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Prices will start under £17,000

Caterham has been slowly teasing its new entry-level Seven since May, and it has finally unveiled the biggest revelation about the car. The new car will be powered by a 660cc three-cylinder turbocharged engine and five-speed transmission both supp...

This is Webber's final season in F1

Mark Webber is finishing the last half of his final season in Formula 1 before going back to Le Mans where he raced before his F1 career began. He says that in his time in F1 he has seen the quality of the F1 grid drop, and he blames the drop on t...

It is also the first time that the Ultra name has been used for a road car

Audi is using the Ultra name on a road car for the first time, but instead of being for a high performance racecar like the name has been used up until now, it will be for the brand’s most fuel efficient model in its current range. The A3 1....

It is planned to launch in 2015

The new NSX is one of the most anticipated cars that we know is on the horizon. While the car is not slated to go on sale until 2015, it got its first public lap over the weekend at the Indy 200 race for the IndyCar Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car C...

Tim Lee will become head of GM China

General Motors has hired former Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby as the head of International Operations. His job will be to lead GM's business in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Tim Lee, the former head of GM International Operations, will b...

The cars can not be sold there at a profit

General Motors has announced that it is pulling Opel out of the Australian market effective immediately despite it being on sale there for barely a year. Opel sold 541 cars in Australia in 2012 and sold 989 cars there in the first six months. It l...

Germany up 2%, and France and Spain were also up

July might be the first sign that the European car industry is rebounding. Sales in Germany increased by 2% in July, and Opel and Mercedes-Benz had sales increase. French sales increased by 1%; it is the first time that the market has posted any g...

There will be big debuts from Porsche, Volkswagen and Ford

The Los Angeles Auto Show has announced that it will host new car debuts on November 20 and 21 from BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Porsche, Subaru and Volkswagen. All of the vehicles are expected to to be US focused because the ...

BMW is building a three-story display with a 300m test track

BMW Group will debut the production i8 and at the Frankfurt International Auto Show this year. It is pulling out all of the stops for its exhibit that will include a three-story display and a 300m-long test track. “At this year’s ...

They lack a little bass, but the engines still sound great

We are less than a year away from the first completely new Formula 1 engine configuration since 2006, and while Renault has already shown its engine, Mercedes is letting us hear the engine for the first time in a new video.  The video has...