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DB11: Aston Martin’s DB series dates to 1948, when a sporty car produced by Aston’s then-owner, Sir David Brown, debuted at the London Motor Show. The model was later known as the “DB1.” Later DB high-performance models became the car of choice for James Bond. The latest incarnation, the DB11, will be the most powerful production DB ever, with a 5.2-litre, twin-turbocharged V-12 engine that produces 600 horsepower. It’s also the fastest, with a top speed of 200 miles per hour and a zero-to-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds. The design pays homage to past Astons with its elongated hood and side vents, but it has a more chiseled surface and narrowed headlights. Fuel economy hasn’t been announced, but Aston switched from a naturally aspirated engine to a turbocharged one in part to meet increasing U.S. fuel economy standards. It also made greater use of lightweight aluminum. On sale later this year; it starts at $211,955 (U.S.).
AUDI
A4: Audi’s midsize sedan, last redesigned in 2013, gets a major overhaul. It has a more angular, sportier design than the previous model and a standard power sunroof. Audi has updated the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder engine to deliver 252 horsepower, up from 220. It’s mated to a new seven-speed transmission. More use of lightweight aluminum has helped the A4 shed 99 pounds on front-wheel-drive models and 66 on all-wheel-drive models, improving handling and fuel efficiency. The A4 gets up to 31 mpg in combined city and highway driving. The interior is more spacious, with better headroom and rear legroom. New 12.3-inch colour display screen and a newly available heads-up display, which projects information into the driver’s field of vision. Went on sale in the spring; starts at $37,300 (U.S.).
R8: The second generation of the R8 supercar is the most powerful production Audi ever. It shares half its parts with the R8 LMS race car, including the same 5.4-litre V-10 engine. That’s mated to a seven-speed dual clutch transmission. The base R8 produces 540 horsepower and goes from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. On the top-of-the-line V10 Plus, the same engine is pushed to 610 horsepower and a zero-to-60 time of 3.2 seconds. The R8 achieves a top speed of 205 mph. There are significant updates inside. There’s also a 12.3-inch display screen controlled by a tablet that recognizes handwriting. Starts at $162,900 (U.S.).
Q7: Gets long-awaited update for 2017. The three-row crossover has a crisper design, arrow-like LED running lights and a standard panoramic sunroof. Drivers can select one of seven driving modes, including comfort and off-road; a separate off-road option can raise the ride height by 60 millimeters. Has a towing capacity of 7,700 pounds. Inside, there’s a host of new technology, including a 12.3-inch display screen and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Powered by a 333-horsepower 3.0-litre V6 with an eight-speed transmission. It gets 21 mpg in combined city and highway driving. Went on sale early this year starting at $54,800 (U.S.). BMW
i3: The funky carbon-fiber gas-electric hybrid gets a more powerful 33 kilowatt-hour battery to extend its electric range by 50 per cent to 114 miles in combined city-highway driving. When additional range is needed, a 650 cc 2-cylinder gas engine with 38 horsepower is available to generate electricity. It now has a 2.4 gallon fuel tank compared with 1.9 for the current model. Total gas and electric range for the 2017 hasn’t been certified by the federal government, but it will be higher than the current model’s 150 miles. Price starts at $43,600 without the range extender gas engine and $47,450 (U.S.) with it. Both prices exclude shipping and electric car tax credits.
2 SERIES: The small coupe gets the next generation of BMW four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines and a slight change in numbers. The 228i goes to 230i and gets a new 248-horsepower turbocharged 2-litre four. The M235i becomes the M240i and gets a new inline 3-litre, 6-cylinder twin-turbo engine with 335 horsepower, 15 more than its predecessor. There also are convertible models. Pricing for the 230i starts at $32,850 excluding shipping, while the M240i starts at $44,150 (U.S.) without shipping.
3 SERIES: The new engines go into the 3 Series small sedan, which also gets number changes. Gone is the 328i, which becomes the 330i and it gets the new four-cylinder engine. The 335i becomes the 340i and gets the new inline six. There also are sport wagon and Gran Turismo models. The 330i starts at $42,650 excluding shipping, while the 340i starts at $47,600 (U.S.). BUICK
LACROSSE: General Motors’ near-luxury brand keeps fighting in the shrinking big-car segment with a redesigned version of the Buick LaCrosse. The brand’s flagship repeats the common GM theme for new vehicles: longer, lower, wider and lighter. Engineers were able to take out about 300 pounds in the redesign by using lighter high-strength steel and lower-mass, sound-absorbing materials. The car gets a new grille inspired by Buick’s acclaimed Avenir concept car. Also new is a revamped 3.6-litre V-6 with 310 horsepower, and a new eight-speed automatic transmission. The V-6 can operate as a four-cylinder engine on the highway to save fuel. A four-cylinder option from the 2016 model year was scratched. The LaCrosse also gets stop-start technology that shuts off the engine at stoplights and automatically turns it back on. All the changes push the car’s highway mileage to 31 mpg for the front-wheel-drive version, up 3 mpg from last year’s V6. The car went on sale in late August and starts at just over $32,000 (U.S.) excluding shipping.
ENCLAVE: Buick’s big people-hauling SUV is due for a makeover in 2017, but nothing has been announced yet. CHEVROLET
BOLT: Long-awaited, all-electric Tesla fighter goes on sale late this year as a 2017 model. Company says it will go more than 200 miles on a single charge. While it’s a compact car, it has a hatch and looks a little like an SUV. The five-passenger Bolt, priced about $37,500 (U.S.) excluding a $7,500 federal tax credit, has a 10.2-inch touch screen and can be recharged to 80 per cent of its battery capacity in an hour on a 240-volt charger.
CRUZE: Vastly improved compact car gets a sporty hatchback version. Due out in the fall. Starts at $21,315 (U.S.) excluding shipping.
EQUINOX: Chevy’s midsize SUV is likely to be revamped in 2017, but GM hasn’t released details.
TRAVERSE: Ditto for the people-hauling Traverse. Its sister, the GMC Acadia, was revamped for this model year, so it’s likely the Traverse will get similar treatment. No details announced yet.
TRAX: Subcompact SUV gets interior and exterior freshening, but the guts remain the same. 2017 model available this fall starting at $21,000 (U.S.) without shipping HONDA
ACCORD HYBRID: After a year’s absence, the hybrid version returns. The restyled exterior has a brighter grille, standard LED fog lamps and a sharper nose. Updated hybrid powertrain that combines two motors and a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, with up to 212 horsepower, 16 more than the previous model. Fuel economy improves 1 mpg to 48 in city and highway driving. Advanced safety features — including forward collision warning, lane departure warning and pedestrian detection — are standard, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available. Went on sale this summer; starts at $29,605 (U.S.).
CIVIC HATCHBACK: The hatchback version of Honda’s Civic small car returns to the U.S. market more than a decade after it was last sold here. It has sporty styling and a 174-horsepower 1.5-litre, four-cylinder engine; in the Sport and Sport Touring models, that’s cranked up to 180 horsepower. There’s a six-speed manual transmission or a continuously variable automatic. Gets 34 mpg in combined city and highway driving. Options include a full set of driver-assist technology, including forward collision warning and automatic braking, lane departure warning and adaptive cruise control that can work at high and low speeds. On sale this fall. Price not announced.
RIDGELINE: A decade after its introduction — and three years after it was pulled from the market — Honda is reintroducing its midsize pickup. The new truck ditches the old, funky styling for a more rugged look. Longer and wider bed features industry-first truck bed audio system for the tailgating crowd. Honda says payload capacity is 1,584 pounds, the most for a midsize truck. Can tow up to 5,000 pounds. Comes with a new, 3.5-litre V-6 that with 280 horsepower is 30 more than its predecessor. It’s mated to a six-speed transmission. Honda says the Ridgeline is 78 pounds lighter and more aerodynamic, helping fuel economy. The all-wheel-drive version gets 21 mpg in city and highway driving, up from 17. Went on sale in June. Starts at $29,475 (U.S.). HYUNDAI
IONIQ: The new Ioniq is about as unique as it gets, offering customers three methods for making it move — battery power, gas and electric hybrid, and a plug-in hybrid that can travel over 25 miles on battery alone. The Ioniq looks normal, not much different from the popular gas-powered midsize Sonata. The hybrid versions have a 1.6-litre, 104-horsepower engine made specifically for hybrid use. Hyundai paired it with a 6-speed automatic transmission to give the car better acceleration and driving performance. The electric Ioniq can go up to 110 miles per charge. Some versions will be in showrooms starting in the fall. No prices announced.
ELANTRA: Hyundai compact gets revamped and restyled. It’s about an inch longer and wider than its predecessor, and its interior is large enough to be classified as a midsize car under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules. Hyundai says the car is nice enough to compare favourably with small luxury models. Hyundai added high-strength steel to make the chassis more rigid for better handling, yet the company says it has lower noise and vibration. The car gets new engines including a 2.0-litre four with 147 horsepower with six-speed manual and automatic transmissions. Also a new 1.4-litre turbocharged four on the Eco model with 128 horsepower mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. Eco gets 35 mpg in combined city-highway testing, Hyundai says. Starts at $17,150 (U.S.) excluding shipping. On sale now.
DB11: Aston Martin’s DB series dates to 1948, when a sporty car produced by Aston’s then-owner, Sir David Brown, debuted at the London Motor Show. The model was later known as the “DB1.” Later DB high-performance models became the car of choice for James Bond. The latest incarnation, the DB11, will be the most powerful production DB ever, with a 5.2-litre, twin-turbocharged V-12 engine that produces 600 horsepower. It’s also the fastest, with a top speed of 200 miles per hour and a zero-to-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds. The design pays homage to past Astons with its elongated hood and side vents, but it has a more chiseled surface and narrowed headlights. Fuel economy hasn’t been announced, but Aston switched from a naturally aspirated engine to a turbocharged one in part to meet increasing U.S. fuel economy standards. It also made greater use of lightweight aluminum. On sale later this year; it starts at $211,955 (U.S.).
AUDI
A4: Audi’s midsize sedan, last redesigned in 2013, gets a major overhaul. It has a more angular, sportier design than the previous model and a standard power sunroof. Audi has updated the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder engine to deliver 252 horsepower, up from 220. It’s mated to a new seven-speed transmission. More use of lightweight aluminum has helped the A4 shed 99 pounds on front-wheel-drive models and 66 on all-wheel-drive models, improving handling and fuel efficiency. The A4 gets up to 31 mpg in combined city and highway driving. The interior is more spacious, with better headroom and rear legroom. New 12.3-inch colour display screen and a newly available heads-up display, which projects information into the driver’s field of vision. Went on sale in the spring; starts at $37,300 (U.S.).
R8: The second generation of the R8 supercar is the most powerful production Audi ever. It shares half its parts with the R8 LMS race car, including the same 5.4-litre V-10 engine. That’s mated to a seven-speed dual clutch transmission. The base R8 produces 540 horsepower and goes from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. On the top-of-the-line V10 Plus, the same engine is pushed to 610 horsepower and a zero-to-60 time of 3.2 seconds. The R8 achieves a top speed of 205 mph. There are significant updates inside. There’s also a 12.3-inch display screen controlled by a tablet that recognizes handwriting. Starts at $162,900 (U.S.).
Q7: Gets long-awaited update for 2017. The three-row crossover has a crisper design, arrow-like LED running lights and a standard panoramic sunroof. Drivers can select one of seven driving modes, including comfort and off-road; a separate off-road option can raise the ride height by 60 millimeters. Has a towing capacity of 7,700 pounds. Inside, there’s a host of new technology, including a 12.3-inch display screen and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Powered by a 333-horsepower 3.0-litre V6 with an eight-speed transmission. It gets 21 mpg in combined city and highway driving. Went on sale early this year starting at $54,800 (U.S.). BMW
i3: The funky carbon-fiber gas-electric hybrid gets a more powerful 33 kilowatt-hour battery to extend its electric range by 50 per cent to 114 miles in combined city-highway driving. When additional range is needed, a 650 cc 2-cylinder gas engine with 38 horsepower is available to generate electricity. It now has a 2.4 gallon fuel tank compared with 1.9 for the current model. Total gas and electric range for the 2017 hasn’t been certified by the federal government, but it will be higher than the current model’s 150 miles. Price starts at $43,600 without the range extender gas engine and $47,450 (U.S.) with it. Both prices exclude shipping and electric car tax credits.
2 SERIES: The small coupe gets the next generation of BMW four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines and a slight change in numbers. The 228i goes to 230i and gets a new 248-horsepower turbocharged 2-litre four. The M235i becomes the M240i and gets a new inline 3-litre, 6-cylinder twin-turbo engine with 335 horsepower, 15 more than its predecessor. There also are convertible models. Pricing for the 230i starts at $32,850 excluding shipping, while the M240i starts at $44,150 (U.S.) without shipping.
3 SERIES: The new engines go into the 3 Series small sedan, which also gets number changes. Gone is the 328i, which becomes the 330i and it gets the new four-cylinder engine. The 335i becomes the 340i and gets the new inline six. There also are sport wagon and Gran Turismo models. The 330i starts at $42,650 excluding shipping, while the 340i starts at $47,600 (U.S.). BUICK
LACROSSE: General Motors’ near-luxury brand keeps fighting in the shrinking big-car segment with a redesigned version of the Buick LaCrosse. The brand’s flagship repeats the common GM theme for new vehicles: longer, lower, wider and lighter. Engineers were able to take out about 300 pounds in the redesign by using lighter high-strength steel and lower-mass, sound-absorbing materials. The car gets a new grille inspired by Buick’s acclaimed Avenir concept car. Also new is a revamped 3.6-litre V-6 with 310 horsepower, and a new eight-speed automatic transmission. The V-6 can operate as a four-cylinder engine on the highway to save fuel. A four-cylinder option from the 2016 model year was scratched. The LaCrosse also gets stop-start technology that shuts off the engine at stoplights and automatically turns it back on. All the changes push the car’s highway mileage to 31 mpg for the front-wheel-drive version, up 3 mpg from last year’s V6. The car went on sale in late August and starts at just over $32,000 (U.S.) excluding shipping.
ENCLAVE: Buick’s big people-hauling SUV is due for a makeover in 2017, but nothing has been announced yet. CHEVROLET
BOLT: Long-awaited, all-electric Tesla fighter goes on sale late this year as a 2017 model. Company says it will go more than 200 miles on a single charge. While it’s a compact car, it has a hatch and looks a little like an SUV. The five-passenger Bolt, priced about $37,500 (U.S.) excluding a $7,500 federal tax credit, has a 10.2-inch touch screen and can be recharged to 80 per cent of its battery capacity in an hour on a 240-volt charger.
CRUZE: Vastly improved compact car gets a sporty hatchback version. Due out in the fall. Starts at $21,315 (U.S.) excluding shipping.
EQUINOX: Chevy’s midsize SUV is likely to be revamped in 2017, but GM hasn’t released details.
TRAVERSE: Ditto for the people-hauling Traverse. Its sister, the GMC Acadia, was revamped for this model year, so it’s likely the Traverse will get similar treatment. No details announced yet.
TRAX: Subcompact SUV gets interior and exterior freshening, but the guts remain the same. 2017 model available this fall starting at $21,000 (U.S.) without shipping HONDA
ACCORD HYBRID: After a year’s absence, the hybrid version returns. The restyled exterior has a brighter grille, standard LED fog lamps and a sharper nose. Updated hybrid powertrain that combines two motors and a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, with up to 212 horsepower, 16 more than the previous model. Fuel economy improves 1 mpg to 48 in city and highway driving. Advanced safety features — including forward collision warning, lane departure warning and pedestrian detection — are standard, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available. Went on sale this summer; starts at $29,605 (U.S.).
CIVIC HATCHBACK: The hatchback version of Honda’s Civic small car returns to the U.S. market more than a decade after it was last sold here. It has sporty styling and a 174-horsepower 1.5-litre, four-cylinder engine; in the Sport and Sport Touring models, that’s cranked up to 180 horsepower. There’s a six-speed manual transmission or a continuously variable automatic. Gets 34 mpg in combined city and highway driving. Options include a full set of driver-assist technology, including forward collision warning and automatic braking, lane departure warning and adaptive cruise control that can work at high and low speeds. On sale this fall. Price not announced.
RIDGELINE: A decade after its introduction — and three years after it was pulled from the market — Honda is reintroducing its midsize pickup. The new truck ditches the old, funky styling for a more rugged look. Longer and wider bed features industry-first truck bed audio system for the tailgating crowd. Honda says payload capacity is 1,584 pounds, the most for a midsize truck. Can tow up to 5,000 pounds. Comes with a new, 3.5-litre V-6 that with 280 horsepower is 30 more than its predecessor. It’s mated to a six-speed transmission. Honda says the Ridgeline is 78 pounds lighter and more aerodynamic, helping fuel economy. The all-wheel-drive version gets 21 mpg in city and highway driving, up from 17. Went on sale in June. Starts at $29,475 (U.S.). HYUNDAI
IONIQ: The new Ioniq is about as unique as it gets, offering customers three methods for making it move — battery power, gas and electric hybrid, and a plug-in hybrid that can travel over 25 miles on battery alone. The Ioniq looks normal, not much different from the popular gas-powered midsize Sonata. The hybrid versions have a 1.6-litre, 104-horsepower engine made specifically for hybrid use. Hyundai paired it with a 6-speed automatic transmission to give the car better acceleration and driving performance. The electric Ioniq can go up to 110 miles per charge. Some versions will be in showrooms starting in the fall. No prices announced.
ELANTRA: Hyundai compact gets revamped and restyled. It’s about an inch longer and wider than its predecessor, and its interior is large enough to be classified as a midsize car under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules. Hyundai says the car is nice enough to compare favourably with small luxury models. Hyundai added high-strength steel to make the chassis more rigid for better handling, yet the company says it has lower noise and vibration. The car gets new engines including a 2.0-litre four with 147 horsepower with six-speed manual and automatic transmissions. Also a new 1.4-litre turbocharged four on the Eco model with 128 horsepower mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. Eco gets 35 mpg in combined city-highway testing, Hyundai says. Starts at $17,150 (U.S.) excluding shipping. On sale now.
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