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Japanese tuning house Wald International is launching a new line of modifications for some of the most eminently desirable luxury sedans and "four door coupes" on the market. Kitted up are the Porsche Panamera, Jaguar XJ, BMW 7 Series, Infiniti M after the jump,  and the Rolls-Royce Ghost seen above...goodness gracious!! (more...)

'The Detroit Auto Show saw Audis second electronic prototype. Like the two-seater sports car Audi showed off recently in Frankfurt and Los Angeles, the new concept is also named E-Tron. The new E-Tron, with two electric motors in the rear axle (the other e-tron has four motors), is capable of zero to 62 miles per hour in 5.9 seconds, with speed ...

Toyota Motor Corp. has taken the unprecedented step of halting sales and production of eight models -- including its top-selling Camry and Corolla -- saying their gas pedals can get stuck and cause runaway acceleration. The eight models affected accounted for 57% of U.S. sales last year of all Toyota brands, including Lexus and Scion. more after ...

The Audi R8 5.2 FSI Coupe and Spyder were on full display at the Detroit Auto Show recently. The R8 5.2 FSIs V10 engine peeks through the glass on the Coupe version. Acceleration to 62 mph takes just 4.1 seconds and the terminal velocity is 194.5 mph. White and black two tone leather interior and additional carbon exterior parts, sitting on 19in skates ...

Ford wants you to think of MyFord Touch as an electronic Swiss Army knife. Physically speaking, here's what you get: A large, eight-inch touchscreen display in the center stack, two 4.2-inch LCD screens to the right and left of an analog speedometer (the exact same screens you'll find in the Fusion Hybrid) and two steering wheel-mounted five-way button ...

Ashley Cole blames paparazzi for speeding The Chelsea and England star, who did not attend court for his trial, was in his black Lamborghini on the A3 in Kingston, south west London, when a speed gun recorded him driving at 104mph. more after the jump... (more...)

The Aston Martin Cygnet, which is strongly based on the Toyota iQ microcar which will also be coming to the U.S. as a Scion model. No details of the mechanicals of the Aston Martin Cygnet have been released. info and more pics after the jump... (more...)

  Los Angeles Times automotive critic, Dan Neil, takes a drive in the plug-in electric