Daily Drivers : Car News And Reviews

The 2014 Geneva Motor Show is just a couple of days away, and numerous car companies have already revealed images of the vehicles they’ll be showing off on the exhibit floor. One car that has yet to be shown in its full glory is BMW’s upcoming two-door mini-crossover, the X4.

The Mercedes-Benz GLA 45 AMG is a true sports car disguised as a small crossover SUV and Autogefühl were lucky enough to get the chance to take this car for a test drive through southern Spain.

Volvo has released a preview of its Concept Estate, a beautiful wagon that will be officially revealed at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The car showcases some of Volvo’s new concepts when it comes to interior and exterior designs.

The Jaguar XFR-S is arguably one of the British car maker’s best vehicles. If you’re looking for performance and practicality in a luxury car, Jaguar has now taken wraps off of a variant of the XFR-S, packaged as a station wagon.

Volvo is recognizing the 40th year of the Volvo Ocean Race with the release of limited Volvo Ocean Race Edition vehicles. The editions include the Volvo V40, V40 Cross Country, V60 and XC60 to be launched at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

Opel will be rolling the new Vauxhall Adam Rocks mini crossover SUV to the 2014 Geneva Auto Show in March. The diminutive SUV measures just 147 inches long – that’s about the same as a MINI Cooper coupe.

Every Fiat Abarth includes a free pass to the Abarth Experience, a day at the track with professional drivers. (OK, it’s not technically free, it’s baked into the cost of the Abarth). The Experience includes a full day on the track and features performance driving skills training, an autocross race, and a head-to-head drag race.

While Citroëns haven’t been sold in the U.S. since the 1970s, they’re still going strong in Europe. The latest vehicle to surface from the French automaker is a compact crossover SUV called the C4 Cactus. The Cactus’  body styling reminds us a bit of Audi’s crossovers, but the similarities end at the bumpy, quilted side panels on the Cactus, as well as its downplayed grillework.

The new 2015 Audi S1 and S1 Sportback haven’t yet been announced for U.S. sales, but they look like a blast to drive. Audi reinforces that same point by pitting them against one another in a game of chicken.

MINI is looking to the public to help them choose which of their 10 Final Test Drive designs they should put into production. The designs all contain some great custom graphics and the designers also chose the options to go into the vehicle; some going with LED headlights and rear fog lights and some with the cold weather package and ski holders.

While the Volkswagen Golf can be procured in a number of variants here in the U.S., none of the two-door versions seem to make it to the states these days. That’s too bad, since the newly-revealed VW Scirocco looks like the best of the bunch.

Professional Swedish skier Jon Olsson collaborated with Audi to create this limited-edition Audi A4 Avant quattro based on Olsson’s unique camo design. As he describes it, he made over 100 different versions of his camo pattern before choosing this one for the A4 Avant.

Nokian Tyres claims to have the world’s best winter tires, and to prove it, they put a set of Nokian Hakkapeliitaa 8s on an Audi RS6 and proceeded to set the world speed record on ice, achieving a top speed of 208.602 mph.

2014 marks the 25th year of Mazda’s two-seat roadster, the wonderful MX-5 Miata. In the 1980s, Mazda had the vision of resurrecting the two-seat, open-top roadsters that had been so popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and the result was the MX-5 Miata. 

It’s been a while since we saw a Civic Type R. In fact, the last production version of Honda’s sportiest Civic went out of production in 2010. Now, Honda is prepping a new version of the hot hatch, and if this concept sketch from Honda Design is any indication, we like what we see.