Just to mention a few, it looks a whole lot better, thanks to the edgier and more well received (especially on the Mazda6) Kodo design language, while also benefiting from Mazda's suite of SkyActive technology comprising lightweight engines, transmissions, body and chassis.

While the Golf and the Golf GTI will launch stateside next year next year as 2015 models, the Golf GTD will arrive in 2015 as a 2016 model, according to Andreas Valbuena, product manager for the VW Golf. The German automaker's exec estimates the Golf GTD will have a starting price of around $27,000 (€20,750).

Compare virtually any modern car with its older self, and you will begin to see that the inevitable progress of the industry has rendered its dashboard soft, along with its responses to your inputs. The same applies to sounds – I don't really understand why all cars are getting so quiet (well, I see the point for family rides, but not for sports cars), but it seems to be an industry obsession.

There are also those techniques that make you buy a product you don't really want, and eventually begin to feel its unsatisfactory nature, and slowly wake up from the ad man-induced trance, realizing that you spent $49 on another food blender you didn't need, even if its Teflon-coated blade is sharper than ever, and its motor can chew through coconuts – it's still a food blender, even if the company calls it the Super Food Master Chef Express 5000.

Named the 458-V, the main package comes with three carbon fiber aero parts, including an add-on front lip spoiler, and add-on decklid spoiler and a replacement rear diffuser complete with taller fins and new rear fog lamp housing to accommodate the new bridge element.

Of course, you could do as these Russian drivers did when they were confronted with the aforementioned scenario and roll the dice on whether you'll be fishing for your front bumper, pushing your car or being lucky and making it across the artificial river dry and in one piece.

Back to the pre-viewing part of this story, while cruising around GM's Proving Grounds center in Michigan in search for prototypes, our spies were surprised to see a filming crew for the upcoming Transformers 4 blockbuster, and together, an assortment of new Autobots, including the new Bumblebee dressed in a 2014 Camaro Coupe suite.

Besides the trademark yellow and black color scheme, the new Bumblebee model sports a slightly different front end than the facelifted 2014 Camaro with an even tighter grille and headlamp assembly plus a restyled bumper, along with a fixed rear spoiler, a grounds kit and a vented rear bumper.

Dubbed the A160 CDI and B160 CDI, they sport very frugal Renault-sourced diesel engines, six-speed manual gearboxes, and starting prices of €25,882 and €27,310 respectively, in Germany.

Today, Carscoops reader Timo tipped us off about a video of a camouflaged Jaguar F-Type Coupe releasing its horses on the Nürburgring racetrack.

Kwei also increased other estimates, including that for yearly Model S production that went up from 19,800 units to 21,500, as well as her Q2 output prediction, from 4,500 units to 5,000.

So, what if Bugatti wanted to enhance its range with a different (see smaller and more affordable) supercar than the famed Veyron, what would that model be and look like?

Dubbed the "Great Eight" by some, the GT coupe was a very sleek-looking BMW, and for many, the looks and the rarity factor alone are/were what drew them to the car in the first place.

Infiniti delivered the FX Vettel Edition number 001 (of just 150 made) straight to his home in Switzerland on the eve of Vettel's 26th birthday.

The last thing one would want to do while driving on the open road is to intervene and block (there's another word for that, but we promised ourselves to behave) a pair of animals gettin' jiggy wit it, if you don't mind us calling it so.

Did we mention that there's also an optionally available package, with which the car's name becomes the "Subaru WRX STI tS TYPE RA NBR CHALLENGE PACKAGE"?

The car, which will be sold at a charity auction on August 1 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has the VIN 0001 of the 2014 model year and features a unique body treatment. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the EAA Young Eagles program.