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Sales for the year through August up 16%

Jaguar Land Rover had record sales in August of 27,852 cars, up 28% from the previous August. Jaguar sales were 5,405 cars for August, up 92%, and Land Rover sales were 22,447 cars in August, up 18%. Regionally for August, sales in Asia were u...

It will begin service in mid-2014.

Nissan has launched its e-NV200 Barcelona Taxi at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The van has a similar concept to the NV200 New York Taxi, but the Barcelona Taxi is completely electric. The city has committed to building the infrastructure to support t...

Sales for the year are up 3.1%

Volkswagen Cars sales fell 1.0% in August to 466,300 cars, but from January to August sales are up 3.1% to 3.84 million cars. “The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand is not immune to the effects of the ongoing very challenging situation on ...

The route recreated Bertha Benz's drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim

Mercedes has reached a company and technological milestone by driving a specially outfitted S500 Intelligent Drive 100km autonomously from Mannheim to Pforzheim on city roads and highways. It is the same route that Bertha Benz took on the first lo...

The car is due in 2014

Nissan has hired current Toyota LMP1 driver and former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi to develop the higher performance Nismo edition of the GT-R at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. "I've done testing on the Nordschleife and its ...

The rest of the car has a night theme

Rolls-Royce is showing off its Bespoke vehicle service with the Celestial Phantom at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The company says that 75% of Ghost buyers and nearly every Phantom buyer opts for the Bespoke service, which allows buyers to specify ve...

The P1 is already sold out in the Asian region

McLaren has opened operations in China with dealers in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou. It held a party and created a video to celebrate. China is on track to become the world’s single largest auto market, and McLaren wants to be a ...

It will be smaller and lighter

Andy Palmer, Nissan product planning boss, says that the company will show a concept for the next generation Z-car at the Tokyo Motor Show on November 20. He says that the next generation car will use a smaller displacement, turbocharged engin...

It is still waiting on a green light for the project

Almost since the day it went on sale, there has been rumors either Toyota, Subaru or both are developing a higher performance version of the GT86. There have been rumors of a turbocharged version, larger displacement and hybrid version. While none...

They will be on sale in a few months

Kia is introducing the Picanto Bi-Fuel LPG and refreshed Optima for Europe at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Picanto The Picanto Bi-Fuel has 66hp (67ps) and 66lb-ft (90Nm) of torque and is available as a three-door or five-door model. In LPG mo...