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Sales especially strong in the UK

Ford plans to increase production of its Kuga compact crossover by 10% to around 100,000 units this year. It says that the Kuga has had growing demand, especially in the UK.  The Kuga has proven popular because of its high-end technology ...

Production as high as 50 cars

Jaguar revealed its XKR-S GT at the New York Auto Show and initially planned to build 30 cars only for North America. It is beginning to change its mind after seeing demand for the limited edition car in Europe. It may build an extra run of GTs to...

Sales reach 369,5000 and breaks records in China and US

The year has only just begun, and it appears that Audi is on its way to another record year. In the first quarter of the year, the brand delivered 369,500 cars worldwide, a 6.8% increase over last year. Sales grew in Europe, Asia and the US. ...

It will be available on cars by the end of the year

Volvo has created a new, adaptable fuel injector for diesel engines that it able to adjust fuel pressure for each cylinder. Volvo promises that this technology will be available in some of its cars in the fall.  Volvo calls the new techno...

Set in Russia by a Russian racing driver and an auto journalist

Nissan has set a new speed record with the GT-R on natural ice at 183mph. The record run was done at Lake Baikal in Russia, which has ice roughly 1.4m thick. Russian auto journalist Andrey Leontjev and Roman Rusinov were able to go 294.8...

It will show the concept for a future DS

Citroën has released its first teaser image for a new DS car that it will reveal at the Shanghai Auto Show on April 20. It calls the concept the Wild Rubis. Citroën is promising more details about the car on April 11.  So far, t...

Inspired by classic Renault city cars with LED lighting

Renault has teamed up with industrial designer Ross Lovegrove to design its Twin’Z concept for the Milan Triennale from April 9 to 14. Renault’s design team did the penned the shape of the car, while Lovegrove added the bumpers, li...

Reduces CO2 emissions while painting by up to 25%

Ford is adding its 3-Wet painting process to four factories worldwide in 2013. The process reduces CO2 emissions up between 15% and 25% and reduces volatile organic compound emissions by 10%. It will be added to two factories in the US, one in Spa...

Will be offered as a hybrid from launch

Lexus boss Kazuro Ohara has announced that it will introduce a concept hybrid SUV based on the RAV4's platform at the Tokyo Motor Show in November. The production-ready version will be introduced at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The new comp...

Model has been codenamed the X-Class

The story broke that Mercedes is considering a compact car below the A-Class in March, and more details about the smaller Mercedes are leaking out.  The model has been codenamed the X-Class and will borrow components, including engines, f...