Volkswagen has started shipping the first lot of its outgoing 2006 VW Touaregs equipped with the latest V10 TDI turbo-diesel engine.

The times have certainly changed for the sport utility market. While SUVs enjoyed tremendous sales success in recent years, the rising price of gasoline coupled with a weakened economy has driven down SUV sales more recently. As a result, dealers are struggling to move SUV inventory these days, even with attractive incentives. The hardest hit by this trend may be domestic automakers as they have relied on the sales successes of gas guzzling midsize and large SUVs.

Employing a number of advanced techniques, Toyota's engineers have managed to make the third-generation Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV even more efficient and powerful.

Official images demonstrate that the upcoming Porsche Panamera four-dour luxury coupe doesn't look that bad. Well, it even looks good, I dare say.

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As we reported earlier, Volkswagen is rushing the sixth generation Golf (now the Rabbit again in U.S. and Canada) to market two years ahead of schedule because of the current fifth generation's poor performance in the marketplace.

The new Performance Studio special edition model successfully eliminates 2009 ML 63 AMG's one and only weak point: lack of luxury touches in its otherwise gorgeous interior.

With Jaguar, Volkswagen, and Audi all working on rivals to the banana-shaped Mercedes-Benz CLS, did you think BMW would stand on the sidelines? Of course not. Indeed, BMW is readying a stretched version of the next 6-series, which would feature four doors and four seats under a coupelike roof.

The new GTI is packing a revised 2.0-liter TFSI four putting out 210 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque through either a six-speed manual or DSG gearbox and on to the front wheels through a new electronic limited-slip differential (XDS).

Oddly enough, the first image that came to mind when I witnessed the Urban Whip was the Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®, which is strange considering I've never seen nor heard of a Power Wheels Barbie Cadillac Escalade®. I just figured if there was one, this is probably what it would look like. For curiosity's sake, I then went to the Toys "R" Us website, and lo-and-behold...

The new sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf (now known as the Rabbit here) has been spied in testing. While the images don\222t reveal too much about the car\222s design, it\222s obvious the new model will look quite different. Meanwhile, AutoExpress is reporting that the much-rumored R36 Golf will debut in mid- or late-2007.