With a stroke of the designer’s pen, the last holdout in the Acura lineup has been updated to the company’s new corporate face — beaklike grille and all. For 2010, Acura has updated the MDX SUV with new looks, a six-speed transmission, and all the latest technology in an effort to keep it on par with the competition.

Acura is calling this rakish coupe the Advanced Sports Car Concept, but it’s essentially the replacement for the much-missed NSX. It’s not a direct replacement, however: The engine sits up front, and it’s unlikely the production version will feature the all-aluminum construction of the original. Our intention was to design an [...]

Tesla as automaker of 2012 Tesla Model S claims the Model S have more room than station wagons, which seems to be proved by the sedan’s seating capacity: The Model S has seating for five adults, plus optional rear facing seats for two small children in the cargo area.

Chevrolet likes to pretend that the Spark is the car you chose. The first hint of its design came as a two-door concept version called Beat, at the 2007 New York auto show. The Beat appeared as part of a trio of concepts, alongside a micro-crossover called Trax and a retro minivan, Groove.The public was invited to vote online as to which of those three concepts should turn be turned into a production car by Chevrolet’s Korean offshoot GM DAT. GM claims 1.9 million votes were cast, the majority in favor of the Beat.