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It offers three new engines, a new platform and new styling

Nissan has taken the wraps off of the new Note that will go toe-to-toe with the Polo later this fall.  "The new Note isn't just a direct replacement for current Note, it's a completely different car with a completely differen...

Toyota finishes second in very wet race

The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans was marred by tragedy just minutes into the race when Danish driver Allan Simonsen in the #95 GTE-AM Aston Martin was killed in a single-car incident when he spun into the barriers. But the race went on, and Audi #2 dr...

Oh, and NASCAR and WRC too

This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and that is all you really need to know. Audi's Loïc Duval set a blazing qualifying time on Thursday night that because of a wet track on Friday was more than enough to give him the pole position f...

Sales pushed back to 2016

Rumors of Mercedes-Benz SLC that will compete against the 911 first emerged in 2011. At the time, it was thought that the car would go on sale in 2014. Mercedes still plans to build the car, but it has pushed the car back due to 2016 to focus on c...

Ford is aiming to have a 6% Chinese marketshare by 2015

Ford CEO Alan Mullay believes that China will eventually become an international automotive export hub, once automakers have met local demand. "I think it's just a matter of time. Over time, all of our facilities are positioned so we ...

It calls the pilot project simTD

Mercedes-Benz announced earlier this week that it will have Car-to-X technology in its cars available by the end of the year. BMW, Audi, Ford and Opel have just completed their own four-year testing program for the technology for their cars with t...

Automakers are either closing factories or moving production

The analysts at IHS Automotive are predicting that European auto factories will run at under capacity for at least the next three years. To cope, automakers will have to either close factories or move more production to Europe to take up the unuse...

Mercedes and Pirelli both reprimanded

The FIA International Tribunal has reprimanded Mercedes and Pirelli for their in-season tire test between the Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix. Mercedes has also been banned from taking part in the 2013 young driver test.  The tri...

It will accelerate to 100km/h in 3.7 seconds

A day before Aston Martin enters five factory-backed cars into the 24 Hours of Le Mans it has revealed its second fastest production car ever. The new V12 Vantage S will accelerate to 100km/h in 3.9 seconds, and the only production Aston Martin sl...

The new engine is more powerful and more efficient with more energy recovery.

Renault is the first engine supplier to take the wraps off its 2014 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged Formula 1 engine. Despite the lower displacement and lower redline, Renault says that the new engines are even more powerful than the V8 that it replaces...