Curious about what the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte will look like? Recent spy shots of the big Maserati sedan haven’t been much help, but now we have this: Three alleged patent drawings found by AutoWeek.nl. Better fire up your imagination, however, as like all European Patent Office images, these sketches have the unique ability to suck the beauty out of even Italian cars. Truth be told, if AutoWeek.nl had told us this was a new Buick, we might have believed them. Funk Flex
(Video) Auto Talk: McLaren opens up a bit about new MP4-12C Spyder
McLaren has given the world a better look at its MP4-12C Spider with a new video and a brace of photographs. The clip shows off some of the convertible’s innards before dropping the retractable hardtop in real time. It takes just 17 seconds for the two-piece top to stow itself behind the seats with the car rolling contentedly down the track. As you might expect, it doesn’t take long for the test driver to lay into the 616-horsepower twin-turbo V8 engine, frolicking sideways and lighting the rear tires on fire. Funk Flex
(Video) Auto Talk: Scout Troopers trade in their speeder bikes for motocross action
In all six Star Wars movies, George Lucas never showed us the hangar bay in the Death Star where the motocross bikes were kept. We have to thank YouTube user FreakinRad for locating Scout Troopers criss-crossing some planetary desert on said motocross bikes – along with some troopers of the Storm variety, a Jawa and a Tusken Raider. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: 2013 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Award long list announced
The 2013 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year award “long list” is out, and 45 vehicles of all descriptions are set to scrap for the hardware. In 2012, the Hyundai Elantra and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque took home the coveted crystal. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: TVR nixes production restart, vows to pursue… wind turbines?!
TVR owner Nikolai Smolenski has taken the tiny English car firm on a ride wilder than anything you could get from a Speed 12 (pictured), and now he’s riding the name right out of the car business. Telling Autocar that the production possibilities don’t make financial sense anymore, he is instead repurposing the hardcore brand into “a new venture building portable wind turbines.” Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Updated 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee spotted wearing new grille
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is facing mild updates and a short 2013 model year because Jeep wants to get the thoroughly breathed-on 2014 model into buyers’ driveways. Â Spy photographers caught a parade of the 2014 models with swirly wrapping covering a tweaked front end sporting narrower upper and lower grilles, a new fog light treatment and perhaps a bit more curvature overall. The interior was masked off, but a larger touchscreen is expected to grace the center console. Funk Flex
