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Track is not yet totally completed

Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard have become the first two drivers to lap the new F1 course in Sochi, Russia, and the track is not even finished yet. The first grand prix for the Sochi track is not scheduled until 2014 The Sochi Olympic Pa...

It was also Lennon's first car

John Lennon is one of the most important musicians of the 20th century, and items related to him have steadily been increasing in value. Bonham's auctions in the UK have added Lennon's first car, a 1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 in Azzuro Blue, t...

Also celebrating the end of World War 2 in Europe on May 7

Buick is looking back on an often forgotten part of its 110-year history - when it built tanks during World War II. The M18 Hellcat tank was novel for the time because it used an automatic transmission. It was also one of the fastest tanks in its ...

It will focus on two price segments

Citroën CEO Frederic Banzet says to save the company's future it will have to do two things. First, it will need to further differentiate its styling from Peugeot to avoid confusing buyers. Second, it will focus its C-line cars on entry-l...

Raikkonen's contract up next at the end of season

The Lotus F1 team has quite the challenge laid ahead of it, if it wants to keep Kimi Raikkonen with the team in the future. Raikkonen's contract is over at the end of the year, and the team believes that if it can create a championship-winning...

Sales up in China, Europe and Korea, down in US

Kia sales were up 4.2% to 239,347 cars worldwide in April. It was even up in the tough European region, but sales were down slightly in North America where it has been strong the last several months.   Kia performed well in most regions. ...

The car is inspired by Austria

Each year at the Wörthersee-Treffen Volkswagen allows its apprentices to tune a car for the show. This year a team of apprentices have created a car that they call the Golf GTI Cabrio Austria. It is the first time ever that the apprentices ha...

Recall is in addition to 3.4 million cars from Japanese automakers

BMW is the latest automaker that has been involved in the recall of Takata airbags. BMW says that it will recall 220,000 3 Series models built between 2002 and 2003 due to airbags that could suddenly deploy. It covers all variants of the 3 Series ...

The car is what happens when a Le Mans prototype is stuffed into a hatchback

The Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak is one of the coolest cars that have been revealed so far this year. It is what happens when the crazy guys at Peugeot Sport get bored and stuff most of the parts of a Peugeot 908 Le Mans prototype and a twin-turbo V...

The link to Mercedes was part of the reason Aston Martin sold to Investindustrial

Aston Martin and Mercedes have begun negotiations on future parts sharing and technical cooperation. Since being sold by Ford, Aston Martin has struggled in the technology race against competitors.  Aston Martin is one of the few remainin...