2012 Toyota Yaris Hatchback

A competitor in the crowded subcompact segment, the second-generation Toyota Yaris hatchback provides reliable and economic transportation for those in need of inexpensive transportation. The 2012 Yaris is available as a three- or five-door hatchback. Both body styles come exclusively with a 1.5-liter inline-four that produces 106 horsepower and 103 lb-ft of torque at 4,200 rpm.

The all-new Yaris gets a new, more angular design on the outside. Inside, the center-mounted gauges on the dashboard is finally replaced with a more conventional setup right in front of the driver’s view.The design helps to ensure that all areas from the head to the lower back are equally supported, helping to reduce whiplash-type injuries during certain types of collisions.

Starting with nine standard airbags, the Yaris offers an impressive array of safety features. Standard driver and front-passenger dual-stage airbags are complemented by front-seat mounted side airbags and a knee airbag for the driver. Roll-sensing side airbags are fitted to both front- and rear-row seats.

Yaris features Toyota’s Star Safety System, which includes Vehicle Stability Control, ABS, Traction Control, Electronic Brake-Force Distribution and Brake Assist. The Yaris also features Smart Stop Technology, Toyota’s brake-override system, as standard. Other standard features include air conditioning, six cup and bottle holders and a storage cover for the cargo area. The Yaris is fairly capacious inside, with 15.3 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seats in the three-door and 15.6 cubic feet in the five door.

The subcompact Toyota Yaris hatchback competes with a mostly fresh lineup of entry-level cars including the Chevrolet Sonic Hatchback, Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Mazda2 and Hyundai Accent Hatchback.

2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid

BMW to unveil 6 Series Gran Coupe at Geneva

BMW has announced a whole slew of products it intends to showcase at the rapidly approaching Geneva Motor Show, with the biggest reveal being the first public showing of the five-passenger 6 Series Gran Coupe.

But that's just the tip of the Bavarian iceberg. Another highly anticipated machine, the BMW M6 Coupe, will make its world debut in Geneva before going on sale in the U.S. in the late summer as a 2013 model. The M6 Convertible, which is a big seller for BMW in the States, will debut in April at the 2012 New York Auto Show and will go on sale shortly thereafter.

Updated Ferrari California coming

Ferrari will showcase an updated version of its California droptop at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The revised California is now lighter and more powerful. The engine- a 4.3-litre V8 now churns out 483bhp, up by 30bhp thanks to new exhaust manifolds and engine mapping.

Ferrari has built a lighter,more powerful version of the California, and willshow off the revised grand tourer at next month’s Geneva motor show. The torque curve has also been modified and is higher across the engine’s rev range, with maximum torque of 51.43kgm at 5000rpm.

BMW Announces X5 M Sport, Four-Cylinder X3

Keeping things fresh in the BMW crossover camp, the German automaker is introducing a new engine for its X3 compact and a new M Sport package for the midsize X5.

For the X3, BMW will bestow its new 2.0-liter twin-turbocharged four-cylinder engine to replace its base 3.0-liter inline-six. Its official name will still be the X3 xDrive28i, despite the fact that its engine size has changed (the number signifier in the name). But if you’re really complaining about such fripperies, you’ll be happy to know that at least it’s more powerful than the outgoing engine; expect a five-horsepower bump to 245. If the engine performs as well as it does in the 2012 BMW 3 Series sedan, expect about a 20-percent fuel economy improvement over the current base engine’s 19 mpg city/25 mpg highway.

Maxximus LNG 2000 by 2013

With successfully manufacturing the world’s fastest street-legal supercar - the Maxximus G-Force - back in 2009, partners Marlon Kirby and David McMahan are back in action. However, this time, with the new Maxximus LNG 2000 they have gone very green.

Not much details is mentioned for the LNG 2000 as of yet, but we do know that it is breaking the walls set up by petrol engines by running on compressed natural gas and liquid natural gas. That’s right supercar owners; no more getting ripped off at the pump! However it is still not known what kind of performance it will provide, however the second generation G-Force has been pegged as the which clobbered the 0-60mph sprint in 2.1 seconds. The G-Force was by no means green, though. It was powered by a 1,600-horsepower, 7.0-liter engine sourced from Chevrolet which boasted if additional performance times of 0-100 mph in 4.5 seconds and 0-100-0 mph in 8.8 seconds.

Lexus RX F-Sport by 2013

Lexus promised they would bring two new models to the 2012 Geneva Motor Show and now that we’re weeks away from one of the biggest auto events of the calendar year, we know what those two models are.

One of the twonew Geneva-bound vehicles is the Lexus RX F-Sport, joining the face-lifted 2013 Lexus RX in the Japanese automaker’s booth in Geneva. The former appears to carry a lot of Lexus’ new design language and, in particular, the new spindle grille looks pretty aggressive and menacing.

2013 XKR-S Convertible by Jaguar

A sensational decision in producing the XKR-S CoupeJaguar made and they have decided it is time to expand the impressive line-up with the addition of a new Convertible model. At the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show the new XKR-S Convertible made its world debut and is the most powerful and fastest open-topped GT Jaguar has ever built.

The convertible uses the same 5.0-liter supercharged AJ-V8 engine as the coupe version. It delivers a total of 543 HP and a peak torque of 502 lbs-ft; enough power to sprint the car from 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds on its way up to a top speed of 186 mph.

Edo competition presents 2012 Porsche Panamera Turbo S

German tuner, Edo Competition, has come up with a new tuning package for the Porsche Panamera Turbo S. As usual with their projects, all the modifications were generally made under the hood and were enough to transform the car into the most powerful Panamera Turbo S ever.
The changes made to the engine includes new exhaust manifold, new turbochargers, and high-flow catalytic converters and air filters, as well as a stainless steel high-performance exhaust system with butterfly valves. The engine management system was also re-programmed to get best use out of the new hardware.