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China has become one of its major markets

Skoda has released its 2012 fiscal report, and it tells a very interesting story. The Czech carmaker now has 25% of its sales and 30% of its production coming from China. Skoda had delivered 939,000 vehicles to customers in 2012, a 6.8% increa...

The car is an original 1965 911 that was sold in Italy

It is a great time to be at Porsche. The company had one of its best financial years ever for fiscal year 2012 and is just beginning to introduce a whole new family of racecars. Its iconic 911 is also celebrating its 50th birthday this year. To ce...

Chevrolet pushing muscle car range in New York

Chevrolet's strategy for the New York Auto Show on March 27 appears to be "More Power." Not only will the company have its new Corvette and SS muscle sedan on display, it will debut the 2014 refresh for the Camaro SS, the first major...

Company sees trend towards smaller, premium cars

Mercedes sees a burgeoning trend towards smaller, premium cars. Buyers still want luxury, but they want it in an even smaller car. That is why that it is considering building an even smaller premium car than the new A-Class. This new car would use...

Borrows Supercharged 5.0-liter V8 from XFR-S

Jaguar has announced that it will add the XJR to its lineup at the New York Auto Show on March 27. Sales of the model will begin this summer.  The latest R model uses the 543hp, 5.0-liter supercharged V8 from the XFR-S. In addition to the...

The factory will close in 2014

Ford will pay $750 million in severance pay to the hourly workers from its Genk, Belgium, factory when it closes in 2014. The severance works out to an average of $187,500 to each of the 4,000 hourly workers.  The workers will be paid the...

One of the three concepts will be produced

Bentley says that it has two more concepts based on the Mulsanne to show. It showed a Mulsanne convertible concept behind closed doors at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The company's CEO says that at least one of the cars will likel...

Car seems to be aimed at families

Honda will reveal a refreshed Odyssey minivan at the New York Auto Show on March 27. It did not release any images of the car, except for the name spelled out in cereal, which at least shows that Honda knows that the biggest buyers of the Odys...

Cars will be built in Michigan

Detroit Electric is a little-known electric carmaker from Detroit, Michigan, that built cars from 1907 to 1939. Now two former workers for Lotus Engineering - one from the US and one from England - have reformed the company and plans to begin buil...

XV Crosstrek Hybrid is company's first hybrid

Subaru has announced that it is bringing a performance concept to the New York Auto Show on March 27. It will also introduce the XV Crosstrek Hybrid, the brand's first ever production hybrid vehicle.  Subaru is keeping tight-lipped ab...