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
Auto Talk: Opel Adam hatch caught sans camo
These are remarkably better – yet still low res – shots of Opel’s long-gestating competitor to the Volkswagen Up! Funk Flex
Auto Talk: What’s a Qoros? Apparently this is…
… Qoros? Let us explain. Qoros is a Chinese automaker co-owned by Chery and the Israeli Israel Corporation, reportedly working on bringing a handful of models to Europe. The company’s vice chairman, former Volkswagen executive Volker Steinwascher, says that Qoros vehicles aim to “combine German design quality and craftsmanship with Japanese convenience and functionality.” Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Next Mercedes-Benz S-Class spotted with AMG trimmings
If you have the means, highly recommend picking one up. Sure, Ferris may have spoken those words in reference to a classic Ferrari California – well, actually, a replica of a classic Ferrari – but he could just as easily have been speaking of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class AMG. As we realized the last time we found ourselves ensconced behind the wheel of one, in that case a 2012 S63 model, we compared it to a spacecraft bound for Mars… meaning it ought to handle anything us mere terrestrial beings can throw its way with aplomb. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Are you the Audi S1?
The engineers at Audi look to be hard at work on a more potent version of the company’s A1 hatchback. Spy photographers spotted this machine out on public streets for testing, and the presence of a set of quad exhaust out back leads us to believe this could be the rumored S1 model. It’s unclear whether this machine will slot under the limited-edition 256-horsepower A1 Quattro or be sold as a less extreme version of the hottest of Audi hatches when that car’s production slots fill up. Photographers report this is a gasoline-powered model, which means the company’s 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder engine is likely kicking behind the headlights. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Mystery Jaguar XKR-S track pack caught testing
Jaguar looks to be hard at work on a new Track Edition of the company’s already menacing XKR-S. Spy photographers spotted a more hardcore Track Edition testing at the Nürburgring recently, and while details are scarce, odds are the high horsepower coupe will serve as a suitable competitor to the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series, among others. Funk Flex
