Provo concept name has Kia embroiled in terrorism controversy? In the relatively lengthy press release that Kia composed for the launch of its Provo concept car at the Geneva Motor Show this week, the company never mentioned where the name came from, or what it means for the car. A very basic web search for "Provo" reveals that the inspiration for the hatch could have been a city in Utah, a township in South Dakota or a village in Bosnia. The name could be a reference to either an American (Fred) or Canadian (Dwayne) football player, and Provo might also accurately reference a "Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s" or a ship in the US Navy. More likely than any of those, however, is that the Kia designers of the concept – a car that was wholly a product of the Korean automaker's design studios in Frankfurt, for the record – meant it as a play on the existing Pro_cee'd hatchback . What the designers and Kia executives that signed of...
2013 Range Rover New aluminum chassis trims up to 926 lbs. from this luxurious SUV. If you value your SUVs on a per-pound basis, the 2013 Range Rover could leave you feeling malnourished. That's because the latest version of this iconic British sport-utility has shed hundreds of pounds, thanks to a new aluminum chassis developed with engineering input from Jaguar. Certain versions of the Range Rover are more than 900 lbs. lighter than the previous model – the U.S.-spec version with a naturally aspirated V-8 engine has shed approximately 700 lbs. In total, the new aluminum chassis is 39-percent lighter than the steel body used in the previous generation. 2013 Range Rover Quicker and More Efficient These weight savings translate into fewer stops to refuel, though Range Rover has only stated that fuel economy is "improved" and CO2 emissions have been "reduced." Expect firm figures closer to the official on-sale date this December. Th...
BMW Designs A 42-Wheel, 19-Engine Car To Fulfill One Child’s Fantasy BMW is one of those companies that gets respect and guff in big, heaping piles around here. They certainly make plenty of spectacular, iconic cars, from the 2002 to E30s to the 507 to even the little Isetta. They also sometimes seem to generate a following of arrogant, parking-line-ignorers . Two sides of the big BMW coin. Today, however, BMW is very very okay in my book. Because they took real serious-business company time to make this wonderful rendering of a four-year old's dream car. That four-year old gearhead is Eli, and Eli's dream was of a 19-engined (Porsche engines, which BMW must have forgotten to notate), 42-wheeled BMW monster with a trunk full of toys. And three driving positions, and all kinds of other good stuff only four-year old minds can emit. BMW did say they wanted a crack at this, and I'm delighted they actually followed thr...
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