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It won the East African Safari Rally in 1971 and 1973

Japanese automakers took over rallying in the 90s and won the manufactures’ championship from 1993 to 1999, but before that it had mixed success that previewed future success. In the 70s, Nissan entered a specially prepared 240Z into the...

Even during development, the M engineers had nothing to do with the i3 or i8

BMW is putting up a united front that the i sub-brand and M cars will not be mixing anytime soon, and the M engineers had no hand in developing the i8. “It is separate – M and i. It’s two different sub-brands, but there will ...

It is not revealing its times yet

The seventh generation Corvette is set to go on sale in the United States in just a few weeks, but that is not keeping Chevrolet from continuing to fine-tune its new sports car. Its latest development trip was to the Nürburgring Nordschle...

He is one point away from guaranteeing his first WRC title

Volkswagen WRC driver Sebastien Ogier took his sixth win of the season in the WRC Rally Australia and is a single point away from clinching his first world championship. With three rallies to go in the season, Ogier is almost guaranteed to take th...

The hybrid is planned to debut on the SUV in 2017

Bentley is planning to add a diesel engine and hybrid powertrain to its range, at least for its SUV for 2016, and wants to add more variants of its Mulsanne sedan. “We are definitely investigating a diesel engine. It will fit anyway into...

It will have three engine options at launch, including most powerful Volvo wagon ever

Volvo's product range in the US has been has been shrinking quickly since the S40, C30 and C70 all ended production. The US will finally get a new car next year when the V60 Sportswagon goes on sale in January.  The V60 Sportswagon wi...

Hybrid 911 is a generation away

Porsche has been growing gradually since the introduction of the Cayenne several years ago, but it seems that the purchase by Volkswagen has sped up growth even further, especially in Chinese sales. In addition to working on a new four-cylinder bo...

The company is officially Toyota's European Motorsport arm

Toyota President Akio Toyoda claims to like sports car, despite the company that he runs relatively staid image. But things are changing slowly at Toyota. It has returned to world-class racing, released the GT86, shown the Yaris Hybrid-R and is wo...

It will not be for the 911

Porsche says that it is moving forward with development of its new flat-four engine that are being designed for the Boxster and Cayman and may find its way into other models. However, the 911 is not one of them, so there will be no return to the 9...

The team was among the most successful in the 50s

Bonhams is selling a collection of cars from the original Ecurie Ecosse, which is French for "Team Scotland," racing team. As privateers in the 50s, it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and raced for decade between 1952 and 1962. Dri...