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Says concept cars are too close to production cars

Chris Bangle spent over a decade as the lead designer of BMW Group. He was the company's first ever head of design, and he and protege Adrian van Hooydonk reshaped BMW design into what it is today. He left the company suddenly in 2009 for reas...

It is holding a celebration at its technical center

Today, September 2, McLaren celebrates its 50th anniversary since a 26-year-old Bruce McLaren incorporated the company that bares his name in New Malden, Surrey, England. McLaren had begun racing at 14 when he restored an Austin 7 at his paren...

It is asking people who see the car to take a pictures and tweet it

McLaren is celebrating British innovation and British manufacturing with a new, special 12C. The car is part of the GREAT campaign and has the words "Innovation is GREAT" as part of its Union Jack livery. The car will be driving arou...

It will be the introductory model with a slated price of €25,000

Caterham has been teasing its new entry-level Seven 165 since the beginning of the year, and it will finally be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year and go on sale in January with the first deliveries planned for the spring.  Cater...

The new car will be revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show

Porsche is updating the Panamera Diesel at the Frankfurt Motor Show with a 296hp (300ps), 3.0-liter V6, which is a 49hp (50ps) increase over the previous iteration. Torque is also up to 479lb-ft (650Nm), up 74lb-ft (100Nm).  The upgraded engi...

The Friend-Me is meant to show the brand's next generation of design

Nissan has two car reveals for the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 10. The Friend-Me Concept is meant to show the company's future design by blending sports coupe and crossover styling. The production version of the new Rogue crossover will ...

It uses a brand new Jaguar platform

When the rumors first surfaced that Jaguar was developing a crossover, it seemed unbelievable, but the rumors are absolutely true. Here is the first teaser image of Jaguar's C-X17 concept crossover that will be displayed at the Frankfurt Motor...

He pitches it as an experiment to develop performance hybrid tech

Electric car technology is rapdily becoming common in sports cars. The McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 all use electric motors to boost power, and even the Lamborghini Aventador uses an ultra capacitor based system its start/stop sys...

Its major competitor will be the 911

Now that Mercedes has admitted that it is working on the 911-fighting SLC, it is free to test the car at the Nürburgring. In a recent test there, the SLC was spotted being benchmarked against the Nissan GT-R, which is still a performance lead...

Reportedly asking for technical guarantees from the team

Kimi Raikkonen is the most interesting yet-unsigned driver for the next Formula 1 season. After returning to Formula 1 last season with a two-year contract with Lotus, he finished third in the World Drivers’ Championship last season and curr...