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You may have missed being at the LA Auto Show in person for the reveal of the Hyundai Genesis coupe concept but now we've got some video of the reveal. The video shows off both the Korean automaker's new 300-HP RWD sports car as well as a made-for-press intro video starring a woman who may be the world's hottest spy photographer ever. You may be wondering why we'd be showing this video today — like two weeks after the LA show ended. Sheer laziness perhaps? Or maybe we just wanted to keepher the Hyundai hotness all to ourselves.
Hyundai Genesis Coupe Concept Reveal... Revealed... Finally
You may have missed being at the LA Auto Show in person for the reveal of the Hyundai Genesis coupe concept but now we've got some video of the reveal. The video shows off both the Korean automaker's new 300-HP RWD sports car as well as a made-for-press intro video starring a woman who may be the world's hottest spy photographer ever. You may be wondering why we'd be showing this video today — like two weeks after the LA show ended. Sheer laziness perhaps? Or maybe we just wanted to keep
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LA Auto Show: Jalopnik Friday Meet Up
First of all, we ain't going anywhere near the Convention Center fo the next six months, so y'all have fun without us. Now that we're clear, this here thread is so you, our beloved commenters who happen to live in and around the great city of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, can make plans to attend the show. Have fun, take pictures and mail 'em in. And just to be clear as crystal, this meet up is scheduled for this Friday, November 23
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Old Media Discovers The Loverman!
As Los Jalops toil away, feeding our content into this series of tubes, we sometimes feel neglected by the ink-stained wretches who, like, do newspapers. But no more! First Señor Bumbeck makes the Los Angeles Times, and now Herr Loverman, our resident Tatra Faurecia expert, is getting quoted in the Holland (Michigan) Sentinel! [Holland Sentinel]
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What'd You Like Best at the LA Auto Show?
Despite the lack of 50s era Citroens, and the fact that we'd pretty much seen 90% of the what have you at Frankfurt and Tokyo, there was still cool stuff to be found in the city of angels. Like the (snicker) 300+ mph Vector (did I tell you guys I met Gerald Weigert?), the Mazda made of clay, the RWD Hyundai Coupe and the world's first series-production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Honda Clarity. And can you really have too many Godzilla, EVO and STI reveals? And how could we forget the glorious 1972 Tatra 603 cum Georges Pompidou, the Faurecia? Oh yeah, we can't. And for reals, that's the car we liked the best. You?
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Apparently there was more going on at the reveal of the new 14 MPG 2008 Toyota Sequoia than just the reveal of an uber-humongous SUV based on the new bigger n' beefier Tundra pickup. We didn't find out until after we left LA-LA-land, but the folks from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) snuck into the reveal to ask Bob Carter, vice president and general manager of Toyota's US division a few questions about why the automaker all about advertising green is one of the automakers suing to stop California from restricting vehicular CO2 emissions. According to Rick Popely from the Chicago Tribune, Carter, noting
Toyota VP And Rainforest Action Network Scuffle After Introduction Of 2008 Sequoia
Apparently there was more going on at the reveal of the new 14 MPG 2008 Toyota Sequoia than just the reveal of an uber-humongous SUV based on the new bigger n' beefier Tundra pickup. We didn't find out until after we left LA-LA-land, but the folks from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) snuck into the reveal to ask Bob Carter, vice president and general manager of Toyota's US division a few questions about why the automaker all about advertising green is one of the automakers suing to stop California from restricting vehicular CO2 emissions. According to Rick Popely from the Chicago Tribune, Carter, noting
"the man's media badge identified him as Dave Schembri, head of Mercedes-Benz's Smart division...knocked the video camera from the man's hands, and security guards separated the two."Toyota spokesperson Irv Miller said later in response to the incident: ""It's probably on YouTube now. That's freedom of speech..." Yes, Irv — and as the above video proves — you're right on both counts. By the way, the best part of the video isn't the altercation — it's Carter's stunned reaction to the question asked. [via RAN, Chicago Tribune]
11:15 AM on Mon Nov 19 2007
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2007 LA Auto Show
UPDATED AT 11/16 9:00 AM EST Here's your official at-a-glance cheat sheet for the 2007 LA Auto Show. Stop by this post here at the top of the page throughout the show to see what the team in town is seeing and... More »
12:00 AM on Sat Nov 17 2007
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You're looking at Honda's new hydrogen fuel cell powered FCX Clarity parked in front of the Malibu Presbyterian Church that was destroyed in the recent fires. As the Clarity emits water and achieves the gasoline consumption equivalent of 68 mpg, we thought it only fitting to shoot it parked in front of one of Global Warming's victims. The Clarity, of course, is supposed to help with all that — although we're still not real clear on the clarity of the environmental benefits of hydrogen created using currently readily available sources. But Honda claims they're working on that — and hey, it'll reduce your home's overall power bills. Oh yeah, almost forgot. Honda tossed us the keys to their multi-million dollar pre-production baby (LA Times Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic Dan Neil claims it's worth "like $10,000,000 or more") and let us cruise from Santa Monica through the toasted canyons of Malibu. Full review coming this Monday.
Preview: Jalopnik Drives the Honda FCX Clarity
You're looking at Honda's new hydrogen fuel cell powered FCX Clarity parked in front of the Malibu Presbyterian Church that was destroyed in the recent fires. As the Clarity emits water and achieves the gasoline consumption equivalent of 68 mpg, we thought it only fitting to shoot it parked in front of one of Global Warming's victims. The Clarity, of course, is supposed to help with all that — although we're still not real clear on the clarity of the environmental benefits of hydrogen created using currently readily available sources. But Honda claims they're working on that — and hey, it'll reduce your home's overall power bills. Oh yeah, almost forgot. Honda tossed us the keys to their multi-million dollar pre-production baby (LA Times Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic Dan Neil claims it's worth "like $10,000,000 or more") and let us cruise from Santa Monica through the toasted canyons of Malibu. Full review coming this Monday. 
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LA Auto Show: Suzuki SX4 Makai Concept
Though it may never see the light of production, this SX4 hatchback-based convertible would be an excellent beach car (though maybe not as nice as an old Brat). The Suzuki SX4 Makai Concept is all about fun, and fun means no roof, smaller windshield and a roll bar. Also surfboards. You can't have fun without surfboards. In addition to the obvious exterior changes, the car also gets a set of four ventilated seats, lotos of music power, a Momo Sport steering wheel and color-keyed accent lighting. Press release below the jump. More »
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You know what's hard? Having just one favorite supercar maker. Go ahead, say Ferrari and I'll park my Murcielago next to your 599 GTB, making the latter look like nothing but a shiny red Corvette with yellow horse stickers pasted all over it. Luckily we write about cars for a living, guaranteeing that not only will we soon be able to afford all the hot Italian metal we want, but our yacht will totally be able to handle a helicopter. Wow. We just went insane for a full minute. Well, a little mental slippage is to be expected. Seriously, you try hanging around this many Spykers and not getting your mind blown just a teensy bit. Surprisingly, we liked the relatively sorta sane C8 Spyder more than the howlin' at the moon C12 Zagato. But again, making rational decisions in this lofty realm is the stuff rich people have to worry about. We will say that the Aston Martins parked next door to Spykerland were absolutely invisible by comparison. A curiosity follows should you choose to jump.
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LA Auto Show: Spykers
You know what's hard? Having just one favorite supercar maker. Go ahead, say Ferrari and I'll park my Murcielago next to your 599 GTB, making the latter look like nothing but a shiny red Corvette with yellow horse stickers pasted all over it. Luckily we write about cars for a living, guaranteeing that not only will we soon be able to afford all the hot Italian metal we want, but our yacht will totally be able to handle a helicopter. Wow. We just went insane for a full minute. Well, a little mental slippage is to be expected. Seriously, you try hanging around this many Spykers and not getting your mind blown just a teensy bit. Surprisingly, we liked the relatively sorta sane C8 Spyder more than the howlin' at the moon C12 Zagato. But again, making rational decisions in this lofty realm is the stuff rich people have to worry about. We will say that the Aston Martins parked next door to Spykerland were absolutely invisible by comparison. A curiosity follows should you choose to jump. More »
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LA Auto Show: Kia KND-4 Concept
Nothing says green and sexy like a little Kia turbodiesel action. What you see here is the KIA KND-4 compact SUV concept, meant to show off that Kia can make a sharp mini-ute for the urban crowd that never actually wants to get off the road. More interesting than the outside is what's under the hood. This baby is powered by a 2.2-liter Variable Geometry Turbocharger diesel engine with Active Torque Transfer, which helps keep you moving forward in slippery conditions. While not as hip as the gigantic hybrids being offered by those other guys, we'd bet this little baby could do better than 18 MPG. Just saying. Press release below the jump. More »
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LA Auto Show: Mazda Clay Concept
I had a little Mazda, I made it out of clay... As we reported earlier, Mazda's having their journeyman sculptors create a clay model of the winning entry in its recent design challenge. That contest collected 150-word descriptions via Facebook, which Mazda designers rendered in two-dee. The winner, as voted by Facebook denizens, is the product of an industrial design student from the University of Notre Dame. It's getting its third, clay dimension during the LA show, and the finished product will be unveiled to significant mock fanfare on November 24. Cheers to brother Bumbeck for the purty pictures.
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LA Auto Show: 1981 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2000 Turbo Group 4 Rally Car
Here it is children, the primeval Japanese street-fighter. Mitsubishi has it at their display to help showcase all ten generations of Lancer Evolutions. The EX 2000 Rally Car packed 280 hp. In 1981. We friggin' heart it. Look at the fog lights, all four of them. Look at the riveted on rear rubber fender flares. Even the trunk latch rules. We're thinking we have little else to say. So, enjoy the gallery.
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Commenter of the Day: French Tatra > LA Auto Show Edition
Crazy, we know it, but at a massive international auto show where the biggest true reveals are a Dodge crossover and hybrid pickup trucks, it becomes possible for a 35-year-old French/Czech mashup to steal our heart. And judging by your comments, the same goes for you all. Of course, this shared sentiment got us thinking. How could this be? How could a design study blow our collective minds farther than a $1.4 million carbon-fiber Lamborghini? I mean, the Faurecia doesn't even have an engine, let alone performance numbers. Oh, and as the Faurecia is indeed motor-less, we're going to go ahead and name it out green car of the year. Shake a carbon footprint at that, you dirty old hybrids. Anyhow, the reason why the Faurecia is so head slappin' after you jump. More »
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LA Auto Show: Winner of the Design Challenge, Robocar 2057 is... the Volkswagen Concept Slipstream
A panel of experts consisting of car designers, robotics specialists, Art Center faculty and (presumably) Stephan Hawkings' wheelchair looked at all the entrants and decided that the Slipstream is the coolest dog in the window. To refresh your memory, around town the Slipstream rides upright on two wheels and occupies 1/5 the space of a conventional car. Once on a specially built freeway (also called Slipstream), the Slipstream lays down like a regular car, deploys rear fins and can hit speeds exceeding 250 mph. Jalopnik would like to point out that the Slipstream's top speed is a full 50 mph slower than the Vector A-WX-8. Just sayin'. In conclusion,
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Two points of interest. One is the 1.8-liter diesel mill with a variable geometry turbocharger that together kick out 130 hp of jam with 206 ft-lb. of twisting power. The other is that it looks, well, super! We love the EVO front end with the gaped maw for the intercooler and the functional brake-cooling inlet ducts. Even though traditionally we are less than enthralled with trucklettes, we really dig the cut of the cX's jib. Like, lots. And then you got AWD and the DSG TC-SST tranny, we're thinking Mitsubishi really ought to build the Concept cX. Course, the last person who followed our advice woke up in Tijuana without any pants on. Still, we know more about cars than we do about [CENSORED]. Go for it Mitsubishi. While you're at it, how 'bout a new Starion? Anyway, happy 25-years in the US. You've come a long way since the Cordia.
LA Auto Show: Mitusbishi Concept-cX
Two points of interest. One is the 1.8-liter diesel mill with a variable geometry turbocharger that together kick out 130 hp of jam with 206 ft-lb. of twisting power. The other is that it looks, well, super! We love the EVO front end with the gaped maw for the intercooler and the functional brake-cooling inlet ducts. Even though traditionally we are less than enthralled with trucklettes, we really dig the cut of the cX's jib. Like, lots. And then you got AWD and the
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Who do we love? Faurecia! Why do we love them? Because they are French and they took a 1972 Tatra, gutted the innards, ripped the engine out of the butt and created one of the most striking vehicles here at the LA Auto Show. Both inside and out. And of course, Davey and I are convinced that Faurecia's been listening in on our phone calls. Yesterday we snapped some exterior shots of their design study which were very nice indeed. However, the fine folks at Faurecia handed us a press kit with even better photos of the outside, and some really excellent glimpses on the triple-svelte interior. Seriously, the front door inserts and the seat backs are made from white oak. Real white oak, the kind you age burgundy in. And a press release after the jump.
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LA Auto Show: Faurecia Press Kit
Who do we love? Faurecia! Why do we love them? Because they are French and they took a 1972 Tatra, gutted the innards, ripped the engine out of the butt and created one of the most striking vehicles here at the LA Auto Show. Both inside and out. And of course, Davey and I are convinced that Faurecia's been listening in on our phone calls. Yesterday we snapped some exterior shots of their design study which were very nice indeed. However, the fine folks at Faurecia handed us a press kit with even better photos of the outside, and some really excellent glimpses on the triple-svelte interior. Seriously, the front door inserts and the seat backs are made from white oak. Real white oak, the kind you age burgundy in. And a press release after the jump.More »
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You have no idea how badly we want to stick about 17 exclamation points at the end of this headline. Yes friends, the new STI is (just about) here and yeah, it's a wagon. Huzza! And for those of you not interested in extra storage space, the wildly named Dual Active Valve System variable valve timing for both the in and the outdoor valves (Dual AVCS) lets the 2.5-liter boxer motor spin out 305 horses and crank off 290 ft-lb. of the torque. Oof, take that! It doesn't take a doctor of automotive journalism to realize that you don't need Corvette vs. Viper when you got new and improved EVO vs. superwagon STI. Wow... I guess I really am fried, cause the notion of a Viper shooting-brake just crossed my mind. Be sure to check the gallery for the WRC-dressed rally car. And the tailgate pins.
LA Auto Show: 2008 Subaru WRX STI Revealed to America
You have no idea how badly we want to stick about 17 exclamation points at the end of this headline. Yes friends, the new STI is (just about) here and yeah, it's a wagon. Huzza! And for those of you not interested in extra storage space, the wildly named Dual Active Valve System variable valve timing for both the in and the outdoor valves (Dual AVCS) lets the 2.5-liter boxer motor spin out 305 horses and crank off 290 ft-lb. of the torque. Oof, take that! It doesn't take a doctor of automotive journalism to realize that you don't need Corvette vs. Viper when you got new and improved EVO vs. superwagon STI. Wow... I guess I really am fried, cause the notion of a Viper shooting-brake just crossed my mind. Be sure to check the gallery for the WRC-dressed rally car. And the tailgate pins.