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It won the executive car and overall categories

Each year German automotive magazine Auto Zeitung polls its readers to decide on the best-designed cars of the year to select its Design Trophy. This year 24,200 Auto Zeitung readers and online voted on the best-designed cars i...

Uses smaller 2.0 Turbo Engine

Cadillac has begun production of its flagship XTS in China with a market-specific 2.0-liter turbo engine in Shanghai.  The Chinese XTS is basically identical to the North America version other than the engine. It still comes with a magnet...

New cars offer more range, more comfort and Euro-tuned suspension

Nissan will begin building the Leaf in Europe at its Sunderland factory in the UK this summer. At the same time, the Leaf is getting a major refresh that will give the car updated styling, more range, more comfort and a driving experience tuned to...

Transmission will go into production soon

Sometimes we see concepts at motor shows that will never actually see the road, other times the concepts strain the word to its breaking point by showing cars that will clearly see production. The Land Rover Evoque with a nine-speed automatic tran...

Sales will begin in the summer

Volkswagen will debut the production seventh-generation GTI at the Geneva Motor Show, and just like the concept that was shown last year, it will be offered in two trims with either 217hp (220ps) or 226hp (230ps); the more powerful version will be...

The main focus will on sales in China

PSA Peugeot-Citroën has been losing money in Europe for the past several years. To survive, it is looking toward China. It is aiming to have more than 50% of its sales outside of the EU by 2015, compared to 62% sales in the EU in 2012. PS...

Five models will be sold there

General Motors is expanding Opel into the United Arab Emirates with the Corsa, Meriva, Astra, Insignia, Zafira Tourer and OPC models. “Opel has started an ambitious product offensive with 23 new models and 13 powertrains until 2016. I am...

Hakan Saracoglu will lead a 30-person design team

Chinese automaker Chery has hired former Ford and Porsche designer Hakan Saracoglu to lead a 30-person design team in Shanghai. "Chery is not just QQ, we're going to change that. The company is redefining itself. Chery is standing for...

Fuel made from waste of coffee production

The coffee-fueled Bean Machine has received a Guinness World Record for reaching 65.5mph.  The Bean Machine is based on a Ford P100 and is fueled by coffee chaff, which is the skin and hull of coffee beans that are shed when coffee is roa...

Next Nismo road car will be ultimate version of the GT-R

In addition to announcing plans to return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014, Nissan announced at the opening of its new workshop that it plans spin Nismo off into its own performance range that will begin with a new flagship GT-R Nismo model. ...