2017 Jaguar F-Pace SUV Spy Photos: The F-type of SUVs Comes into Focus

What It Is: Jaguar’s first SUV—sorry, crossover—testing in production-ready form wearing some razzle-dazzle camouflage to protect its modesty. As we learned at the 2015 Detroit auto show, the tallest-ever Jag will be called the F-Pace; while the name is slightly awkward, the crossover won’t be. Beneath the disguise lurks styling that appears to hew closely to the C-X17 concept’s design that we saw at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show. If that means nothing to you (or you have trouble clicking links), just know this: It’s attractive. READ MORE ››

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Video: The In-Car Tablet Trend

brightcove.createExperiences(); Tablets are becoming a popular backseat entertainment choice in vehicles, and automakers are taking notice. Cars.com reviewer Joe Wiesenfelder explains the trend. Watch the video for more.



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Is BMW’s i3 Profitable?

Engineering cost experts Munro & Associates say “probably”

The quirky-looking BMW i3 is the first carbon-fiber-intensive car that’s both affordable and built in significant volumes. Those two qualifiers might fit more comfortably in quotation marks, given the $42,300 starting price and modest 100-a-day production rate, but they’re apt by comparison with the Lambos, McLarens, Ferraris, and Boeing 787s also built of the tough black fibers. Pioneering a new technology like this can be an expensive undertaking. Toyota’s original Prius, the first mass-produced, affordable gas-electric hybrid, for example, was brought to market at a price that is widely understood to have covered virtually none of its huge development cost.

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2015 Toyota Camry XSE V-6 Tested: Cyborg Catfish or Family Car?

Toyota has pledged to make its vehicles more engaging, with the bestselling Camry the latest to be called in for an overhaul. While the result is indeed a better Camry for 2015, the car proves that altering the essence of this refrigerator on radials is no simple task. READ MORE ››

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