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2009 infiniti fx50

2009 Infiniti FX50 Gets Reviewed, Shaken But Not Stirred By Popular Mechanics

Infiniti brought their brand new FX45-replacing bag to the Geneva Motor Show in the form of an all new FX, the 2009 Infiniti FX50. While we didn't get a chance to check out the new 390-hp and 369 lb.-ft. o' torque being put out by that new big n' shiny V8 as well as what's purportedly a much less brittle ride, the Mechanics who are always quite Popular did. So what did they think? Well, they dug the new interior, and the ride and handling were apparently much smoother than the last FX-branded SUV from the brand all about the Möbius strip. Want to know more? How about checking out their 007-like double entendre-laden adventure via the link below.

2009 Infiniti FX50 Test Drive: The 390-hp Crossover Even Bond Would Dig

12:01 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,859 views, 37 comments

Latest by ihateauditions: @DannyBN: Those buttons are exactly the same in my new G35X. From the driver seat, it's actually an easy to use little arrows + enter + jog dial system that doesn't seem weird. But yeah, in photos, it looks odd. The more »

mahindra scorpio

FEV Shows Off Mahindra Scorpio Diesel Electric Hybrid Battery Pack, Talks Appalachian

Well, there you have it folks, batteries in the boot, basically all the proof you get this is a hybrid SUV because everything else hybridy is in the transmission. We also gathered the Scorpio diesel hybrid is intended for production, but dates and the possibility of US import were left up to the Mahindra folks. Aside from that bit of boring, we talked to the FEV folks a bit and got some information in conflict with our earlier reporting. We were wandering around Cobo at the 2008 SAE World Congress and trying to figure out where the heck the Mahindra Appalachian sporting a diesel electric hybrid powertrain was.

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1:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
673 views, 8 comments

Latest by hanakimi: Seriously though, how come I don't see any Indian cars go through crash tests ? Can't even find a video Not even Euro-Ncap. more »

mahindra scorpio

Indian Mahindra Scorpio Diesel-Electric Hybrid SUV: First Pictures Of First Indian Hybrid

We just snapped off a couple of shots of the Mahindra Scorpio, the diesel-electric hybrid SUV we told you would be unveiled here at the 2008 SAE World Congress. Yes, it's before everything has opened to the engineering public. Yes, we may not have been officially allowed out on the floor. Yes, we probably broke a city statute or two in doing it, but no, rumors of any cash exchanging hands in the process are very much untrue. What is true is the hybrid diesel SUV from the sub-continent is the first of its kind for Mahindra and is being displayed in the stand of their development partner FEV.

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8:22 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,377 views, 31 comments

Latest by hanakimi: Same question being raised again and again, it looks ok, new technology (alot others already got it) but how come I cannot find any videos of Indian cars crash test ? does india even have a national crash test or more »

offbeat news

Brazilian Government Holds Drug Dealer Fire Sale, Underwear And SUVs Must Go!

Juan Carlos "Chupeta" Ramírez Abadía is a bad man. Arrested last year for crimes including drug trafficking and money laundering, it's estimated that prior to being caught he was worth somewhere in the region of $1.8 billion. Now, in order to recoup some of the cost of making people like this rich the war on drugs the Brazilian government is putting Abadía's belongings up for auction, including this mystery SUV. More »

2:15 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Wes Siler
2,218 views, 26 comments

mahindra scorpio

Indian Mahindra Scorpio Diesel-Electric Hybrid SUV To Be Revealed At SAE

Mahindra has just jointly announced with FEV that they'll be displaying their sub-continent-styled Mahindra Scorpio with a diesel-electric hybrid powertrain at the SAE World Congress this weekend here in Detroit. The system includes a 40 HP E-motor that works in stop/start, electric acceleration, and regenerative braking capacities — developing peak torque in the range of 200 lb-ft. The diesel engine is a 2.2-liter inline four with common rail injection, developing 113 HP mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Although no word on what this has to do with the Mahindra Appalachian we'd been told to look for this week at the SAE World Congress, or whether we'll be seeing this curry-flavored Indian import stateside, it at least looks like the hybrid SUV market is set to get mighty interesting. Press release below the fold and in case you're interested, the shot up top is a camino-ized version of the Scorpio they'll be showing off. So you probably shouldn't expect a truck bed. More »

1:39 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
7,590 views, 26 comments

Latest by hanakimi: Same question being raised again and again, it looks ok, new technology (alot others already got it) but how come I cannot find any videos of Indian cars crash test ? does india even have a national crash test or more »

2009 honda pilot

2009 Honda Pilot

Earlier today we asked all of you in the Detwa area to see if you could grab a photo of the 2009 Honda Pilot, and one of you rose to our Honda Pilot spy photo challenge by snapping photos so quickly that you beat an actual spy photographer that tried to do the same thing. Props to Steven Menlen who was in the Ypsilanti area and grabbed some great photos. We'll be contacting you soon with information on the $500 smackers you earned. In the meantime, everyone enjoy photos inside and out of the new Pilot.

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Spy Photos

5:52 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
11,168 views, 65 comments

Latest by Branden.Tang: Why not be more like big brother MDX and look more agressive? more »

2009 honda pilot

2009 Honda Pilot Fleet Spotted Outside Detroit Area Marriott, We Offer $500 Bounty On Pictures

That's the 2009 Honda Pilot. If it looks familiar to you, it should. That's because it basically looks basically unchanged from the 2009 Honda Pilot concept we saw at the Detroit Auto Show in January. This particular, umm, fleet, of Pilots was caught outside of a Detroit area Marriott Hotel by the good folks at Car und Driver. Unfortunately C&D's shots are a bit — tiny. Although some claim size doesn't matter, more claim that it does, so if anyone wants to make a quick buck, or five hundred of them, figure out which Marriott they're at and head on out to grab some high-resolution shots (we're talking DSLR quality — sorry guys, no iPhone or other camera phone pics please). More »

Spy Photos

12:21 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
5,138 views, 31 comments

Latest by paulwilson05: This only pushes me back from even walking into a Honda showroom. more »

jalopnik reviews

BMW X6, Part Three

Why you should buy this car:
Odd vehicles fascinate you. You're open-minded and prepared to accept that a big, tall, heavy SUV can out-drive many a sports car. You always wanted a Lamborghini LM002 but are locked into a world of lease agreements. Your heart says sports car but your head says, "You live at the end of a dirt road in mountains that are snowbound nine months out of the year." Your own personal project car hell is creating the ultimate Dakar racer.

Why you shouldn't:
You think that lightness and simplicity are the be all and end all of automotive greatness. SUVs offend you. You need an SUV for off-roading and hauling manure. You have small children. The thought of $5 a gallon gas sends you into deep depression.

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Feature

12:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Wes Siler
3,106 views, 26 comments

Latest by ruggels: @j6r: w00t brand whorage ftw! more »

jalopnik reviews

BMW X6, Part Two

Exterior Design: ***
Like many parts of the BMW X6, its looks are promising yet flawed. Doing a great job of disguising its bulk — the X6 is huge, that lip on the rear hatch is taller than an F-150's tailgate and the pictured wheels are 20-inchers — they're nevertheless awkward in some places — the huge rear end — and disappointingly conservative in others — the boring front. It's an extremely color sensitive shape; white showing off its surfaces best while the burgundy version is just boring.

Interior Design: **
In short: conservative and impractical. By opting for a CLS-style rear console BMW unnecessarily reduced the X6's people capacity to four, but haven't made the interior special enough to justify its lack of space. It's also very color and spec sensitive; the dash looks great covered in dark leather, but the beige plastic found in base versions is just plain tacky. The rear window, big on the outside, looks like little more than a slit from the front seat. The low roofline doesn't compromise rear headroom as much as it looks though, I'm 6'2" and could sit there all day, legroom is equivalent to an X5.

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Feature

12:30 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Wes Siler
7,325 views, 52 comments

Latest by brownie: @Pope Dearthair the Awesometh: There is no S6 Avant and certainly no RS6 Avant offered in the US. Nor the RS4 Avant, for that matter. Clearly Audi hates America. more »

jalopnik reviews

2009 BMW X6, Part One

The 2009 BMW X6 isn't great on a racetrack. This thought occurs during my third lap when I realize — the throttle wide open, exiting a corner at 100mph — this may not be the best sports car out there. My next thought is "But this is a 4,993lbs SUV." And that's the point where you realize what we have here is something entirely new.

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Feature

12:01 AM on Sat Apr 5 2008
By Wes Siler
16,925 views, 134 comments

Latest by weatherman: @Wes Siler: well said. more »

down on the street

1971 Chevrolet K5 Blazer


We've seen an early Bronco in this series, so it's only fair that we have a DOTS Truck Monday featuring the Bronco's competitor from The General. This '71 Blazer parks on one of Alameda's major thoroughfares, not far from the Unimog and the '63 VW Transporter, and it's clearly someone's daily driver.
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9:20 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,194 views, 43 comments

Latest by Murilee Martin: @SupermotoThud: You still see quite a few A's stickers from the Charlie Finley era in Alameda- they must have made them out of some super-tough fadeproof material. more »

down on the street

1976 International Harvester Scout II

We've only seen two trucks from our favorite farm equipment maker so far in this series (the '48 KB-2 and the '80 Scout), but those aren't the only International Harvesters on the island. Here's a '76 Scout II (equipped with a warlord-style camouflage paint job) that I spotted in the same East End neighborhood as the '84 Plymouth Reliant.
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9:00 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,330 views, 27 comments

Latest by xjs: @Impalamino: For years I've wondered about that, whether they have a cutoff for the brake lights. See, I learned something on Jalopnik today! more »

retro

The AMC Eagle: Before Its Time, Dammit!

They all laughed at the AMC Eagle back in the day; why would anyone want to buy a car with four-wheel-drive? And, of course, just about everything AMC did during the Late Malaise Era reeked of the panic swirling about Kenosha at the time, so car buyers could just picture the bash-to-fit frenzy of line workers running over to the Jeep assembly plant to swipe components to affix to Concord bodies. But these days everyone seems to want "command position" driver height and 4WD every bit as much as they want 16" diameter cupholders. Before its time! You still see a few of them around, though, and the Gray Lady has taken notice. [New York Times]

2:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,421 views, 44 comments

Latest by flightofthesuperbees: My uncle's bar is still in Kenosha, the pitchers were lined up on the bar "back-in-the-day" but still a good working class bar. I will have to find out the name of it. You can always go to the Javelin more »

geneva motor show

2009 Infiniti FX50 Lands In Geneva, Impresses Booth Professionals With 5.0 Liter V8

Remember when only muscle cars had 390 horsepower? Of course you don't. Therefore, it shan't give thee pause the new 2009 Infiniti FX50 has the same. That by way of Nissan's 5.0 liter V8 — that outpowers BMW's X5 4.8i — over a seven-speed transmission. Other than a significant facelift, the longtime oddball SUV gets a four-wheel double-wishbone suspension with active Continuous Damping Control (CDC); four-wheel active steering and intelligent brake assist. The most notable interior feature, other than the 11-speaker Bose audio system and active safety gewgaws like intelligent cruise control and Distance Control Assist (DCA), is the new 360-degree Around View Monitor system, shared with its smaller EX counterpart. The FX50 will hit the US mid-year before a European ship date in the fall, followed by stoplight-to-stoplight guffaws involving errant X5s in Basel.

1:45 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mike Spinelli
2,675 views, 29 comments

Latest by litespeed74: I think it's pretty bad ass. I was wondering if they were going to drastically change the style but in my opinion they made some nice touches. The front will take some getting used to but if they made no more »

geneva motor show

Volvo XC60 in the Swissosphere

What would the world be like if carmakers weren't apt to appear in every single segment, and their brands weren't defined solely on how soft the interior is or how much spongier than an apple cart the ride is? Why, we wouldn't have a small SUV from Volvo to go on about. It's the Volvo XC60, which debuted today in Geneva to adoring crowds of sweater-wearing men in casual shoes. The XC60 is built for "consumers who've grown up with the microchip as a natural supplement to their breakfast cereal." That may be a translation issue, but we've heard of those kids, and pica syndrome is nothing to joke about (you'll get it later). Nonetheless, the XC60 will be powered by Volvo's 285-horsepower T6, and in Europe, a choice of two five-cylinder turbodiesels. Expect nearly half of the expected 50,000 XC60 to be built to show up in the US. Watch for them lined up outside a Montessori school near you.

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6:15 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Mike Spinelli
3,044 views, 12 comments

Latest by RS faux: It looks like there is enough space for a realtor's ad banner in the space between the top of the rear wheelarch and the shoulder. Very weird. more »

down on the street bonus edition

Denver Bronco Ready For The Apocalypse

What year Bronco are we looking at here? Well, there's a 302 emblem, and dual fuel tanks, and a blacked-out grille... but these clues don't mean a whole lot when they're on a vehicle that's probably had more than 50% of its components swapped from other trucks during its lifetime. 1970? 1975? You tell us! Kitt has added another well-traveled old truck to our collection of Down On The Denver Street entries; now we've got a Rampage, an IH Travelall, a Dodge Camper Special, and a Cherokee. Make the jump for more photos.


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2:00 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
978 views, 28 comments

Latest by silex006: This truck just looks friggin' right! 302, 4 speed, dual tanks, 4WD. Nuff' said. more »

spy photos

Possible Alfa Romeo SUV Spotted?

We have a bit of a mystery on our hands here. A loyal reader sent over a bagful of shots he managed to grab of what appear to be some seriously camouflaged Fiats traipsing through what we have been led to believe is Peru. The two testers — a sedan and two SUV-type vehicles and although the sedan is somewhat easy to identify — it's got to be a Fiat Linea, a Linea test vehicle or a Fiat Grande Punto sedan — what it's doing in camo is hard to say. The SUV's the intriguing one. At first pass it looks like a Palio Adventure (for the South American market), though it appears to be riding slightly higher. Then we remembered the Alfa Romeo 4x4 mule spotted dolled up as a Fiat Palio. This comes on the heels of a mention of the Alfa SUV as part of the company's planned turn around. We may be stretching, but we're not sure why they'd cover up a Palio. Any thoughts? (Thanks to Alfonso).


Spy Photos

3:45 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,799 views, 31 comments

Latest by intrusofonso: i took the pictures, the photos are from fiat frabric in belo horizonte, brasil. the sedan is the new linea and the other a palio weekend adventure with a litle facelift i think. more »

found on ebay

Now YOU Can Roll Playboy Style In Holly Madison's Cayenne!

Will you feel like donning your smoking jacket and getting all Hefnerized when you're behind the wheel of a customized '04 Porsche Cayenne once owned by Playboy model and Hefner girlfriend Holly Madison? We can't say, nor can we say whether this "ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF PLAYBOY MANSION MAGIC" is worth more than a regular ol' Cayenne with 13,700 miles on the clock. We are fairly certain, however, that this SUV's new buyer will want to get rid of the BUNNYHM vanity plates. [eBay Motors]

10:00 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,615 views, 53 comments

Latest by respawn: @beercheck: Seriously. Only on Jalopnik, huh? more »