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He says that he will put a Tesla powertrain in it

Tesla Founder Elon Musk has been revealed as the secret buyer of the Lotus Esprit submarine from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. At RM's London sale on September 8 and 9, it sold for £616,000. Jalopnik confirmed t...

German and Japanese cars dominate the short list

The five finalists for the 2014 Green Car of the Year have been announced. Green Car Journal will award the honor at the LA Auto Show on November 20. The five finalists are considered the magazine’s "Top 5 Green Cars for 2014,” an...

It is also working on new models and model variants

Seat is Volkswagen Group’s fourth largest brand in terms of sales this year. It has sold 266,100 cars from January to September, an 11.7% improvement over last year. It is even doing well in Europe this year with 218,100 cars sold, up 9.6%. ...

It will go on sale on the car's 50th birthday

The next generation Ford Mustang will go on sale on the car’s 50th birthday on April 17, 2014, but it will be publicly revealed in December. Ford will also give a small cadre of press a sneak preview of the car next week in Dearborn, Michiga...

The car has not yet been green lit

Mazda is being sneaky about the next generation Mazda 3 MPS/Mazdaspeed. It says that it has not confirmed the car yet because it is focusing on getting mass-market cars on sale first. However, the plan for the car is to use the all-wheel drive sys...

Mechanically identical to the Veneno coupe but with no roof at all

If you are curious about the power that Top Gear has built in the automotive world, now that the time has come to reveal the Lamborghini Veneno Roadster the company decided to reveal the first images at the Top Gear web site instead of through its...

The engine will debut in 2015 with McLaren

Honda has released a 39-second audio clip of it testing its 2015 Formula 1 engine.  The Youtube clips only have audio of the engine, but it certainly sounds good. There should be no concerns about the cars sounding boring next year. ...

The Golf Estate gets progressive steering as part of the R-Line package

The Volkswagen Golf and Golf Estate are getting new technology in the form of Volkswagen’s Car-Net mobile Internet service.  The Golf Estate is also getting progressive power steering as an option. Car-Net was already available on t...

Sales will not begin until 2014

The Audi A3 Cabriolet has entered production in Györ, Hungary, but it will not be on sale across Europe until spring 2014. However, it will be available in some markets, like Germany, sooner than that. The A3 Cabriolet has a platform and ...

It uses Opel's new 1.6 SIDI Turbo

The Opel Zafira Tourer is getting Opel’s 1.6 SIDI Turbo engine with 197hp (200ps) and 221lb-ft (300Nm) to take the title as Europe’s most powerful compact MPV. The 1.6 SIDI model will only be available with a six-speed manual that ...