in a tie-in announced this past Saturday, Toyota has released images of a 2014 Highlander concept that takes its inspiration from SpongeBob SquarePants himself.

But the fact remains that a 10% retail market share in a segment largely dominated by loyal owners who for decades have been buying from the domestic automakers is still nothing to sneeze at.

So now we know when it will happen as earlier today the General's Chevrolet division released a teaser image of a new high-performance Corvette model along with the following press release:

Chevrolet is using the 2014 Silverado full-size pickup to explore the extremes of preparedness with the Volunteer Firefighter and Black Ops concepts shown publicly for the first time this past Friday at the State Fair of Texas.

The 2013 SEMA Show can boast about a number of OEM press conferences, but a few manufacturers resorted to a much lower key approach. Among those was Japanese manufacturer Mazda - even though its stand contained four concept vehicles plus an example of the Mazda6 GX-class race car that won the Grand-Am GX Manufacturers Championship this year.

although 2014 will include a limited run of 2,500 Ultimate Edition FJ Cruisers, it will also mark the final year of production of the FJ Cruiser - a vehicle we recently reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed.

It was exactly a week ago today that the Ford press conference took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the home of the annual dessert in the desert known as the SEMA show. This year's festivities not only included the requisite over-the-top customizations of both cars and trucks from Ford's stables, but also a very special custom 1956 Ford F-100 destined for Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale auction in 2014.

With increased sales as well as competition in the mid-size crossover utility segment as well as the fact that eight years in the auto business is an eternity, Ford's entry is overdue for an extreme makeover.

Earlier today, Mopar released select images from a long list of accessories for the 2014 Fiat 500L

This past Wednesday morning, according to a press release, the 2,800 team members at Toyota Texas celebrated the milestone of assembling the plant's one millionth truck.