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They include fashion icons, actors and prominent business people

Jaguar selected several celebrities to drive its cars in the Mille Miglia classic rally this year that runs from May 16 to May 19. They include actors, fashion icons, a former Le Mans winner and the grandson of Jaguar's founder. Jaguar ent...

It hopes to sell 10,000 plug-in hybrids a year by 2014

Volvo's V60 Plug-in Hybrid was a huge success, but the one problem was that Volvo only build 1,000 units for the first year. They sold out in the first month. It has finally found capacity to increase production, and Volvo is finally building ...

Rules mean its engine is open to other teams

Honda's return to Formula 1 has made the sport's future much more interesting. The current rules incentivize companies to supply engines to more than one team because of the locked-down nature of the engines. Honda says that it does not in...

The car will celebrate Aston Martin's centenary

Aston Martin will reveal its limited edition CC100 at the Nürburgring during the 24-hour race this weekend. The car is meant to celebrate the brand's centenary and as a design heavily inspired by the Aston Martin DBR1.  The compa...

The company is performing well across the world

Jaguar Land Rover sold 28.503 cars in April - 4,711 from Jaguar, up 12%, and 23,792 from Land Rover, up 12%. For the year so far Jaguar Land Rover has sold 143,974 cars, up 16%. "This is a positive start to our second quarter sales and co...

It sold three-quarters of a million cars in April

Volkswagen Group's sales outlook continues to look quite good for the year. It just announced that in the first four months of the year it sold 3.05 million cars, a 5.6% improvement over last year. It was the group's highest sales ever in ...

Bidders can buy track in whole or in part

The Nürburgring's liquidators began accepting bids to buy the track on Wednesday, May 15, just a few days before an estimated 200,000 fans would descend on the track for the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The liquidators have structured the s...

The package adds an extensive list of equipment

BMW is adding a new M Sport Edition package to the 6 Series Coupe, Gran Coupe and Convertible with all engine variants. The M Sport Edition includes an M body kit, 19in double-spoke wheels, adaptive LED headlights, LED foglamps, black tri...

Will be able to build 300,000 cars when complete

Volkswagen has broken ground on a new factory in Changsha, China, in the south-central portion of the country that will be able to build 300,000 cars a year when it is finished. It will be operated with joint venture partner Shanghai. "We...

Eighty percent of sales use bespoke services

Rolls-Royce has reported record sales for the last three consecutive years. A major supporter of Rolls-Royce's bottom line now comes from its range of personalization services for its cars.  Ninety percent of Phantom buyers and 70% of bu...