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Ever think of owning an Aston Martin for less than $100k? Now your dream come true.

In this weekend’s 2014 New York auto show, Aston Martin will unveil the 2015 Vantage GT, which comes with a 430hp, 361 lb-ft of torque 4.7L V8 engine. This engine has special valvetrain which will open additional intake valves when the engine rpm is over 3500. Two transmission options: 6MT or 7-speed DCT. Estimated 0-60mph costs 4.6 seconds, top speed is 190mph. Customer can choose either a coupe version or a roadster body style.

The best news: this British luxury vehicle only asks for $99,900 (not including delivery charge)...

According to Ford, it replaced its former Lincoln brand designer Max Wolff, with David Woodhouse. This new HR change happened in last December.

Woodhouse joined Ford back in 1999. Before that he worked for GM. During his previous work in Ford, Woodhouse oversaw the exterior design of the previous-Ford-own luxury brands such as Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover and Volvo.

While we do not know the actual reason why Ford let Wolff step down his post, we know Wolff did make good progress for the Lincoln brand. The model he was in charge of the exterior design, the Lincoln MKZ’s sales gain 36% in the last quarter.

It looks like Ford put a big hope on the exterior design to b...

Toyota is going to release a new mid-size sedan, which is believed to sit between the Corolla and Camry, in the Chinese market.

To see why this makes a business case, first let’s see what the competition in the market right now is. In China, Honda has a model called Crider, which fill the gap between the Civic and Accord. It has a 104.3 inches wheelbase and comes with the 1.8L engine which it shares with the Civic. The Crider has a MacPherson front suspension, and a torsion beam for the rear suspension. A normal Crider carries a MSRP which approximately half the price of an Audi A3 sedan.

Below is the exterior and interior of the Honda Crider.

The Korean auto maker a...

Today BMW announced today that the 2015 BMW 228i coupe can be ordered with the “Track Handling Package”.

Actually this package includes features that are standard on the M235i: Adaptive M Suspension, Variable Sport Steering, M Sport Brakes system, plus the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires.

The pricing of this package has not been released yet. We are curious to see which model this package will make it more attractive: the 228i or M235i? (if the package is too expensive, more customers would rather prefer to buy the M235i directly)

We all know there will be a new 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engine debuts together with the upcoming 2015 Lexus NX.

There is more information coming from AutoWeek today. Here are the summary and a little bit of our analysis.

– This engine will also work similar to the RC-F’s V8, the way the valvetrain design will use the Atkinson cycle to improve fuel efficiency during low load situation, and switch back to the normal Otto cycle under heavier acceleration requirements. Lexus named this valve technology to be “VVT-iW”

– It is the first time the hybrid cycle mode (Atkinson <=> Otto cycle) paired with the turbo application

– We estimate the compression ratio for this engine will b...