New Honda Civic Hatch to Race in BTCC in 2012 with Video

We may be waiting for Honda to fully reveal the European market 2012 Civic hatchback, but the Japanese automaker announced today that the five-door model will compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship. Team Dynamics, which has been a long time Honda partner, will prepare two fully works cars based on the new Civic with which it hopes to repeat 2010"s success of winning both the drivers" and manufacturers" titles. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

Video: Jet Skiing on the Roads of Oceanside New York

Stuck in a neighborhood with enormous volumes of water doesn't exactly sound like an ideal setting for entertainment, or at least that is what most people would like to believe. Some folks, however, found a way to make the best of a really bad situation. Like this guy who took out his jet ski and had a blast on the empty (pun intended) roads of Oceanside, New York after the passing of Irene. Click past the jump to watch him in action. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

It Came from a...Detroit Junkyard: 1968 Iso Fidia S4

Ask any classic car nut what"s on his or her list of must-have Italian exotics, and chances are there"ll be at least one Iso. The boutique automaker made several notable contributions to the world of motoring, among them the legendary Grifo and svelte Rivolta. The company was also responsible for the Isetta bubble car and, sadly, the Fidia S4 sedan pictured here. Let"s just say it wasn"t one of the company"s finer moments. Built from 1967 to 1975, only 192 Fidia S4"s were produced. Iso, which had not built a four-door before and would never build one again, describes the Fidia as, "the four fastest seats in the world". Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved .

Ford Begins Countdown for the Launch of 2012 Focus ST Hot Hatch with New Video

Unless Ford is preparing an even bigger surp R i S e for us, the company's recent announcement on the unveiling of the "next performance Focus" at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show strongly suggests that we will see the final production version of the Focus ST in Germany. But until then, Ford has unleashed yet another media campaign on the internet that marks the final (or at least we hope it"s the final... ) countdown for the release of the new Focus ST, which we saw in showcar form in Paris last year. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

Frankfurt Show Preview: New Audi A2 Concept

These past few years, Audi and the German premium automakers in general, have set out to fill every possible niche consumers may or may not think they need, from luxurious superminis to wild supercars. And they are far from done. At the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt auto show, Audi will lift the covers off a new pure-electric concept study that revives the name of long gone A2. The original model was a small MPV built from 1999 to 2005 that was way ahead of its time in several ways, but what made it truly unique was that it was manufactured entirely out of aluminum. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

Russian Yo-Concept wants to Rock the Frankfurt Motor Show

One of the lesser known automakers from Russia, Yo-Auto, will participate at this month"s Frankfurt Motor Show with a new study, the (not so imaginatively named) Yo-Concept. It is one of three hybrid models the Russian company is developing and has been designed in order to introduce the brand to the public and to preview its future products. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

Renault 4 Ever Concept: David Obendorfer s Revival of a Childhood Impression

As previously reported, the Renault 4 Ever Design Competition is asking the world"s up-and-coming designers to pen a modernised take on the brand"s iconic Quatrelle hatchback. Here"s one design that really impressed us: Italian David Obendorfer"s "Revival of a Childhood Impression". Like Fiat"s Nuova 500, Obendorfer"s Revival takes the classic lines of its inspiration and wraps them around modern underpinnings. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

2012 Porsche 911: New Photo Gallery and TV Spots Plus Live Configurator

The next chapter in the Porsche 911 saga, codenamed 991, is almost upon us as the sports coupe will make its first public outing at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 13, with sales to start this month in Germany and from February 2012 in North America. Porsche is marking the launch of its most recognized model with what it describes as a "multimedia firework extravaganza" and which means a push of TV spots, commercials, film clips and web specials, all designed to showcase the 911's identity. We've already shown you the first web film and now we have two more including a new 30-second TV spot (albeit in German) that combines historical film material and new pictures, and which was created entirely in CGI technology.

Infiniti Shows More of its Frankfurt-Bound FX50 Sebastian Vettel Concept

We are now less than two-weeks away from the opening of this year's edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show and Infiniti decided to provide us with a better look of its high-performance FX50 study designed by, and built for, Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel. The new pictures show that along with the revamped front end that sports a carbon fiber apron shaped like an F1 car's front wing, the carbon fiber mirrors and side sills, the one-off FX50 also sports a new rear bumper design with a diffuser made out of -you guessed it- carbon fiber. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved

Mazda Drops New Photos and Videos of CX-5 Compact Crossover

You've already had a quick sneak peek at the brand-new Mazda CX-5, but the Japanese automaker has published a new set of photos and videos of the small SUV while testing in Europe. While most images show the CX-5 in camouflage, we do get two new press pictures including a rear shot of the vehicle. The new CX-5 replaces the Tribute, which itself was a rebadged Ford Escape, as Mazda tries to go against the likes of the Toyota RAV4 and the VW Tiguan in the small/compact SUV market with a more appropriate and modern proposal. Read more " Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved