.. The Tilda is coming to America. It will be built in Mexico, and renamed the Versa. That is the “sub-Sentra” model they’ve been talking about for a while. I was hoping to see the Nisssan Cube over here instead.The… Continue reading 2007 Nissan Versa

More pictures of the Australian Galant. Let’s hope this is our 2007 Galant. The interior, although almost the same, is much more upscale and classy.With this and the new Lancer, they should be selling cars, right? What’s wrong with these guys????

After last month’s hatchback concept shown in Europe, this one is very close to what we’llget over here as the new Lancer, and the Evo X models.They did a great job. It almost looks as good as the hatch. And as you see, it is another (the 3rd in 2 years) front end design for… Continue reading Mitsubishi Evo X/Lancer

Do not know what to make of this, yet.This concept will be shown in Japan next month. From what it looks like, it could very well be a preview of what the next Escape (or will they call it Equator now?) will be. If you put more formal headlights on that front end, it looks… Continue reading Ford Equator

These two look pretty exited, don’t they.And that car looks familiar doesn’t it?That’s because it is our good old (almost ignored) Galant.It was new last year, and I almost never see one … This new version is for the Australian market, and it could be similar to a revised Galant we might get as early… Continue reading Mitsubishi 380

Just another shot of the interior.It looks pretty cool to me. A bit more interesting than the Element. Or maybe I’m just too used to the Element… Looks rugged without being too macho, or ridiculous.The biggest drawback to me is the lack of a smaller engine. A big 4.0 V6 isn’t what most people want… Continue reading 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser

Also from Japan.You can see they are sticking with the cube shape. A good thing. And let’s hope it’s not getting much larger either. The new XB is based on the new Yaris platform. That’s pretty much all we know for now. All they should do is make the interior much more modern (the new… Continue reading New Scion XB

This Japanese illustration is the 1st realistic look at the next lexus LS.While a regular 5.0 Liter V8 with 390hp should be available. The big news are about the new Hybrid version. It should make over 500hp and still return a combined 30mpg!Quite an amazing acomplishement.While poor old Mercedes and BMW have recently introduced concept… Continue reading 2007 Lexus LS

It’s about time for a new Corolla. The current one was already dated when it came out. At least the ugly one we get in the US.At least that quality was much better than the Civic. But this new picture from Japan shows a design that looks like a cross between the current Euro Corolla… Continue reading 2007 Toyota Corolla

This German illustration doesn’t even try to be realistic… The old Scirocco was just a good looking coupe version of the old Golf. This one should be based on the next Golf. So it will share its engines, like the all new 1.4 Liter with 170hp from the new Golf GT. (not for the US… Continue reading 2008 VW Scirocco

From Europe we get this picture/illustration of the upcomig Saab 9.6The 9.6 will be Saab’s first car based SUV. It is actually based on the new Subaru Tribeca. So expect Subaru engines. Unless GM decidde to finally spend some real money into Saab…Not sure what the final product will look like, but you can bet… Continue reading Saab 9.6

Here it is: the convertible version of the Continental GT.No big surprises here, they’ve been working on it for a while.After the sedan, this one completes the family.It is a regular soft top convertible. And I’m sure the V12 engine is pretty much the same as the rest of the line. Of course it’s good… Continue reading Bentley Continental GTC (not for us mortals)

From Italy we get this illustration of what the production version of the Trepiuno concept (in white) could look like. It will be called teh 500, to cash in on the popularity of the old Fiat model.That looks pretty close to me. I really think the production model will look really close to this.Seems like… Continue reading Fiat 500

From England we cat this illustration revealing what the next, all new, Freelander might look like. I think this might pretty close to the real thing. Land Rover people say the Freelander won’t be as stylish as the new LR3.Whatever that means.It is based on the new European Focus platform which is also used by… Continue reading 2007 Land Rover Freelander

Quite a few people seem to like the new Tahoe. Or at least be interested in how it looks.So here is more.

Fiat is developing an all new compact SUV with Suzuki. I have posted illustrations of the Fiat version before.This is what the Lancia version could look like. The body is pretty much the same, except, of course, for the Lancia front end crafted into it. And the result is pretty nice. It seems to actually… Continue reading Lancia SUV

I am not a fan (understatement) of full size truck based SUVs.So the all new Tahoe isn’t very good news to me. I just wish they’d disappear all together…But as long as some people use them as family cars, GM will keep redesigning them every few years. It is better looking and not as clunky… Continue reading 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe

A truely futuristic design for the European Civic.Notice how the navigation system is integrated into the top of the dashboard. A much nicer solution that what we have in the US Civic.And I do wonder if they use better materials. It is, after all, much more expensive in Europe…

One more picture of the the Optima. This time with a shot of the Concept wagon/Suv/Minivan they presented last week in Germany.Soon to be a production model.