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The changes will be rolled out over the car's life

During the press event for the Alfa Romeo 4C, Alfa’s press people revealed future plans for the company’s latest sports car. The first change is relatively obvious when you look at the car, and that is that Alfa is planning a targa...

It will use Jaguar Land Rover's new four-cylinder turbo engines

The Evoque has been a huge success for Land Rover, and while the convertible concept will likely never make it to production, Land Rover is still planning more variations, including a longer wheelbase version. The Evoque XL is supposed to fit betw...

Sales were up 5.5%

After sales dropping 5% in August, The European Automotive Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) reports that European auto sales improved by 5.4% in September compared to September 2012. It is the third month this year that has had a sales increa...

The biggest additions are the titanium exhaust and ceramic brake kit

The BMW M5 and M6 are already among the best cars in their respective classes, but BMW is giving them a bit more with the new suite of M Performance accessories that are inspired from BMW’s racing prowess. The parts include the M Perform...

The first deliveries of the cars are still a year away

The production Spyker B6 Venator is getting a dose of Lotus and Toyota power by taking the supercharged 3.5-liter V6 from the Lotus Evora.  The change in engine from the original Volkswagen unit to the Lotus powerplant comes from Spyker CEO V...

PSA is expected to make an announcement next week

The business situation for PSA Peugeot-Citroën is looking increasingly dire. GM may scale back PSA cooperation just a year after buying 7% of the company if PSA's negotiations with Dongfeng to sell a third of the company are successful.&n...

The Qashqai is the company's bestselling model of the month

Nissan’s September sales in Europe are nearly flat for the year with a 0.34% gain over the previous year. It sold 66,303 cars in Europe last month compared to 66,074 in September 2012. The UK is Nissan’s strongest growth market wit...

It had suspected it would sell 10,000 in 2014

Early demand of 8,000 preorders for the i3 is strong enough that BMW is considering boosting production before the car even goes on sale on November 16 in Europe. Its initial production plan had been to make 10,000 i3s next year. “If dem...

No prototype available yet but negotiating with Mercedes

Aston Martin says that while it has not built any prototypes yet for its SUV, the truck is still being worked on internally and will likely go into production with the Lagonda name. The Lagonda SUV is still several years away and will likely t...

EU Parliament members hope to have a new plan in a few weeks, but it could be until 2015

The German automakers have gotten want they wanted, and the EU has dropped plans to make average EU car emissions 95g/km of CO2 in 2020. A new plan has not been agreed to yet, but it will be formed in the coming weeks, according to EU ministers. ...