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Workers will receive no pay increases but factories kept open

Opel, General Motors and its German labor union IG Metall have agreed to a deal through 2016 that will mean no pay increases for workers but keep factories open in Germany. GM promises to invest several billion euros into Opel over the next th...

A compact, electric comercial van that can carry 800kg

Volkswagen has yet another green car to add to its stand in Geneva. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will display a concept for a compact, electric commercial van that it calls the e-Co-Motion Concept. The small van is built to be able to c...

Wealthy investors buying cars for good returns and no taxes

A growing number of wealthy investors and collectors are buying classic cars as a good investment for their rapid appreciation and low taxes. In the collector car hobby, few represent as good of an investment as Ferraris. In a list of the top sell...

Sales begin in April

Opel has completed the first Cascada at its factory in Gliwice, Poland, and sales will begin in April. Opel Chairman and GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky drove the first car off of the line. The car will make its world debut to the public at the Gene...

Offers emissions as low as 30g/km of CO2 with 110hp

Audi is taking another step into the world of compressed natural gas-fueled cars (CNG). Its A3 Sportback g-tron will be on sale by the end of the year and can be fueled by CNG or Audi’s e-gas. The car is equipped with tanks for both the CNG ...

Car will finally debut on March 5

Ferrari has still not officially revealed the name for its new supercar, but we know its coming. It released a new teaser showing the prancing located somewhere on the car. Unfortunately, the new image does not tell us much. It will finally be unv...

Claims lower center of gravity from fabric roof

Toyota is gauging customer demand for a convertible version of the GT86 at the Geneva Motor Show. It calls the concept the FT-86 Open Concept, and the car’s major change over the coupe is a power, fabric roof. Toyota also added a more luxuri...

Available in the latest upgrade to the Mini Connected App

The Mini Connected App has added a feature that it calls the Driving Excitement Analyser that analyzes how well drivers control their car and awards them with achievements in the app. The feature was added in the latest update to the Mini Connecte...

Now available in Soul Red and three other new colors

Mazda is giving the CX-5 a mild technical update just a year after putting the car on sale. The transmission, ECU and interior will all get upgrades. The transmission will now have a kickdown switch that will keep the transmission in gear to k...

Workers will receive 4% bonus reduction

Apparently, Volkswagen Chairman Martin Winterkorn appears to believe that if he is taking a cut in his bonus, then all Volkswagen workers need one. Just a week after announcing that he would take a 20% voluntary reduction in his bonus, Volkswagen ...