Motorsports: Ford Racing unveils first livery of 2013 Fusion stock car

Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Ford, Racing What’s a fresh face worth? A lot when you’re talking about NASCAR. Because the styling is about all that links a stock car to the production vehicle it’s made to mirror. And for Ford, the latest is the new Fusion. The Blue Oval automaker unveiled the race car “based” [...]

Spy Shots: Audi R8 facelift comes into focus

Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Audi, Luxury These are spy shots of the facelifted Audi R8 that we expect to see later this year. You’ll need to look very closely at the front to see where the lifting and tucking has been done: new LED headlights inside a slightly reworked grille. Around back are [...]

Followup: Pricing added to 2013 Ford Fusion configurator

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Ford We’ve noticed that 2013 Ford Fusion configurator has been updated with dollar values for each of its four models, however, we’re not so sure the pricing is that black-and-white. Ford has also updated the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, to read, “Prices and features are for survey [...]

Cadillac releases trunkload of new XTS images

Filed under: Cadillac, Luxury Maybe it’s just having downloaded 50-plus images of the new full-size Cadillac, but the 2013 Cadillac XTS is starting to grow on us. And not like a fungus, but like a jumbo CTS – one fitted with Magnetic Ride Control and HiPer Struts, all-wheel-drive and Brembos. And a trunk that’s enormous [...]

Report: Nissan confirms next-gen Rogue will be built in Tennessee

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Crossover, Nissan Nissan is in the process of overhauling five of its most popular models, beginning with the 2013 Altima that just went into production at the automaker’s Smyrna, Tennessee facility. Next up is the all-new Pathfinder, which made its debut in Detroit earlier this year, and now Kicking Tires reports that [...]