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It says that it is checking the pulse of the WTCC

Volvo is tipping its toe back into international racing by having Volvo Polestar Racing enter a C30 1.6T in the World Touring Car Championship race at the Shanghai International Circuit on November 3. The car will be driven by 2013 Swedish Touring...

The car cuts 1,300kg over the standard car with a 600hp twin-turbo V8

Bentley announced that it would go racing with the Continental GT3 a year ago, and it seemed like a total price. How would Bentley convert a big, heavy grand touring car into a racecar? But Bentley and the team at M-Sport have done it and shed 1,3...

It will build VW MQB platform vehicles

Volkswagen is opening a new factory in Foshan, China, with its Chinese joint venture partner FAW that will be able to build 300,000 cars a year and employ 6,500 people. The first model to roll of the production lines was a seventh generation Golf....

Production is scheduled to begin in mid 2014.

Audi has completed the exterior for a new production facility for the next generation R8 in Böllinger Höfe, Germany. Production is scheduled to start in mid 2014. Construction at the plant began 18 months ago near Audi’s factor...

It is expected to sell well in Japan, the Middle East and United States

Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann says that the Urus SUV is still being worked on, despite the SUV not yet having a green light for production. “We’re working on it and it will come, which will be good for the brand. We’re g...

It will be the only Mercedes museum outside of Stuttgart

Mercedes-Benz opened in its new musuem in Stuttgart in May 2006, and it will build its second museum in the world in Beijing that will be part of its Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center. Mercedes says the construction is part of its long-term commi...

It also had its highest August production ever

Nissan had quite a strong August with its best single month for sales ever and best August production ever. At the same time, it decreased exports out of Japan. Nissan sold 391,851 cars in August, up 3.1%, and its best monthly sales ever. ...

The CVT transmissions will be used in the next generation Honda Fit

Honda has broken ground on a new transmission factory for $470 million in Celaya, Mexico, next to Honda’s vehicle plant that is gearing up to build the next generation Honda Fit.  The factory will build CVTs beginning in the second ...

It will build components for the Astra, Insignia and new diesels

Opel is investing €130 million to upgrade its Kaiserslautern factory to build bodywork and front seats for the next generation Opel Astra; axles and bodies for the next generation Opel Insignia; and a new family of 2.0-liter diesel engine fam...

Fiat threatening to not support Chrysler in future if IPO is successful

A fight is brewing between Fiat and the United Auto Workers. The UAW's VEBA medical pension used its ownership of 41.5% of Chrysler stock to force the company to file an initial public offering on the stock exchange in the United States. Fiat ...