These are preview images that have been released for the 2010 Range Rover Sport that will be on display at the 2009 New York Auto Show this week. The RR Sports features a 5.0L direct-injection Jaguar V8 engine that’s mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. The engine produces 375-hp and a 0-60-mph time of 5.9 seconds. The exterior of the car has a new two-bar grille that’s centered in the newly restyled front end as well as new rear tail lamps and a newly redesigned rear bumper. The interior has been revamped with new high quality materials and new steering wheel. This new SUV definitely places on emphasis on being sporty.

DubDaily

The American auto industry is hanging by a thread, with the fate of General Motors and Chrysler largely in the hands of the federal government. Taxpayer loans are keeping them alive for now, but their long-term success will depend on whether they have the cars and trucks that people desire.

YahooAutos

The tagline for Great Wall Motor Corporation of China is “Driving your colorful life!” Well, the makers of the Sailor, Safe, Sing, Socool, Deer, and Florid vehicles has another one in the pipeline, but this one is not so pithily named: the CHC011. It looks like it started off as a Mercedes CLS clone but then got lifted and slapped with bits left over from the new Star Trek movie.

Autoblog

Back in 2004, when Toyota (TM) launched the Scion brand to grow into a younger niche, Scion’s xB showed that young buyers weren’t only into slammed Civics and souped-up Mustangs. A boxy, strange-looking vehicle, the xB was more about a rolling living room than a fast set of wheels. Now Nissan (NSANY) and Kia would like a piece of that action. They are using the original xB formula and coming to market with the Cube, for Nissan, and the Soul, for Kia, both of which are smaller than the latest-gen xB, which has grown bloated and more expensive than the original box that launched the Scion brand.

BusinessWeek

In case you hadn’t figured it out, you weren’t meant to see these photos. At least not until the New York auto show opens its doors on April 8th. But thanks to an observant R&T reader and his handy camera, we can bring you these exclusive photos of Hyundai’s latest, secret concept car—the Nuvis HCD-11.

Road&Track

Ford has lauded the small-business functionality of its Transit Connect van, but it is now turning its attention to pleasing families.

With feedback from 200 families, Ford designers created the Transit Connect Family One in an attempt to provide the ultimate family carrier.

Autos MSN

The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox will carry a base price of $23,185, including its delivery fee, when the crossover goes on sale in June.

The restyled, re-engineered Equinox will cost $1,800 less than the previous generation, Ed Peper, vice president of Chevrolet, said today in a statement.

Autos MSN

Want a small, cheap, fun-to-drive, economical, practical car? Right now there’s not many choices at all and none if you want to buy American. The Ford Fiesta will change that.

Jalopnik

Coming across a barn find is like finding buried treasure. We came across one of these uncovered treasures back in January with the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante that was locked away in a British garage for almost fifty years. Now this one of seventeen ever made crossed the block this past Saturday in Paris at Bonhams Retromobile auction. The final price: €3,417,500 (about $4.45 million).

TopSpeed

For the first time in more than a decade, Lexus is no longer at the top of the J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study, having been bested by both Buick and Jaguar.

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