As I said after seeing the car in person, it looks much better than in the crappy spy shots.Much, much more substential and expensive looking than the previous model.And that interior is my favorite of almost any car. Finally something designed for the 21st century! Here are pictures of the Hybrid, now more powerful and… Continue reading 2006 US Honda Civic

In a few days, Ford will unveil the Iosis concept in Germany. It is supposed to show us their design direction for the next Mondeo. But this will need lots of changes to be produced as a mid sized 4 door family car…The lower cut of the rear door won’t work. And of course, it’ll… Continue reading Ford Iosis

It doesn’t look as good as it did on the previous picture I posted a couple of days ago. Wide angle lens do miracles for boring designs.And the interior seems as plasticky as the current one.Looks like “all new” doesn’t mean “much better”…

This is the production version of the “small” European Cadillac. It looks just like the one shown a few months ago as a concept.Even though every mechanical part comes from Saab, the car does look like a mini CTS. And that interior looks better than the $50000 STS!Too bad for the stupid exchange rate between… Continue reading 2006 Cadillac BLS

Nothing special about this concept. Car makers, every few years, show us what they can do with the idea of a 3 wheel car. Something they’ll never actually build…But this is said to have the upcoming 207 Front end. So be warned…

After so many years, Saab is finally taking care of the 9.5…Well.. Kind of.All they did is redesign the front end and the rear lights. At least, that’s what we can see from this photo, and the previous “spy shots” published over the past few weeks.You know that’s not going to be enough to compete… Continue reading 2006 Saab 9.5

Based on the recently released Brera, the all new Spyder is another stuning looking car from Alfa.Let’s just hope, again, they can get their act together and make a come back to the US…

At first, this looked a bit fake to me. But it is not.This was just published in Japan as the 1st official photo of the all new RAV4.A V6 should be a new option, at least in the US. And it doesn’t look like a 3rd row seat can make it this time.You can also… Continue reading 2006 Toyota RAV4

Just a couple more official pics of the revised Accord rear end.Just when I was getting used to the previous one. Nothing was very wrong with it really. Maybe the lights. I think this is a bit too little too late. And even more boring than before, and not well integrated to the rest of… Continue reading 2006 US Accord

Nothing you haven’t seen here before. But here are the official pics.The interior seems plush, but in some weird unoriginal way. Should I say, “kind of like an expensive Korean car”??? Sorry about the slow updates. I have been on the road for a couple of days.One thing I noticed is how many cars GM… Continue reading New Jaguar XK

No firm production plans yet for this concept. A convertible version of the coupe shown last year.But if Alfa ever returns to the US, that would make a great flagship for the brand.

That is actually the second time I hear about this.A third SUV from Honda, between the CRV and the Pilot. The Pilot is too big for Japan and Europe anyway.And it makes sense for Honda to extend the line up, at least for these markets.So a Euro Accord/TSX based SUV could very well be in… Continue reading New Honda SUV?

Renault will finally have their own SUV next year.And from other pictures I’ve seen, this illustration is very close to the final design. Nothing crazy here. By Renault’s own design standards, it is actually pretty conservative. Not sure yet what it is based on. I would think the next generation Laguna sedan, shared with Nissan.But… Continue reading Renault SUV

Another car with a “mouthfull of a name”.But it does look great! It will be above the Colt in Europe, and a version of it will replace the Lancer in the US. Which means it might be sharing its platform with the Dodge Caliber.Let’s hope they bring this hatchback version over here. It doesn’t look… Continue reading Mitsubishi Concept Sportback

This is just an illustration from Japan.But it looks pretty good to me. We are suposed to get the new model in the US. As a “cheaper than Civic” Honda.Let’s hope they send us the hatchback. To better compete with the Scion line.And not a dorky “trunk added” version to go against the cheaper Korean… Continue reading New Honda Jazz/Fit

The Sienna minivan gets a new front end for the 2006 model year. (top photo) It’s not going to make it exiting. But I guess that’s not what most US minivan buyers want.Now it looks even more generic than before..Nothing yet about engines, but the Avalon 3.5 V6 is a strong possibility. At least as… Continue reading 2006 Toyota Sienna

Just another shot (not mine this time) showing the very nice flowing profile of the car.I think it looks much better than what the zoom distorted spy photos were showing us a few weeks ago.

These are exclusive “Burlapp” pictures of the all new Honda Civic. All I can tell you is that I have to take back everything I’ve said about this car in the past few weeks.It looks fantastic!The top car is an EX sedan. With a 140hp 1,8 Liter engine.It looks much larger in person than the… Continue reading 2006 Honda Civic

Nothing all new here. The Q7 has been “out” for a few weeks. Although it won’t be on sale until 2006.It is just another very nice, but boring looking tall wagon. It just looks like a weird A6 wagon to me.What is the point, really. They didn’t even try to make it remotely interesting.Why do… Continue reading 2006 Audi Q7

Just a quick picture of the undesguised Civic EX for 2006.The rear lights look just like the new Audi A4. It doesn’t look great on the A4, and it doesn’t look better on the Civic. At least the Civic is almsot half the price…