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It will also introduce Honda's new adaptive rear dampers

Honda has been teasing its new European-focused Civic Tourer for several months, but it is finally ready and will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. It will go on sale in early 2014. Honda is touting the new Civic Tourers European...

The new engines will likely carry the EfficientDynamics badge

As all cars get cleaner and more efficient, it is putting more pressure on luxury automakers to make sure that their cars provide a healthy mix of comfort and low emissions. The upcoming front-wheel drive BMW 1 Series variant will get a cleaner en...

Seller claims Senna drove this car while testing at Estoril

A seller in Portugal has put a Honda NSX on sale on Ebay UK that he claims was owned by Ayrton Senna. According to the seller, this is one of the three NSXs that Senna owned, although it was probably the one that he drove the least.  ...

There is a NASCAR road race too

It is another relatively weak weekend for racing. There are several regional touring car races like Scandinavian Touring Car Championship on Saturday, August 10, and the British GT Championship on the 10th and 11th, but there are no truly int...

The raw ore comes from Columbia and is processed in the US

A new report from Bloomberg claims that the tungsten used in components in BMW, Volkswagen Group and Ferrari vehicles is mined in Colombia by a group classified in the United States and the EU as terrorists. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...

It hopes to follow the same trajectory as the Prius

Renault has decided that it will not develop any future EV models and instead focus on marketing and developing its current range that includes the Zoe and Twizy, plus several commercial models. Its goal will be to reduce the price of its electric...

Asian sales are up 29.1%

BMW Group had its best sales ever for July by selling 152,349 cars worldwide, up 12.3% over the previous July. From January to July of this year, BMW has sold 1,106,876 cars, up 6.8% over the previous year.  “Our July sales result h...

They also want to introduce road congestion charges to regions

UK political party the Liberal Democrats are debating introducing a plank to their platform that petrol and diesel cars should be banned from British roads by 2040. They are also debating charging drivers for each trip depending on distance and lo...

Are we entering the age of the luxury, compact MPV?

Audi and BMW are both working on luxury, compact MPVs. BMW has the Concept Active Tourer based on the 1-Series, and Audi is working on a still unnamed A3-based MPV that will take on the BMW directly.  The Audi will be offered with either ...

It will gauge public reaction before deciding to put it into production

Kia is bringing a still-unnamed concept to the Frankfurt Motor Show that imagines a future B-Segment city car. Kia says that it has not decided whether it will put the car in production but will gauge interest at the show and decide from there.&nb...