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The winner will not be announced until March

The European Car of the Year has released its nominees for 2014. It selected 30 cars from a provisional list of all of the new cars that would be on sale by the end of 2013. The cars had to be all new generations, not refreshed models To be no...

It reduced VEBA share in GM roughly by half.

General Motors will purchase 120 million shares of its own stock from VEBA, the United Auto Workers Retiree Medical Benefits Trust for $3.2 billion, $27 per share on September 30. To raise money to pay for the shares, GM will offer bonds in the co...

It can be fueled by either compressed natural gas or liquified petroleum gas

Ford’s Crown Victoria was the standard for taxis in the US, and despite being out of production, they are still extremely popular to see in taxi service. As a replacement, Ford is introducing the Transit Connect Taxi with an option for a bi-...

The team says that Alonso did well with subpar equipment to take second

Ferrari is conflicted about its performance in the Singapore Grand Prix. It is happy that Fernando Alonso was able to score a second place in the race, but it knows that it gave Alonso a subpar car in the race and the strong finish is because of h...

It uses a stock 3.8 R-spec Engine and two turbos to make the power

It is time for the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas for insanely modified cars that will never actually be made, and Hyundai is the first company out of the gate by revealing a twin-turbocharged Genesis Coupe with 1,000hp. The SEMA Show runs from Nov...

It will sacrifice storage capacity for interior space.

Skoda is releasing a new variant of the Rapid compact called the Spaceback that is meant to be a compromise in space between the Fabia and Octavia. It will go on sale in Europe in October. Skoda’s chief designer Jozef Kaban believes in r...

The cars will be on sale in December in Europe

Porsche is never afraid to release a new variant of the 911, and it has two more ready for the public with the 911 Cabriolet Turbo and Cabriolet Turbo S. It brings the total number of 911 Turbo variants up to four. The cars will make their world d...

Adrian van Hooydonk still leads BMW Group design

BMW has made major changes in its design department in the last few weeks. Adrian van Hooydonk still leads BMW Group Design, which puts him in charge of the final say in all of the group’s vehicles and concepts, but he has many new employees...

The new engines make more power and are more efficient than the current engines

Renault has signed a three-year contract to supply engines to Caterham from 2014 to 2016. Next year’s F1 engines are 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged engines with two forms of energy recovery. Caterham has been using Renault engines since 2011. ...

Good tire strategy brought Alonso to second

*Update: Mark Webber will receive a 10-spot grid penalty for the next race, the Korean Grand Prix, for entering the track on foot without the marshals' permission. Webber's car broke down on the final lap of the race. On his cool-down lap,...