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The Detroit Auto Show has kicked off today and Mercedes-Benz just announced a new member in the C Class family: the 2016 C450 AMG Sport.

But please do not be confused with the “AMG” in its name, the C450 AMG Sport is not a AMG car like the C63 AMG. It is in fact a C Class with some AMG treatments, like the M Sport in BMW, or the S-Line in Audi.  One major upgrade for the C450 AMG Sport is the engine: although it is shared with the C400’s 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6, its output is boosted up to 362hp and 384 lb-ft of torque.

2016 Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Highlights

– 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6，362hp and 384 lb-ft of torque
– 7G-Tronic 7-speed automatic transmission
– 4Mat...

2016 Lexus GS-F

Today Lexus released certain details about the 2016 GS-F ahead of the 2015 Detroit auto show which will be opened to the public next week.

From what Lexus has told us at this moment, it looks like that the GS-F will directly borrow the RC-F’s V8 engine and the 8-speed transmission, with identical output. Even options like the Torque Vectoring Differential (TVD) is also carried-over from the RC-F.

Specs & Highlights

– 5.0L naturally aspirated V8 engine, 467hp at 7,100RPM and 389 lb-ft of torque from 4,800 to 5,600RPM
– Aisin 8-speed automatic transmission
– Curb weight around 4,034 lbs
– Wheel size: 255/35R19 (front), 275/35R19 (rear)

It is a little disap...

Mercedes-Benz Self Driving Concept: The F015

This year at the 2015 Las Vegas CES, there are several topics about cars: the fuel cell technologies by Toyota, the connected car from BMW and the self-driving concept car from Mercedes-Benz.

In the press conference about 5 hours ago, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz named this self-driving prototype as “F015”.

The F015 concept maximizes cabin space by pushing the wheels forward and backward respectively. And it also let its passengers “connected” to the outside by installing a total of 6 high-resolution LCD touchscreen in the cabin.

The exterior of the F015 seems to not be made with s...

The 2015 Detroit auto show to be held in next month is going to be a historical event for the automobile history. Several cars to be debuted there will definitely be proven to be legends in the automobile history. To name a few: the long-waited second generation NSX; the successor of the glory Ford GT; the first Lexus high-performance mid-size sedan, M5/E63AMG fighter: GS-F.

Below is a brief preview of what we’ll see in two weeks.

2016 Acura NSX

25 years earlier when Acura debuted its first generation NSX, it was a milestone in the automobile industry. The 1st-gen NSX has many new stuffs and technologies that people had never seen before at that time...

We all knew it’s coming – today, GM officially announced the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, the ultimate variant of the brand’s CTS sedan, which is going to compete with its German and Japanese rivals: the BMW M5, Mercedes-Benz E63AMG, and the upcoming Lexus GS-F.

Of course you can now jump to the press release on the bottom to dig for more information, but here are some highlights for your reference:

CTS-V highlights

– Supercharged 6.2L LT4 V8 engine, 640 hp and 630 lb-ft of torque
– Rear-wheel-drive, 8-speed automatic transmission
– 0-60mph time: 3.7 seconds; top speed: 200mph
– Latest version of the Magnetic Ride Control (electronically controlled active damping system)
– Opti...