New York Auto Show 2016: the latest news and coolest cars
One of the biggest auto shows in the United States, the New York International Auto Show promises to bring some interesting debuts this year — including a refreshed Nissan GT-R, a new model of Toyota Prius, a new design direction for Hyundai's Genesis brand, and probably a surprise or two. Keep it tuned into this StoryStream for all the news coming out of the show.
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You can have your Lambo and your Lyft, too
Auto shows tend to be pragmatic affairs: they're usually arranged and promoted by local dealer associations with the simple, straightforward hope of bringing in people who need to buy a new car sometime in the next year. Yes, there are concept cars scattered across the halls — little glimpses of the distant future — but in between those concepts are hundreds of workaday Camrys and Jettas and Malibus, each with small crowds of daily commuters hopping in and out, touching the dials, playing...
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The saddest booth at the New York Auto Show is full of Scions
The lights around me are flashing bright white, then blue, then purple. "Where Are Ü Now" is blaring through speakers that hang from the ceiling above me. Both of these details are making me feel weird, because it's 1PM and I'm at the New York International Auto Show. Manhattan's hottest new club is apparently the otherwise quiet North Hall of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
The reason for the club vibe is a weird one: Scion, the funky youth-oriented car brand that Toyota killed off...
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Mazda's MX-5 RF and Audi's R8 Spyder steal the show in New York
Coming right off the parade of exotics and hypercars in Geneva, it's not easy for the New York Auto Show to make a splash. Still, there was enough news to keep us occupied for a couple days: we got a refreshed Godzilla with more power, a crazy Lincoln Navigator concept SUV with gull-wing doors, and a beautiful look inside the future of Hyundai's premium Genesis brand.
And then there were the drop-tops. Mazda basically shocked the world with the MX-5 RF, a beautiful targa version of its new...
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The Toyota Prius Prime’s high-tech interior has a ‘budget Tesla’ feel
Even though the new Prius is just a few months old, Toyota has already made major changes to the interior of the new plug-in version, the awesomely named Prius Prime. Unfortunately, the only Prius Prime on display at the New York Auto Show yesterday was a locked-up model we couldn't get close to — we had to wait until today for Toyota to bring one out onto the floor that we could touch. The software is still early (a representative tells us that they're on the first release of four prior to...
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Genesis' New York Concept is a sports sedan that'll make you look twice
Hyundai's upstart luxury brand Genesis — think Lexus to Toyota or Acura to Honda — has unveiled its next car. It's a sports sedan called the New York Concept and, refreshingly, it actually looks rather special.
It's not special in the sense that it's unlike anything else on the market, but at least it doesn't look like everything else on the market. One of my wife's most frequent complaints about all the cars I drive is that they all blend together. None of them stand out.
This car, I...
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Nissan's vintage Skylines are the most beautiful cars at the New York Auto Show
There are a lot of beautiful cars here at the New York Auto Show, but the most head-turning ones on the floor aren't new. In fact, a few of them are really old. Nissan, which is here this week to show off the updated GT-R, has assembled a handful of classic Skylines dating back as far as 1969.
The GT-R was born from the Skyline brand, so it's a fitting homage to the car's heritage. And the collection here mostly runs the gamut. The most striking is probably the oldest one: the GT-R 1969 C10...
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This tiny electric car could be the future of urban transportation
The future of transportation is a tough thing to peg down. It could involve Hyperloops, or self-driving cars, or some strange mix of both. Two years ago, Nissan started up an experimental wing called "Future Lab" to address this shifting landscape. And the first project is the Nissan New Mobility Concept — a squat, four-wheel electric vehicle that Nissan has taken from Renault and modified for the United States.
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The 2017 Nissan GT-R is a more civilized, more powerful Godzilla
Nissan brought a substantially updated 2017 GT-R to the New York Auto Show this week, featuring more power, an updated look, and a touch of refinement inside the cabin.
Basically, Godzilla is more terrifying — but also somehow friendlier — than ever.
To be clear, this isn’t an all-new car; that’s still a year or two (or three) out. But what’s amazing is that Nissan has managed to keep the GT-R basically at the peak of its game since its 2007 debut (not to mention the original concept car,...
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Toyota announces the Prius Prime, a fancy Prius that plugs in
Toyota today announced the Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius, which I drove last year and quite liked. But the new name, quad-LED headlights, and fancy new taillight design unique to the Prius Prime suggest Toyota sees this car as something a little more than another Prius.
And, to be honest, I'm not quite sure why. Sure, it can go 22 miles in all-electric mode at up to 84 mph — but that's less than half of the new Chevy Volt, which GM says can go more than 50 miles...
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The Lincoln Navigator Concept is a massive, luxurious land yacht
The new Lincoln Navigator Concept is a massive beast of an SUV. That's not surprising, given that the current Lincoln Navigator is also a massive beast of an SUV.
But this concept, which is meant to give us a good idea of what the next-generation Navigator will look like, is also meant to carry that weight in a much more elegant way.
"It was a very interesting challenge for the design team," said Lincoln president Kumar Galhotra in a meeting with The Verge ahead of the car's introduction...
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Mazda unveils the MX-5 RF, a Miata with a gorgeous targa top
The Mazda Miata has a new, hardtop brother: a targa called the Mazda MX-5 RF.
In front of a packed house of journalists in a Chelsea loft, Mazda execs rolled out the car, which looks exactly like what you'd expect (only a lot, lot better) — a Mazda Miata with a hardtop, but with a gorgeously complicated targa roof retraction mechanism. And oh, is it gorgeous.
A targa is a car with a removable roof section over the driver and passenger, but more roof or a roll bar behind the seats rather...
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Chevy's Bolt electric car is gearing up for production
Chevy just released a few images and a quick teaser video of its Bolt EV going through pre-production on its Michigan assembly line, one of the final steps before actual production. The Bolt is expected to be in at least some dealerships by the end of this year, promising a reasonably practical 200-mile electric range and a price around $30,000 after credits.
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BMW's cars get support for Spotify, Pandora, and iHeartRadio on Android phones
The new model of BMW's flagship 7 Series sedan is getting support for controlling the Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Pandora apps on Android phones, making it possible to use the services through the car's user interface — no fiddling with the phone required. BMW has supported similar functionality on iOS for several years, but the Android integration is new.
This new capability isn't Android Auto, though. BMW has pledged support for both Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay in future vehicles — but...
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The Ford Shelby GT-H is a rental car that knows how to kick ass
Ahead of this week's New York International Auto Show, Ford, Shelby, and Hertz have announced the Mustang Shelby GT-H, basically a souped-up Mustang GT — complete with the 5-liter V-8 — that you can rent just like you would any other rental car. (Except, you know, it's not really anything like a normal rental car.) It'll be built at Shelby American's facility in Las Vegas, and only "around 140" are expected to be made.
This is actually the third time Ford has collaborated with Hertz on a...
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New York Auto Show preview: here’s what cars to expect next week
The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) starts next Wednesday the 23rd, and while it's not the biggest show of the year, it inevitably brings a few interesting surprises: last year, for instance, we saw the debut of the lovely McLaren 570S, the launch of the incredibly expensive Range Rover SVAutobiography, and the return of the Lincoln Continental. Automakers are coming here to play, because it's one of the three most important car shows in the US — the others being Detroit and LA — and...
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