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One car raced at Le Mans in 1930 and the other as a rare body

Bentley has two 1930 4.5-litre supercharged cars ready to take on the Mille Miglia historic rally. One car actually raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year, and the other has a very rare body.  The #2 car was driven by Captain Tim Birk...

Vans will be based on the NV200

General Motors will sell the Nissan NV200 small cargo van as the Chevrolet City Express in the United States and Canada in the autumn of 2014. GM does not currently have a small van in its lineup.  “Our fleet customers have asked us...

Due to enter production for 2015

Honda has announced that it is building a $70 million (€55 million), 184,000ft² (17,094m²) production facility in Marysville, Ohio, that will be dedicated to building the next generation Acura NSX in 2015. Honda is calling the new f...

The car includes a swooping body and V12 engine

BMW is making a habit of teaming with the world's greatest coachbuilders to create special cars for the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013. Last year, it worked with Zagato to create the Z4-based Zagato Coupe. This year, it is w...

It hopes to convert some of its podiums to race wins

Lotus Team Principal Eric Boullier says that the team is "greedy" for more wins this season despite scoring one win and four more podiums in the five races this season.  "This year we have to be greedy and want more wins.&n...

The car is sponsored by Intersection magazine

  Nissan and Intersection magazine has teamed to race a custom-painted 370Z Nismo in the Gumball Rally that will run 3,000 miles (5,000km) from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Monaco from May 18 to May 25. The car that the team will be driving is...

Profits and Revenues Down for the First Quarter of the Year

BMW held its investors' meeting earlier on May 14 where it announced finalized financial figures for 2012 and forecasted for the rest of 2013 and part of 2014.  The biggest announcement to come out of the meeting is that BMW plans to ...

Over 200,000 fans expected for this year's race

This weekend is the 41st Nürburgring 24 Hours, and Audi, BMW and Opel are all ready to supply their customer teams and hope for an overall win. In recent years, Porsche has been the team to beat, but Audi won last year and hopes to take anoth...

Auris Sales up 69%

Toyota is seeing rising hybrid sales in Europe this year, which it attributes to buyers looking for cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles. Sales of the Auris Hybrid are up 69% in the first quarter of the year.  The sales announcement come...

Western Europe was down 7.9%

The Volkswagen Cars brand sold 480,900 cars in April, up 5.4%, and has sold 1.91 million cars in the first four months of the year, up 5.3%. However, the brand continues to see falling sales in Western Europe where sales fell 7.9% to 279,300 cars....