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New cars coming from Ford, Kia, Toyota, Honda and more.

There have been few market segments growing faster in Europe than the compact crossover. The segment has grown by 6% in the first half of the year, while the European auto market in general has contracted by 6%. The cars combine the platforms of B...

It is also faster than the Camaro ZL1

The latest Chevrolet Camaro Z28 is not the most powerful version of the modern Camaro that Chevrolet has released, that honor goes to the 580hp ZL1, but it is the fastest version yet around the Nürburgring Nordschleife and managed a lap time ...

It will go on sale in 2015

Infiniti has transformed itself from a luxury automaker focused on North America to a world player in the last two years. The latest step in being more global is breaking ground at Nissan’s Sunderland factory for a £250 million upgrade...

Hybrid sales are growing quickly with 47% growth

Toyota is outperforming the European market so far this year with sales up 5% in the third quarter to 216,837 cars and a 5% European market share for the first time since 2009. "Our sales performance has gone crescendo in Q3 as two key ne...

Lotus and Red Bull have taken the podiums in the last two races

Mercedes believes that the recent boost in performance from Lotus and Red Bull is down to new engine mapping from Renault that could be good for as much as 0.4 seconds per lap. "I think what you can see is that Red Bull from Singapore onw...

A coupe version of the new sedan also has a chance

It is no secret that Jaguar has new models coming. The company announced during the Frankfurt Motor Show that the platform underneath the C-X17 crossover concept would be used on a future luxury sedan, and the C-X17 itself may make it to productio...

It plans to double its Chinese dealers by 2016

Porsche has big expansion plans for the near future because it wants to grow sales from 145,075 cars in 2012 to 200,000 cars by 2016. The company has been spending huge sums of money on research and development in the last few years for the Macan,...

It shares a platform with the Fusion/Mondeo

Among the 22 world debuts at this year’s LA Auto Show will be a new global SUV from Ford, which is suspected to be the second generation of the Ford Edge that will be sold in Europe and the United States in 2014. The Edge went on sale in...

It has found ways to use less platinum and less carbon fiber

Toyota says that it has found ways to reduce the cost of the hydrogen fuel cell in its 2015 hydrogen-fueled sedan by $950,000 each. It puts the car on track to cost less than $100,000 when it goes on sale in Japan, the United States and Europe. To...

It shares its powertrain with the Chevrolet Volt

The Cadillac ELR has been teased since last winter and even longer if you consider the concept, but it will finally hit showrooms in the United Stated in January for a base price of $75,995. The ELR is an adaptation of the technology in the Ch...