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It plans to have 15 dealers by the end of the year

Tesla is beginning its expansion into Europe and plans to have 20 dealers open by the end of the year. The first priority will be the German market, and it already has dealers in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Munich with two more coming soon ...

It is introducing new Suburban, Tahoe and Yukon SUVs

General Motors will roll out its new full-size SUVs at the New York Motor Show and LA Auto Show later this year. The new trucks include the GMC Yukon, Yukon XL and Yukon Denali; Chevrolet Tahoe; and Chevrolet Suburban. GM is promising a quieter, m...

There is also an ELMS race and WRC rally

It is actually an exciting weekend for racing with something for everyone. There is no Formula 1 this weekend, but it will return next week for Singapore. There is an eclectic mix of touring car racing from the DTM and V8 Supercars, sports car rac...

The design will be a new interpretation of the Kodo design language

Mazda has been quite successful with is CX-5 crossover, and it is planning to expand, according to company president Takashi Yamanouchi, with two new crossovers by 2016. One will be a full-size SUV and the other will be a more compact crossover. ...

Initiale Paris cars will focus on better driving comfort and higher quality materials

Renault will continue growing in the crossover segment with the less MPV-like Espace that is previewed by the Initiale Paris concept and another crossover that it is working on that will be larger than the Captur. The more crossover-like Espac...

The engine deal with AMG will be instrumental for growth

Aston Martin has had an exciting 12 months. The Italian company Investindustrial purchased a third of the company, and it has a deal with AMG to supply engines in the near future. Now that it has a supply of modern, high performance engines coming...

They may co-develop another platform together

Renault-Nissan and Daimler have been collaborating since 2010, but an announcement at the Frankfurt Motor Show from Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn indicates that it is advancing in a major, global way. “While our initial collaboration f...

Worlwide sales for the first eight months are also at record levels

BMW Group is on track to have its best sales year ever and set sales records in August and in the first eight months of the year. It sold 139,648 cars in August, a 14.8% increase over August 2012, and has sold 1,246,528 cars from January through A...

Each car is built to order from an Alfa Romeo 8C donor car

Milanese coachbuilder Touring Superleggera first introduced its new Disco Volante at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and now it is ready to actually start building them for customers. The cars are meant as a celebration and rebirth of the original...

His training begins in October to race a GT-R GT3

Miguel Faisca from Lisbon, Portugal, is the 2013 European GT Academy Champion. The 24-year-old gamer took the title by being voted the best driver by the jury of former and current racing drivers who also acted as the competitors’ mentors.&n...