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It uses the same powertrain at a more reasonable price

Volkswagen is bringing a diesel hybrid version of the Up to the Tokyo Motor Show on November 20 called the Twin-Up, and in some ways it is even more impressive than VW’s XL1 efficiency super car. The Twin-Up uses a modified version of th...

The team is just waiting for Hulkenberg to sign the contract

With Kimi Raikkonen leaving Lotus at the end of the season, there is a big seat to fill with the team. Until now, Lotus had remained tight-lipped about who would fill the spot, but Mansoor Ijaz, one of the team’s new investors. says that the...

The car has just been introduced to the Middle East

Lamborghini confirmed in February that the Aventador Roadster had its order books filled until 2014. At the Dubai Motor Show, Lamborghini announced that nothing has changed, and that buyers in the Middle East will have to wait until late-2014 to g...

The new full scale wind tunnel opened last month

Ferrari has spent over a year building a new, full-scale wind tunnel to improve its F1 technology, and the time and money that it has taken is finally coming to fruition since opening last month. "We have been back in there for a few week...

The Peugeot 308 shows the company's future

believes that the only way to save itself from complete collapse to move upmarket. In the last several weeks, a flurry of news has come out about the French automaker possibly being bought by Chinese joint venture partner Dongfeng. Its partner Ge...

It would double world lithium-ion battery production

Tesla released its third quarter financial details on November 5, and among the details about sales and financial results, founder Elon Musk claims that the company will have to build a lithium-ion battery factory equal to “all lithium ion p...

They show off what is possible from the company's coach builders

For the 2013 Dubai Motor Show, Rolls-Royce is bringing a trio of bespoke cars to show off what is possible from the company’s expert coachbuilders. They include the Phantom Coupe Chicane, Celestial Phantom and Alpine Trial Centenary Ghost. A...

The E-Class and compacts are among the bestsellers

Mercedes-Benz continued its strong sales in 2013 with a new record of selling 126,421 cars in October, up 15.3% from October 2012. Sales from January to October are up 10.7% to 1,189,059 cars. It is the leading premium car brand in Germany, Japan ...

It will reveal the Qashqai and as many as two performance cars

Nissan is on track to have a major month of reveals in November. On November 7, it is revealing the latest generation of the Qashqai crossover. Its Tokyo Motor Show lineup is somewhat more murky, but it seems that it will reveal the next generatio...

It uses a completely aluminum body and will go on sale in the spring

While it is no surprise that Jaguar has been working on an F-Type Coupe, it is a big surprise that it will reveal the car at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19. The car was not expected to be shown until next year. Jaguar is not giving a...