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The car is still not officially confirmed for production

Audi’s Sport Quattro Concept was one of the best cars from the Frankfurt Motor Show. It combined a road-ready look with a hybrid 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 to pump out 691hp and 590lb-ft (800Nm). Plus, it brought back a classic name to the Audi...

David Coulthard drove

Red Bull knows how to celebrate. In recognition of winning its fourth straight Formula 1 World Constructors’ Championship, it sent David Coulthard to the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai to do donuts on the hotel’s helipad that sits 210m (6...

It seems that the car will be the next generation Z-Car

Nissan head of product planning Andy Palmer says that Nissan is bringing a new rear-wheel drive sports car to the Tokyo Motor Show on November 20, and he is promising that it will be better than Toyota and Subaru’s GT86/BRZ, which he says we...

They got to experience the track with test drivers.

Alfa Romeo may not be the most financially healthy automaker in the world, but it still knows how to throw a party. The 4C, its latest sports car, is limited to 500 units for its Launch Edition and gets additions like carbon fiber trim and an excl...

There are just a few races left this year

Racing is clearly coming to a close for the year. Formula 1 is already decided and only has three races left. NASCAR is also down to three races, and there are just two more races for the WTCC. The Super GT comes to a close this weekend.  ...

The car is officially homologated with the FIA

Hyundai is running out of development time on the i20 WRC. The new rally car will start racing in January at the Monte Carlo Rally. The latest round of testing for the car was 15 days of gravel and tarmac testing in Spain and Germany in October. ...

Average auto emissions fell 3% between 2011 and 2012

With all of the controversy over the vote for changing EU emissions standards in 2020, it is easy to forget that the EU is on track to meet its CO2 emissions goal for 2015. From 2011 to 2012, CO2 emissions fell by 3% in Europe to 132.5g/km of ...

The design is leaning towards a crossover or tall shooting brake

The rumors of a Rolls-Royce SUV persist, and CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös has confirmed that the company’s designers have made internal renderings imagining the car. “For me, it is less of a question of whether we should...

The company's sales may just hit 100,000 units worldwide this year

Sergio Marchionne is a very busy man. He is still attempting to buy Chrysler in the United States but the negotiations have basically fallen through, and he may fail if the company gets listed on the stock market. In Europe, he is trying to keep F...

The company is being beat by foreign and domestic competitors in the US

Volkswagen Group has made it no secret that it wants to be the world’s largest automaker, but one major world market is still standing in its way – North America, particularly the United States. From January to September, VW Group ...