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Refreshed 2015 Dodge Charger information

The biggest change to the refreshed Charger is its exterior. From the official image you may find that its front and rear looks like the Dodge Dart. LED lighting becomes a normal norm for the auto industry nowadays, so does Dodge.

Major changes:

– ZF sourced 8-speed automatic transmission is standard on all trims (while the current 2014 model has the old 5-speed transmission as standard equipment); Sport mode can shift within 250ms (a reduction from 400ms)

– AWD can be had for the base SE and SXT trim; but 5.7L V8 engine is RWD only

– Aluminum made axles and axle housing

– Nothing new, but worth mentioning is the Rallye Appearance Group package for the V6 engine, which bo...

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Exclusive: new Toyota sedan spy shot

Yesterday we reported the news that Toyota will release a mid-size sedan which is placed between the Chinese market Corolla and Camry, around the time of the Beijing auto show.

Today we got some spy shots of this mystery sedan. Here they are.

The front face looks like a combination of Corolla and Camry:

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Several of them are parking behind the Subway restaurant (Yes, that is a Subway Chinese franchise store):

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And the interior, looks familiar, right? But it does not mean this car is Corolla.

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The Chinese market Corolla, will also be announced during the 2014 Beijing auto show next week, here are some spy shots, one is the uncovered new Corolla, and another is a spyshot ins...

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What does the 2015 BMW ALPINA B6 xDrive Gran Coupe signal

It has been known to all for a while that BMW is going to sell the Alpina version of the 6 series Gran Coupe.

The key point is not only the Alpina car to be sold here in the US side. It sends us an important signal from BMW: the Bavarian auto maker finally feels necessary that it has a high performance version  AWD sedan in the market. Currenlty the BMW in-house performance branch “M”, is only providing rear-wheel-drive performance sedans and coupes.

Previously BMW never sold an Alpina version in US market, if there is already a M version being sold at the same time. For example we have BMW M3 here, so you will never see the Alpina B3 in the showroom...

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2015 BMW X4 in NY auto show

Updated 04/16: one thing to those who are planning to purchase a X4, there is no RWD version available. The X4 will be solely AWD drivetrain.

Together with the 2015 M4, the X4 will bow at the same time.

The 2015 X4 will be equipped with the similar powerplant as its sibling X3, named X4 28i and X4 35i. The manufacturer claim the X4 35i can do 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds, with the less powerful 28i model 0.8 second slower.

Before we show you the official press release, you can download the detailed pricing of the new X4 in the following link:

2015 BMW X4 Pricing Sheet

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And below is the press release.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – April 3, 2014 6:00pm EDT/3:00pm PDT. . . The all-new BM...

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2015 Hyundai Sonata US market official information

We have reported almost information for the 2015 Sonata several weeks ago, in this post.

The only major specs that we have to update today is the engine output. In the US market, the Sonata has two engines for customer to choose from.

The 2.4L naturally aspirated 4-cylinder engine outpus 185hp and 178 lb-ft of torque. You may see it is down a little bit compared to the current Sonata (190hp, 179 lb-ft). This is because the Hyundai engineers shift the toruqe curve to let the engine generate more torque in low engine RPM .

The 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder engine makes 245hp and 260 lb-ft of torque, down from the current Sonata 2.0T’s 274hp, 269 lb-ft torque...

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