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It is meant as a test of the hybrid technology

With the announcement of the Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid, Land Rover said that in order to prove the cars’ capability, Land Rover will drive three of them from its headquarters in Solihull, England, to the Tata headquarte...

The Individual edition will come in December

The third generation BMW X5 does not go on sale until November 16, and BMW is already adding the top of the line BMW X5 M50d M Performance variant. While it is not the full M version, it still gives buyers a tri-turbo 3.0-liter six-cylinder diesel...

The concept will be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota announced yesterday that it would show the concept for its production hydrogen fuel cell car at the Tokyo Motor Show in November and will have it on sale for 2015 in Japan, the United States and Europe. The electric motor system will be sha...

Lucas Ordonez will begin testing the car soon

Nissan says that the construction of the first ZEOD RC is progressing, and the first carbon fiber driver tub for the car has been completed, but Nissan says that it is still testing multiple powertrains for the car. It plans to test the car on-tra...

There is now a two-stage wheel retention design

After the incident at the German Grand Prix where a cameraman was hit with a loose wheel and sent to the hospital, the FIA first banned all non-needed crew from the pitlane during races and qualifying, and now it is going one step further by manda...

The trip followed the Rhine and Main rivers in a Kapitän, Admiral and Diplomat

Opel's CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann is taking a vacation with some classic cars from the company he runs. He has organized a drive of classic Opel Kapitän, Admiral and Diplomat models through the German regions of Rheingau and Taunus. ...

It will take many of the styling elements from the Concept C, like the grill and infotainment

During the reveal for the Volvo Concept Coupe, Volvo also presented the first images for the next generation XC90 that will go on sale next year.  The front of the car has the T-shaped running lights from the Concept Coupe and rectangular...

He is stepping down immediately

Renault Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares will step down from the company effective immediately, according to a statement released by Renault today.  The statement says that he left "in order to pursue other personal projects.&q...

It is working on its a production fuel cell vehicle to go on sale in 2015

Toyota is talking about its future hybrid model plans including its technical goals for the next generation Prius and concrete plans for its fuel cell vehicle. Toyota will introduce 15 new or refreshed hybrid models between now and the end of 2015...

It uses a four-cylinder plug-in hybrid with 400hp

After a week of teasing, Volvo has revealed its Concept C Coupe, and it turns out that it is a modernized interpretation of the company’s famous P1800 coupe.  Although, Volvo claims that it also took inspiration from contemporary Scandi...