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Car was owned by comedian Rowan Atkinson

Actor Rowan Atkinson says that crashing his McLaren F1 in 2011 was responsible for the largest UK auto insurance payout ever.  He has owned his purple F1 since 1997 and in that time he has wrecked it twice.  The first time c...

The trucks will get more differentiated styling for the new generation

BMW is working on a new generation of the X5 and X6 SUVs that could be on sale within the next year and a half. The goal for the next generation X6 is to further differentiate the truck from its X5 sibling. Both cars will share the same monoco...

Only one small, portion is required for the platform

If automakers can experience envy, then Volkswagen's MQB (Modularer Querbaukasten or modular transverse layout) is inspiring it among automakers all over the world. It appears that Volkswagen's $70 billion investment in the platform could ...

Move will increase capacity at Chrysler Mexico factory

Fiat plans to launch a second generation, modern Fiat 500 in 2015 and production for the version sold internationally will be moved from Chrysler's factory in Mexico to Fiat's factory in Tychy, Poland.  The move in production...

Sebastien Loeb Takes Second

After just two rallies Volkswagen has already won its first round of the WRC with the Polo R at the Rally Sweden. To make the feat even more impressive, driver Sebastien Ogier scored the win by 41.8 seconds against WRC juggernaut Sebastien Loeb wh...

Opel has received over 80,000 preorders for the Mokka with most sales coming from Germany, Russia, the UK, Italy and France. Opel forecasts that 66% of sales will come from these countries. The model getting the highest sales is the Mokka Cosmo wi...

Producing Eight Show Cars Based on the Justice League

Kia has continued its partnership with DC Comics and Super Street with its latest show car based on the characters from the Justice League. The latest car is an Optima Hybrid with styling from comics artist Jim Lee based on Superman.  &ld...

Will launch in Geneva

Volkswagen is turning the Up into a compact crossover with the new Cross Up that it will debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5 and will go on sale in the late summer.  The little car is 95% Up and 5% crossover. Volkswagen raised the r...

Future is hybrids, smaller engines and turbos

In a survey of 200 automotive executives, just 16 of them (8%) said that they would invest in pure electric vehicles in the next five years. The survey was conducted by accounting firm KPMG. The respondents said that it will be six to 10 years bef...

Minister says that PSA cannot fail

French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac has been hinting that the French government would be willing to buy a stake in PSA Peugeot-Citroën to keep the company from failing.  "Let's be clear: this company cannot, must not ...