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It is building just nine of them for €3.3 million each

Lamborghini is building just nine Veneno Roadsters, three times as many as the Veneno coupe, but that is not preventing it from having a party. The Italian supercar maker rented the Italian aircraft carrier Nave Cavour and parked it in Abu Dhabi&r...

It ends 2013 with racing success

Honda is making a big push back into racing. Its new NSX will be racing in Japan in 2014, and it will return to Formula One as an engine maker in 2015. In Europe, 2014 will also be a big racing year for Honda. It is updating its Civic World Tourin...

A German study suggests that they produce more particulates

The independent vehicle testing agency TÜV Nord in Germany has completed a curious study regarding modern direct injected petrol engines. It found that direct injected petrol engines emit about 1,000 times more particles than non-direct injec...

The platform will be shared among several future models

BMW is prepping the seventh-generation BMW 5 Series for a 2016 debut with a brand new platform and new engine choices, including a hybrid. BMW says that the new model will have a very different look, and it will be influenced by the Gran Lusso...

It is the third bestselling car in its class in Europe

Renault’s Captur crossover has been successful that it may boost production by a third in 2014 to cope with European demand. "We expect to make 120,000 units of the Captur by the end of this year. Next year, we could make up to 160,...

A new, modular platform is being developed for the brand

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne will not let Alfa Romeo die. He has unveiled the fourth relaunch plan for Alfa Romeo since he took over Fiat in June 2004. He plans to unveil the full plan in the first quarter of 2014. "We continue to work in a...

It will sit at the bottom of the Audi SUV range

Audi has announced the development of a compact crossover called the Q1 that will go into production in Ingolstadt in 2016. It released a single rendering of the car, which you can see above. Audi says that the Q1 is part of its SUV strategy t...

It will use the 326hp Leon Cup Racer

Seat will begin a one-make racing series in Europe with the Seat Leon Eurocup on six race weekends in 2014. All of the racers will use the 326hp (330ps) Seat Leon Cup Racer. The racecars have a widened front end with improved airflow to the tu...

The factory will build a limited number of cars with remaining parts

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB restarted production of the Saab 9-3 in Trollhattan on Monday, December 2, according to a company spokesperson. The cars will be built in very small numbers using remaining parts leftover from when productio...

Volvo and Sweden want to be world leaders in autonomous tech

Volvo is taking the next step toward having an autonomous car on sale with a pilot project with self-driving Volvos on public roads in Sweden in 2014. One hundred self-driving Volvos will take part in the pilot project on 50km of public roads arou...