Daily Drive: Mercedes GLA, Lexus LF-NX drop in Frankfurt

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Wednesday, September 11, 2013                  The GLA shares platform and powertrain with the CLA sedan.... Mercedes unveils GLA sport utility at Frankfurt The role of the coming Mercedes GLA sport utility is clear: woo new buyers to the brand with a competent, stylish entry-level SUV. The small off-roader should do just that when it arrives in U.S. showrooms in the fall of 2014. The GLA shares a lot with the recently introduced CLA sedan, not only in purpose -- getting...   Lexus, puppets unveil LF-NX concept at Frankfurt motor show Ten years ago, a Danish face-paint enthusiast by the name of King Diamond released a concept album set in 18th-century Budapest (that's in Hungary). An evil puppetmaster turned human beings into puppets. King explains it here. ...   Mazda Furai concept burns in Top Gear's hands It's the 20th anniversary of Top Gear -- the magazine anyway -- and as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, the magazine has copped to the destruction of the Mazda Furai concept, which caught on fire while in its possession an unspecified length of time ago. "The 20th anniversary collectors" edition ...   Found on eBay: 1953 Hudson Super Jet Here's a car we don't see enough of at classic shows or on the eBays: a Hudson Jet. Actually,...   Men more belligerent, women drop more F-bombs behind the wheel Men are more aggressive behind the wheel -- no surprise there -- but women are the ones who let the curse words fly, according to a study by Insurance.com. It surveyed 1,000 adults, asking them about rude driving behavior. Men are more likely to honk at a slow driver --because they deserve...   One Lap of the Web: a lap of the 'Ring, a lap of the YouTubes and a lap of the eBays -- The Porsche 918 achieved a spectacular and borderline-unbelievable time just a few days ago, but here are some less heroic cars lapping the 'Ring, like   2013 Scion xB review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: The 2013 Scion xB. I have never been a fan of the box-on-wheels cars like the Nissan Cube , Kia Soul,...   Reliving 'Rush': Further breakdown of Niki Lauda's big win in Monte Carlo Director Ron Howard's upcoming movie “Rush,” chronicling the famous 1976 Formula One World Championship rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, premieres nationwide on Sept. 27. In anticipation of the release,...   Drivers, officials split on proposed IndyCar road course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway The IndyCar Series paddock remains divided on the merits of Indianapolis Motor Speedway staging a May race on its road course. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti has made it clear what side of the discussion he's on. He's not for it. "I've had a few good discussions with...   Will Michael Waltrip Racing ruling change cheating culture in NASCAR? Now that NASCAR has lowered the boom on Michael Waltrip Racing and taken the unprecedented step of altering the results of last Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway (per Tom Jensen and...   Robert Kubica gets the all-clear following European Rally Championship test crash Ex-Formula One racer Robert Kubica will start his home round of the European Rally Championship this week despite wrecking his Citroën DS3 RRC in a testing smash on Tuesday. Kubica inflicted considerable damage to the rear section of his turbocharged rally car when he rolled twice on a...   Kimi Räikkönen joins Fernando Alonso at Ferrari Ferrari has confirmed today that Kimi Räikkönen will partner with Fernando Alonso as of 2014. He thus returns to the team he was paid to leave at the end of 2009 when Alonso's ... You May Have Missed...   Range Rover Hybrids press ahead on Silk Trail route to Mumbai: Expedition has crossed eight countries on 9,950-mile trip A trio of Range Rover Hybrid prototypes is well on its way to India on a 9,950-mile endurance drive through 12 countries. Land Rover is following the old Silk Trail to the east, but while it took ancient merchants months to complete the route, the Land Rover Hybrid team will be doing it in just 53...   Massa to leave Ferrari, Räikkönen set to return after 2013 Formula One season Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa on Tuesday used Instagram and Twitter to tell the world he will leave Ferrari at the end of the F1 season -- effectively confirming that Lotus driver and former Ferrari world champion Kimi Räikkönen will soon be announced as his replacement in Maranello....   Opel rolls out new cars at Frankfurt motor show While some automakers had just one or two new cars to show off at the Frankfurt motor show, GM's Opel division flooded the show with seven new offerings that'll be revealed as the show progresses. While there were plenty of new production models to be seen, including the revised Opel Insignia...   Restyled 2014 Mazda 3 preens in Frankfurt The new Mazda 3 made its first auto show appearance on Tuesday in Frankfurt. It's the first time we've seen the hot hatch since its five-city launch in June that coincided with the 10-year anniversary of the first 3. It's the third member of the family to use the Kodo design style, which means...   Formula E reveal video of new race car at Frankfurt motor show FIA president Jean Todt and Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings, on Tuesday at the Frankfurt motor show revealed the new Spark-Renault SRT_01E -- Formula E's fully electric single-seater race car that will debut in competition next year.The SRT_01E was designed and built by Spark Racing...   2015 Honda Civic Type R burns up Nürburgring in debut video Honda may not have rolled a concept out to adoring crowds at the Frankfurt motor show, but its upcoming 2015 Civic Type R did make something of a global debut today in a video that shows the heavily camouflaged car tackling -- of course -- the Nürburgring. Not even the Japanese, it seems, can...   Subaru enjoys best-ever sales month in the US Subaru sold a whopping 41,061 cars in America during the month of August, which not only represents a 45 percent increase over August of last year, but also the best month of sales for the company, period. And it's not the relatively new Subaru BRZ that's leading the pack -- Subaru sold 15 times...   Clint Bowyer won't say he intentionally spun during NASCAR race at Richmond Clint Bowyer feels awful for costing Ryan Newman a win, though his apology for spinning at Richmond is not an admission of guilt.Ryan Newman also feels terrible. Only his sympathy is for Martin Truex Jr., the unwitting participant in a botched race-fixing attempt by Michael Waltrip Racing that has...   Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan says he has offer from Joe Gibbs Racing in NASCAR Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan confirmed, without actually confirming, that he's got a strong lead on a NASCAR opportunity if he can't secure a deal to return to the Izod IndyCar Series.Kanaan met with Joe Gibbs Racing last week in North Carolina before flying to Brazil on a sponsor-seeking...   Joe Garone opens up about Furniture Row's NASCAR future and the departure of Kurt Busch As NASCAR's Silly Season goes, this driver-change saga didn't last long -- only about a month, in fact, for Furniture Row Racing driver Kurt Busch to take a deal from Stewart-Haas Racing for 2014 and beyond. He leaves behind a single-car, moderate-bankroll, Colorado-based team that is light-years... 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