Archive for the ‘2009 Los Angeles Auto Show’ Category

If you've browsed through any of the tuner magazines or fan sites and salivated over the WRX spec C that's on offer in Japanese domestic market (JDM) spec, you won't have to wait much longer for the real thing. Well, almost the real thing.

Soon, the new 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Special Edition for the U.S., that's being shown for the first time at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, will appear at dealerships, with a distinctive white paint and charcoal wheels, borrowing the look, and the specially tuned performance suspension, from the JDM spec C model.

Aimed at those willing to sacrifice a little bit of comfort in the name of...

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned the "YouthMobile 2030" design challenge associated with the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. At the time, we highlighted GM's "Car Hero" entry, but Audi's designs deserve mention, too. The company has submitted two vehicles, the eOra and the eSpira, both of which were created with tomorrow's social media-savvy drivers in mind. In fact, they were designed via social media itself: Audi solicited suggestions for the models from its 400,000 Facebook fans. Check the video below to see if design-by-committee is all it's cracked up to be.

[Audi, MotorAuthority]

The Los Angeles Auto Show is just a few weeks away, so now seems as good a time as any to skim through the submissions for its 6th Annual Design Challenge. This year's theme is YouthMobile  2030 -- the goal being to envision vehicles two decades down the road. Participating studios include Audi, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, and GM, whose entry is the "Car Hero" concept pictured at left. As you might presume for concept that alludes to a popular videogame, "Car Hero" works like a game, wherein drivers begin by letting the vehicle navigate on its own, but eventually gain the ability to control the car themselves by demonstrating some driving...