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Chrysler has refreshed the Dodge Charger for 2015 with some dramatic new changes to its front fascia and some nice tweaks all around. With a large black grille that extends down to the front splitter and is framed by new LED lighting, the Charger’s front end will make a bold statement when you see it (briefly) in your rearview mirror.

With styling that recalls the classic Jaguar Mark 2 from the 1960s, Japanese automaker Mitsuoka Motors has announced a limited edition of its Viewt sedan, the Viewt Haru special edition. Just 15 of these limited-edition cars will be made, five in each of the three colors of light green, beige and blue.

Audi has announced a new edition of its high-performance RS7 which will premiere at the New York International Auto Show this week: the RS7 Dynamic Edition. Featuring the RS7’s standard 560hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 engine, the Dynamic Edition will carry over the standard model’s blistering performance; like its 0-to-60 time of just 3.7 seconds and combine it with an exclusive performance-oriented suspension.

A while back, MINI asked buyers to vote on a custom edition skin for the 2014 MINI Cooper, and the results are in. The winner: a design called DeLux – by Alex Coyle. While it’s not officially a TRON tie-in, it sure looks like the MINI and a lightbike got together to make this car.

BMW will be the first car company to introduce laser headlights to the automobile market when it rolls out the BMW i8 later this year. But the German automaker isn’t stopping there and has just announced the development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology for use in its vehicles in the future. 

Nissan famously delivered a Nissan Versa Note to Madison, Wisconsin via an Amazon cardboard box. Now Audi Canada does its take on the meme with an “unboxing” video for the all-new 2015 Audi A3. Everyone enjoys that feeling when a package you’ve been waiting for finally arrives and you first open the box to reveal the goods.

The German after-market tuning experts at HPerformance applied their skills to an Audi RS6 Avant – with a twin-turbo, 560hp V8 engine under the hood – and boosted its power to an eye-watering 700 horsepower. That means this family wagon will get you from a dead stop to 100 kmh (62 mph) in just 3.9 seconds with a top speed of 190 mph.

If you can believe it, the Volkswagen Golf has been around for 40 years. In this short clip, VW walks us through the seven generations of Golf since Giorgio Giugiaro’s design first appeared on the scene in March of 1974.  

Volvo V8 Supercar drivers Scott McLaughlin and Robert Dahlgren, fresh off the Volvo Polestar Racing victory at the Melbourne Grand Prix, flew to the Northern Hemisphere and Volvo’s winter testing grounds to get behind the wheel of a 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar.

In anticipation of the 2014 Beijing Motor Show, Citroën has revealed an upcoming variant of its new DS 5LS luxury sedan, amped up for racing. For those of you unfamiliar with the DS 5LS, the car is Citroën’s upscale new entry into the growing Chinese market.

BMW has announced the convertible version of its all-new M4 coupe, the M4 Convertible. Like the M4, BMW has ditched its predecessor’s V8 engine for a more powerful turbocharged 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder that produces a total of 420 horsepower.

The BMW i3 is a pretty incredible little vehicle. Between its all-electric drivetrain and use of modern, eco-friendly materials, it’s really quite an extraordinary departure from conventional automaking. Perhaps the most impressive component of the i3 is its carbon fiber reinforced plastic passenger compartment, which is both extremely lightweight and durable.

This ad spot for the latest MINI transformed countless numbers of their diminutive cars into larger-than-life dominoes in a parking garage. The commercial cleverly uses the effect to show off the evolution of the MINI since it first debuted in 1959.

The Citroën DS3 Dark Rose edition showcases a striking color combination with a fuchsia pink roof and wing mirror housings along with two-tone Perla Near black and Shark gray body paint. Just 350 of the special edition vehicles will be built and it’s available in both the DS3 and the DS3 Cabrio.

Guests were recently invited to test out the powerful new SEAT Cupra for inside of a sophisticated automotive simulator. During the ride, they were taken on a thrilling car chase. What they didn’t know was that the whole thing was a prank, carried out with actual SEAT Cupra cars with blacked out windows and video cameras and video monitors inside the cars.