You Had Us at Gulf Blue: Porsche Creates Gorgeous 911 Targa 4S Exclusive Edition Exclusively for . . . the Netherlands?
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Dual-Clutch Buicks Are in China, We’re Waiting for Their Visas
– We’ve been seeing more camouflaged Buick Envision crossovers near our offices, and now we’re surer than ever what’s under those taped hoods: the General’s first dual-clutch transmission. As the elderly ladies and dogs in the commercials say, “That’s not a Buick!” – – But it is, at least in China. Last week, Buick released the Envision 20T, equipped with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic paired with one of GM’s many
2016 Chevrolet Silverado Spy Photos: A Slight Mug Adjustment Is in Store
-The wheels of automotive development, they are a turnin’. Well, that and the five-to-six-year product cycle is always a turnin’, and so it goes with Chevrolet’s Silverado 1500 pickup. Having been redesigned for 2014, the Silverado is coming due for a freshening in the next year or so. Right on schedule, then, we’ve received our first spy photos of the updated 2016 Chevy Silverado out testing.– – Predictably, the Silverado
Our Kind of Express Train: Bentley Announces Mulsanne Speed “Blue Train” Edition
Taking a page out of Bugatti’s handbook by creating limited-run models that pay homage to past legends, Bentley has introduced the new “Blue Train” version of its lovely flagship Mulsanne Speed at this week’s Techno-Classica motor show in Essen, Germany. Created in partnership with Bentley’s Mulliner coach-building division, the Blue Train celebrates the sleek 1930 Bentley Speed Six coupe that famously outran the so-called “Blue Train” Calais-Mediterranée Express from Cannes
2015 Audi A3 2.0T Cabriolet Tested: The Version for Grown-Ups
– When we recently reviewed the 2015 Audi A3 1.8T cabriolet, we concluded that its leather-lined, fashionably extroverted, dynamically adequate package made it the spiritual successor to the VW Cabriolets and E30 BMW 3-series convertibles that roamed college campuses at the behest of well-heeled coeds through the late 1980s and early ’90s. We’ve now strapped our test gear to the more powerful 2.0T version and discovered a slightly more grown-up
