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autoevolution 6 Apr 2021, 11:17 UTC · by A celebrated design at BMW and within the auto industry, the 8 Series is a modern classic penned using CAD tools and the wind tunnel. The cooler and costlier sibling of the 6 Series also happens to be the first road-going car to combine a V12 with a six-speed manual, and back then, it was one of a handful of road cars fitted with drive-by-wire throttle. 43 photos Revealed at the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, the E31 as BMW refers to the sleek-styled coupe is one of the first Bimmers to feature a multi-link rear axle. Unfortunately for the Bavarian...

autoevolution 17 Mar 2021, 15:40 UTC · by Pioneered by Fiat in the 1950s thanks to legendary automotive designer Giovanni Michelotti and coachbuilder Carrozzeria Vignale, the removable roof section we refer to as the targa top was adopted by Triumph in 1961 and Saab in 1964. One year later, Porsche made Targa a household name at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt with the 911's help. 7 photos Care to guess why the German automaker went to such great lengths to reimagine the convertible? At the time, industry experts feared that soft tops would be outlawed by the Department of Tr...

autoevolution Up Next   9 Mar 2021, 22:07 UTC · by 11 photos Does it have rear-wheel drive? The answer to that question is no because the Blue Oval used the oily bits and chassis of the front-driven Fusion. Eight cylinders are out of the question as well, the cabin is too similar to the Ford Fusion, and the interior trim pieces are too much Ford and too little Lincoln. Fewer than 38,000 examples were sold in the United States in five years, and the Dearborn-based automaker didn’t bother developing a successor because it wouldn't make sense from a financial standpoint. Alas, the 10th...

autoevolution Up Next   10 Mar 2021, 14:53 UTC · by 35 photos Ford hasn’t revisited the liftback design ever since, but there’s an elephant in the room we haven’t noticed yet. I am referring to the Mach-E, which is a Mustang only in name because the electric SUV is based on the C2 vehicle architecture that underpins the Euro-spec Focus and Escape crossover. A smaller brother of the Mach-E is rumored to launch in the near future with Volkswagen bits and pieces, including the MEB platform for electric automobiles. That said, take a look at Kleber Silva’s rendering of a compact c...

autoevolution 9 Mar 2021, 19:55 UTC · by Hyundai is putting the finishing touches on the Santa Cruz, a crossover-styled pickup to be manufactured in the United States for North America. Ford, by comparison, already makes the Maverick in Mexico at Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly alongside the Bronco Sport. 31 photos According to a sales report for February 2021, the Blue Oval manufactured no fewer than 21 examples of the breed. Already snapped on public roads and the assembly line, the Maverick has been masterfully rendered by our friends at Kolesa based on existing spy photos. Beefy w...