What other lighting technology is being used?

LED headlights are no longer uncommon in the automobile industry, now even the Corolla LE comes as standard.

We’re not sure if you’ve heard, but some luxury brands are moving onto other types of illumination technology such as the laser headlights developed by BMW and Audi. But Mercedes-Benz seems to stick to the conservative way, which keeps its faith in the LED route.

Despite switching to other lighting sources, Mercedes-Benz is planning to add more LEDs into one headlight unit. Currently, the CLS-class has 24 LEDs in each of its high beam module...

BMW Will Roll Out the New Engine, July 2016

In our previous article we reported that BMW will make some changes to the 3/4-series. BMW will rename the 35i models to 40i, and also the 28i will become 30i.

This is not JUST a name change because the current N55 6-cylinder engine in the 35i models will be replaced by the newly-designed B58 engine.  The same for the N20 engines in the 28i trims: it will be replaced by the brand-new B48 4-cylinder engine as well. BMW is going to roll out this engine swap starting July 2016 and we can NOT wait.

the new B48 engine

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 What does Aston Martin have up their sleeves?

People don’t like refusing money, plain and simple. This is especially true for a company that shows negative earning numbers on its financial report, and Aston Martin is a typical example.

For the 2013 year, Aston Martin has reported a pretax loss of GBP 25.4-million and only managed to sell 4,200 cars. However this does not stop the British auto maker from designing new vehicles. Previously, we have reported Aston Martin has made a special sedan only for selected customers in the Middle East market: the Lagonda sedan.

However, it looks like Aston Martin’s upper management has changed their ideas...

Scion iM Concept Car Sneak Peek

Scion is going to debut the iM concept car in next week’s LA auto show. Today, Toyota gave us a sneak peak of this new model badged with the one and only, Scion brand.

Toyota previously sold the Corolla hatchback version in the US market under the “Matrix” model name. However, Toyota decided to pull the plug after the 2013 model year, due to declining sales. We get it since we all know US consumers aren’t big fans of hatchbacks, right?

In fact Europeans likes hatchbacks more than folks in the US, therefore Toyota is selling the latest hatchback version of the Corolla, called the “Toyota Auris” in Europe...

Lexus LF-C2 Concept to Make its World Premiere at 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show

Today Lexus announced that they will reveal a new concept car at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19th. What is the name you ask? The Lexus “LF-C2”. Below is a mysterious photo officially released by Lexus.

We believe the LF-C2 shows some clues about the next-generation IS convertible, or the RC convertible. Lexus will provide more information through a 3-day social media campaign. Please see the below press release for more details.

 November 11, 2014

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