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One obstacle is the engine

Audi Motorsport Director Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich had admitted that Audi is in the planning stages of entering a Daytona Prototype into the 2014 United SportsCar Racing series, which unifies the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Se...

Bochum union refused pay freeze and 61% layoff in 3 years

Opel's board has approved the manager's decisions to stop production at the Bochum factory in late 2014. The decision stems from the Bochum plant's labor union refusing to accept a deal that would have freezed wages and laid off 61% of...

Bianchi is a Ferrari Driver Academy member

Rookie Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has friends is very high places. Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali believes that Bianchi is having a "great season" at Marussia. "The first three races, he has had incredible pace wi...

Motor and drive unit built in the US

General Motors has begun production of the Chevrolet Spark EV at its factory in White Marsh, Maryland. It is the first time for its electric cars where the motor and drive units will also be built in the US. “The era of using electricity...

Will begin testing car later this year

Porsche has announced that Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will be two of the drivers for its 2014 LMP1 car. The duo will begin testing the new prototype later this year. Porsche did not announce who the third driver for Le Mans will be.  ...

One of the company's rarest models

BMW built 464 328s between 1936 and 1940. The cars were one of the best German sports cars of their generation with class wins at the Nürburgring, Le Mans and Mille Miglia. The 1940 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupe scored an overall win in the ...

Best sales month of the year so far

There is a little good news and a lot of bad news for March sales according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) sales. Sales hit a record high for the year so far of 1,307,107 units in March, but that is 10.2% lower th...

He will be the team's second reserve driver with Ma Qing Hua

After leaving Caterham at the end of last season, Heikki Kovalainen will return to the team from the Bahrain Grand Prix onwards as a reserve driver for the team. Kovalainen will drive the car during the first practice on Thursday. Caterham is also...

Began with introduction of Prius in 2000

Toyota has announced that it has just sold its five millionth Lexus or Toyota hybrid vehicle worldwide, and it is 50,000 vehicles away from having sold two million hybrids in the US alone. That means that the US has been responsible for 40% of Toy...

Only available for Australia for now

Volvo is playing with the hearts of performance car fans today. It has announced that the 350hp S60 Polestar has gone into production but will only be sold in Australia for now. Australia is being used as a test market for a limited run of the...