2015 Ford Mustang Revealed in Clay Design Model

It has been rumored for quite some time now that Blue Oval will be celebrating Mustang’s 50th anniversary with the launch of the muscle car’s sixth-generation. While the car’s final design is still a secret, a set of images of a clay model have surfaced on the Internet, revealing what the 2015 Mustang could look like.

As previously suggested, it looks like the next Mustang will adopt a more global design, but in the same time it will pay tribute to classic Mustang models. As we can see from the clay images, it appears that the 2015 model year will adopt a fastback appearance with wide hips - a tribute to the first-generation Mustang.

According to the guy who posted these images on Mustang6g Forums: "This clay design study model was confirmed to be of the next-gen Mustang (s550), although it may not be the final design settled upon."

Ariel Working on a New Titanium Chassis

The Ariel Atom is preparing to receive some big updates for the next generation. The company announced that the next-generation sports car will be built on a new, titanium chassis that will weigh about 40 percent less than the current tubular-steel frame, resulting in the whole vehicle weighing 8 percent less than the current one.

Next to being lighter, the future titanium chassis will be stronger than the current chassis and will deliver the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal.

The new chassis has been developed in cooperation with Frome-based Caged Laser Engineering and when the development is finished, Ariel will initially offer it as a limited-edition model. After that, the new titanium chassis will be offered as an option to the entire range.

Along with the new titanium chassis, the future Atom will also receive a naturally aspirated Honda engine and a few other light components that could help reduce the total weight to less than 500 kg (1,102 pounds).

Spy Shots: Updated Panamera Testing at Nurburgring

The test season at the Nürburgring is now officially opened and it looks like Porsche has been among the first automakers to take its model on the `Ring for some testing sessions. Our spy photographers have caught the revised Panamera out a spin and, as with the previously seen prototype, it wears almost no camouflage.

On the exterior, the Panamera will get new headlamps and taillights, plus redesigned front and rear bumpers. For the interior, Porsche will add improved materials and new technologies.

As for the engine lineup, you shouldn’t expect any major updates, but it has been rumored that the 4S version will drop the current V-8 engine in favor of a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 engine that will deliver about 420 horsepower - an increase of 20 horsepower over the current model — at some point in the future.

Expect the revised Panamera to be unveiled sometime next month

RAM Considers SVT Raptor competitor

If you want to update a Chrysler model, then you have to head over to to Mopar and install some aftermarket parts. A good solution, sure, but wouldn’t be nicer to have these parts installed from factory? Chrysler seems to find this a better solution and is now considering of offering a high-performance RAM pickup truck that will target models like the Ford SVT Raptor.

Pat Dougherty, vice president-Mopar parts, said that the company is currently investigating how the Raptor does on the market. If customers start buying it up in high quantities, Chrysler will eventually decide to offer such a model. If the SVT Raptor falls on its face, the company "will continue to do it the way we do it."

RAM currently offers its customers the possibility to customize their models with blacked-out grilles and wheels, all-terrain tires, and a modified undercarriage. But all these changes are made by Mopar and not directly from the assembly line as Ford does with the SVT Raptor.

2014 Chevy Camaro takes center stage in New York

A view of the restyled 2014 Chevrolet Camaro.


Viewers of the "Live with Kelly & Michael" daytime TV show on Tuesday got a good look at the restyled 2014 Chevrolet Camaro, which debuts this week at the New York auto show.
The new Camaro was part of the New York-based show's auto show preview. The images you see here are captured from the broadcast and posted at Camaro fan site www.camaro5.com.

The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro gets restyled taillights.

The major changes, according to the show:
-- All 2014 Camaros get a heat extractor in the hood, following a similar strategy used for the 2014 Corvette Stingray.
-- Redesigned taillamps that are single units on each side instead of twin elements and likely use LED technology.
-- The lower grille opening is larger and there is a thin strip of chrome stretching across the top edge of the upper grille.
-- Slight changes to the interior. It will likely include the latest generation of the MyLink infotainment system.

TV talk show host Michael Strahan checks out the interior of the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro.

According to the poster at camaro5.com, the engine lineup for the 2014 Camaro is unchanged from the 2013 model: 323-hp, 3.6-liter V6; 400/426-hp 6.2-liter V8; and 580-hp, supercharged 6.2-liter V8.
Expect the official info to land early Wednesday afternoon when Chevrolet holds its press conference at the show.