Toyota brought the FT-1 concept to the 2014 Detroit Auto Show earlier this year.

In the automotive industry, the purpose of a concept car is usually for testing the interest expressed from the public, which can assist the auto maker management to evaluate the business case for a proposed new model. If the public interest is high, then the developement will proceed to the direction of mass production.

Obviously, not all concept cars can gain enough public attention; actually statistically speaking, more than half of the concept car project will not be green lighted for production.

Summer is the season that auto maker rolling out next model year cars. Today not only Audi announced its 2015 A8 pricing, but also Nissan released its hot selling Altima’s 2015 model price.

Below is the detail numbers:

Altima Sedan 2.5 – $22,300
Altima Sedan 2.5 S – $22,560
Altima Sedan 2.5 SV – $24,720
Altima Sedan 2.5 SL – $28,150
Altima Sedan 3.5 S – $26,450
Altima Sedan 3.5 SV – $29,830
Altima Sedan 3.5 SL – $31,950
Destination and Handling: $810

Generally speaking the 2015 models has price increase compared to the 2014 one. The 2.5 4-cylinder models are having a $100 – $200 increase; while some 3...

Audi USA just released its 2015 model year A8 pricing, along with some engine specifications.

The pricing of different trims:

• 2015 Audi A8 3.0T: $77,400
• 2015 Audi A8 L 3.0T: $81,400
• 2015 Audi A8 L TDI: $85,100
• 2015 Audi A8 4.0T: $86,400
• 2015 Audi A8 L 4.0T: $90,400
• 2015 Audi S8 4.0T: $114,900
• 2015 Audi A8 L W12: $137,900

Audi also made some upgrades to the 4.0L gasoline V8, and the 3.0L diesel V6 engines. The output of the 4.0L V8 will be 441hp (up from 2014’s 420hp); the 3.0 diesel engine will has 258hp (up from 240hp).

Along with the mechanical changes, the 2015 A8 also gets a new front bumper, revised hood, new style grille and new shape of LED headlight...

Today Cadillac released detail information for the 2015 ATS sedan and coupe

The most noticeable change in the sedan’s exterior is the new Cadillac logo (without the olive branches) in the front grille, as we have reported a month ago.

Another big news is the upgrade to the 2.0L turbo engine, which torque output is raised to 295 lb-ft, an increase of 14% compared to the 2014 model. The 2.0L turbo engine is available on both the sedan and coupe trim.

Other changes including various new electronic features (WiFi hotspot, enhanced CUE, text message alerts and Teen Driver features etc), and also the DockSpot wireless cellphone charging functionality from Powermat.

For more in...

Today IIHS released its crash test result for the 2015 VW GTI and Golf (they are essentially based on the same platform and share the same frame structure). They got “Good” result for all testing categories, which earns them the Top Safety Pick Plus rating.

The highlights of the result are in the small overlap front test and also the side impact test. For the small overlap test, unlike some cars that use the “trick” to slide over the test barrier, avoiding a direct impact to the car body to get a good result, the 2015 VW GTI directly hit the barrier...