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It will be shown again at the Frankfurt Motor Show

Citroën will debut the DS3 Cabrio Racing Concept at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 12-14 that combines the performance of the standard DS3 Racing with open top driving. It will also be on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The c...

It takes inspiration from the D-Type but with the F-Type Design

Yesterday, Jaguar revealed its lineup for the Goodwood Festival of Speed and said that it would have a special design study of the F-Type on display. Today, Jaguar has revealed the design study, which it calls the Project 7, and it is a one-off de...

He will be preparing the i20 WRC for 2014

Hyundai has hired Finnish driver Juho Hänninen as a test driver for its 2014 i20 WRC car. The team is headquartered in Alzenau, Germany, and has just begun test driving the car to refine it. “We’re very pleased to welcome Juho...

It is offered in two trim levels and comes with full time all-wheel drive

Suzuki is adding the 4X4 model to the Swift lineup to the UK after launching it in Continental Europe and Japan. It will be available with a 1.2-liter petrol engine with 93hp and 87lb-ft of torque, a five-speed manual transmission and permanent al...

It is nearly flat in Europe but up elsewhere

BMW Group sold 954,521 cars in the first six months of the year, a 6% increase, and it sold 184,489 cars in June, a 6.9%. “The BMW Group achieved its best ever sales figures in the first half of this year and last month, despite the prev...

Asia continues to be a major market for both companies

Volkswagen Cars and Audi continue to experience worldwide growth, except in Europe where both had falling sales. Both are still experiencing rapid growth in Asia, especially China. Volkswagen Volkswagen Cars has sold 2.91 million cars in t...

They are hoping to increase sales outside of Europe to offset the sales drop

Peugeot and Citroën have released their financial results for the first half of 2013, and both of them are doing poorly in Europe but are having sales growth in China. Peugeot is doing especially poorly with sales down 15.4%. Even Citroë...

It is also presenting a new design study for the F-Type

Jaguar is bringing a trio of modern R models and another group of classic racers to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new models include the XFR-S, XJR and XKR-S GT, and the racers are the XJR-9, XJ13, D-Type and XK 120. There will also be a new...

The new cars are due in 2016

Caterham and Renault are expanding their joint venture that will create a new Alpine sports car in 2014. Caterham owner Tony Fernandes says that it and Renault have agreed to develop new SUV and subcompact as Caterham and Renault Alpine models by ...

It now controls 68.49% of Chrysler shares

Fiat has exercised its options to buy 3.3% more of Chrysler and now owns 68.49% of the company's stock. Fiat's goal is to eventually own all of the American auto company. It purchased the stock from VEBA, the trust that runs the medical be...