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It would like the ability to test during the season and affect rules

Pirelli is looking for help developing its Formula 1 tires for the future and wants to work with the FIA and teams to make that possible. Whatever your opinion is of the latest controversy with Mercedes and Pirelli's Catalunya test. Pirell...

The cars will be made from semi-knocked down kits

Opel has made a deal to produce the Corsa in semi-knocked down kits in Belarus starting in 2014. The cars will be sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. British-Belarusian company UNISON will be responsible for the production and handle the ...

The upgrade takes a major step upmarket

Cadillac is revealing more details about the 2014 third-generation Cadillac CTS that will go on sale this fall. Prices will start at $46,950 after destination charges, a $6960 increase over the previous generation. The top-spec Vsport with the new...

It would be part of a 21-race Formula 1 calendar in 2014

Racing Driver, promoter and former cable television mogul Leo Hindery says that the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey is still on track to begin next year. He had admitted that the previous goal of holding the race this season was overly ambitio...

It is still struggling in Europe, but Asia has become a major market

Volkswagen Group performed well in May with 816,500 cars sold, up 6.9%. From January to May of this year, it has delivered 3.87 million cars, up 5.9% from the same period last year. Western Europe remains the most uncertain market “Devel...

They will be available only through the summer.

Fiat is bringing the Gucci Editions of the 500 and 500c back to the United States for another limited production run.  "The success of the Fiat 500 by Gucci demonstrates that there is a clientele in America that appreciates and deman...

The diesel has more torque than the Z28's 5.7-liter V8

Chevrolet is about to debut the 2014 Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel in the United States, which is the company's first diesel passenger car in the US for decades. To promote the car, it is making a comparison that one could call slightly spurious. A...

History is hazy but linked to the Italian Air Force

Alfa Romeo is celebrating the 90th anniversary of their Quadrifoglio Verde name, which has adorned its race cars and sportiest road cars since 1923.  The exact history of the Quadrifoglio Verde, or four-leaf clover, name has been los...

Receives 'Car of the Year' award on the same day for the 7th gen Golf

After seven generations and nearly 40 years Volkswagen has completed its 30 millionth Golf at the Wolfsburg factory in Germany. The milestone comes on the same day that the seventh generation Golf receives the "Car of the Year 2013" awar...

The new musuem is over 1,000 square feet larger than previously

Ferrari has opened its new Museo Ferrari in Maranello with company President Luca di Montezemolo providing the opening remarks.  The new museum covers 1,000 square meters more than the previous museum, and it has been completely renovated...