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Gets standard LED running lights and 8in display screen

Buick has unveiled the refreshed 2014 LaCrosse ahead of its public debut at the New York Auto Show on March 27. The car gets a slightly upgraded interior and exterior. The exterior gets LED running lights and LED taillights. The interior g...

Will put more focus on Panda

Fiat say that it is down creating variations on the 500, and the 500X crossover will be the final one for the near future. Instead, Fiat will begin building new variants of the Panda.  Fiat is concerned that it could be harming the brand ...

Volume Will Be As Important as Profit for Future

Seat Chairman James Muir says that to ensure the company's future it will need to double sales, not just be profitable.  Seat sold 321,000 cars last year, and Muir believes that it will have to double that to survive. The company also...

Talked with them once and will again before China

Things are not very comfortable within Red Bull at the moment. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have not had the most trusting relationship since at least the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix when Vettel hit Webber to cause him to finish third instead of f...

Could reduce chassis weight by 40%

Ariel is working on a titanium chassis for an upgraded version of the Atom that could make the chassis 40% lighter than the current steel version. The car will likely be offered as a limited edition.  Creating anything out of titanium, es...

A compact crossover concept from Kia

Like its sibling Hyundai, Kia is bringing a concept to the Seoul Motor Show that may show a future production model. The Kia CUB concept will go on display at the show on March 28 and is a compact crossover. It may point to the shape of the next g...

First-time winners in the IndyCar Series and repeat winners in WTCC

It was an exciting weekend of racing no matter how you look at it. Formula 1 had one of its most exciting races in ages both for on-track action and politically. The IndyCar Series opener got a first-time winner, and many of the top drivers fallin...

Highlights include classics from Mercedes, Porsche, Honda and Toyota

This July will mark the 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. To celebrate, it will be bringing back some classics from the previous years of the event and celebrating some major automotive milestones as well. This year, the Good...

Similar problems plague Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel scored his first win of the 2013 F1 season in Malaysia but maybe at the expense of any friendship with Mark Webber after Vettel ignored team orders. Further down the grid, Mercedes had similar problems with team orders placing Nic...

Raikkonen punished with three-space grid penalty

Sebastian Vettel took pole in the final moments of a very wet qualifying session at Sepang and prevented Ferrari from taking the front row of the race.  Q1 started in hot, humid conditions, and all of the fastest times of the day were act...