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It will be limited to 300 cars and orders open on October 21

Audi has already won the drivers’ championship in the DTM this season with Mike Rockenfeller and is leading the teams’ and constructors’ championships with a single race to go. It is celebrating its win early with the A5 DTM Cham...

It will go on sale in the summer of 2014

General Motors is being experimental in the US and introducing the country’s first compressed natural gas bi-fuel car from the factory with the 2015 Impala. GM, Dodge and Ford have all offered CNG bi-fuel versions in their pick-up trucks, bu...

Showcases the P3, 312P and 512M

Ferrari’s Museum in Maranello is celebrating the launch of the new 458 Speciale with a special exhibit. The theme of the show is “Ferrari’s Sporting Spirit,” and shows some rare Ferrari sports cars and prototypes. The e...

It uses super capacitors sandwiched between the body panels

Volvo is participating in a research project that has the potential of revolutionizing hybrid cars. It is developing a lightweight structural material that can store energy like a battery. In theory, it would mean that hybrids would no longer need...

It will race in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans as an experimental entry

The Nissan Zeod RC had been confirmed as the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans Garage 56 entry for experimental cars before the car actually existed in the real world, but Nissan and Deltawing designer Ben Bowlby were confident in the hybrid racecar. On Oc...

By 2017, 90% of factories will build average of four models per line

  The Ford assembly line started in 1913 at the Highland Park, Michigan factory. Henry Ford did not invent the idea of the car or the moving assembly line, but he combined the two ideas together with his own design to create one of the fi...

The family gave Merkel's party €690,000 shortly before the vote

The family that controls BMW is being criticized for making large donations to German Prime Minister Angela Merkel’s CDU party prior to her being instrumental in blocking the EU lowering average CO2 emissions.  Financial filings to ...

The first model will go on sale across Europe in 2014

The Qoros 3 does not go on sale until later this year in China and early 2014 in Europe, but the company has released sketches for its next planned models – a mid-size sedan and minivan. Both new models would share the same platform as t...

It has already beat its record sales year

Maserati has sold 2.5 times more cars in the first nine months of this year than it had in its previous best year ever, and there are three months of sales to go. The success is due to high demand for the new Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans. Th...

It wants to pattern its performance brand after Nismo

Hyundai has been growing steadily in Europe over the past decade, but it has not really tried to enter the performance car market. That is set to change in the near future with the company’s decision to use its return to the World Rally Cham...