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It is scheduled to debut in theaters on June 27, 2014

We might be living in a new Renaissance for car films. Between franchises like "The Fast and the Furious" and "Transformers," plus more intellectual fare like "Drive," it is a great time to see cars on screen. ...

Over 1.5 million have been made

The Corvette is now officially 60 years old. The first car rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan, on June 30, 1953. The cars were first shown publicly at the General Motors Autorama in New York on January 17, 1953. Since then over 1.5 mi...

The CLA-Class gets all-wheel drive

Mercedes-Benz is adding new diesel engines to the lineups of the A- and B-Class, and the CLA-Class is getting all-wheel drive offered on another engine variant. All of the new cars will go on sale in September.  The A- and B-Class bo...

The only car built for underwater scenes

RM Auctions is selling the only Lotus Esprit prepared by the makers of the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" that could actually function underwater. The car will be for auction at its September 8-9 sale in London.  The car...

The car was over 45 seconds faster than the second place car

Sebastien Loeb can add another superlative to his resume. He is not only the rally driver with the most wins in history; he now holds the record time in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In his one run up the 12-mile (20km) course, Loeb set...

They saved €2.69 billion last year

Renault-Nissan is taking advantage of shared costs to save significant amounts of money by purchasing components from the same suppliers, using shared powertrain parts and engineering vehicles at the same time. For 2012, it had €2.69 bil...

Many drivers plagued with tire problems during the race

The 2013 British Grand Prix turned out to be a race of tires. Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Jean-Eric Vergne and Sergio Perez all suffered from failing tires. Nico Rosberg won the race after inheriting the lead on lap 42 when Sebastian Vettel lost...

Mercedes controls front row, and Red Bull takes the second row

Mercedes has shown again that on a one-lap basis it has the fastest car in the grid with its fifth pole position of the year. Lewis Hamilton will start from pole at his home British Grand Prix. His teammate Nico Rosberg will start beside in second...

There are also several smaller races

This weekend is fairly light in terms of racing, especially looking at international championships. The biggest race of the weekend is certainly the Formula 1 British GP from Silverstone. Other races taking place this weekend include the Pikes Pea...

The XC60 may also get a version

Volvo has not been in the best financial shape recently, but it is committing itself to performance models. In addition to entering the Australian V8 Supercars series next season, it says that more Polestar models are on the way. The next car to g...