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It will use the MQB platform and next generation engines

Audi is planning a new luxury compact crossover due to launch in 2016 that will be even smaller than the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class. The crossover will likely be called the Q1. The plan for the car is to offer a vehicle about the size...

It puts it on par with an R8 4.2

*Update* It Alfa Romeo 15 days, but it finally officially revealed that the 4C lapped the 'Ring in 8:04 on September 12, 2013. It is claiming that it is the fastest time ever for a car with less than 250hp. Former Sport Auto driver a...

The new videos focus on composites and manufacturing

Infiniti has been using its access inside Red Bull to make a four-part series of short documentaries about how the team creates new cars. The first part focused on design and quick prototyping new parts. The latest parts look at the role composite...

Sales for the year are nearly breaking even

Volvo is having quite the sales turnaround this this year. After sales falling earlier in the year, the company’s sales increased by 13.5% for September. It is Volvo’s third consecutive month of growth. Sales for the year from January ...

Will refocus on the car next spring

Chrysler is cutting production of the new SRT Viper after being on sale since April due to low sales and winter coming for much of the United States. The SRT Viper is made at Chrysler's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan. Ch...

They will be built at the GM factory in Zaragoza, Spain.

Since buying a 7% share in PSA Peugeot-Citroën, General Motors has not done much with the company, but the fruits of the investment may finally be coming. PSA and GM will share GM’s factory in Zaragoza, Spain, to build B-segment MPVs on...

It is the highest price ever paid for a car

Last year, A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO originally ordered by Sterling Moss but never driven by him sold privately for $35 million to become the most expensive car ever sold. Now, a 1963 250 GTO has shattered that record by being privately sold for $52 ...

General Motors leads with the most nominations this year

The 24 nominees for the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year have been announced.  A jury of 50 auto journalists from North America takes a long list of all of the new or significantly refreshed cars released there and take th...

This year there are 13 auto brands in the top 100 list from 12 last year

Interbrand has released its annual list of the world's top 100 brands, and Toyota leads in the automotive sector yet again but is in tenth place overall.  There was a big shakeup in the top three global brands this year. Apple, Google...

Peter Schreyer has been promoted has head of design for Hyundai and Kia

Hyundai and Kia have gone from jokes of the auto industry 15 years ago to legitimate worldwide players with sophisticated design and technology. Former Audi designer Peter Schreyer has been on a rocket ship within Kia from head of design to vice p...