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Beats General Motors and Volkswagen Group

Toyota has retaken the crown as world leader in auto sales. It sold 9.75 million cars in 2012, a 23% improvement over the previous year. These figures include its subsidiaries Hino Motors and Diahatsu Motors. That beats the 9.29 million cars sold ...

Previous concept showed car as a five-door wagon

Subaru showed a concept for its first hybrid vehicle concept in 2009, and it appears that Subaru may have its first hybrid on the road by the end of the year. Rumors indicate that its hybrid will be revealed at the New York Motor Show in March and...

Slated for 2017

There is a rumor circulating that appears so unbelievable that it really beggars belief. A rumor started in Automobile that Porsche's rumored Ferrari-fighter with the codename 960 will use a quad-turbo, 3.9-liter flat-eight engine with ab...

Customer orders begin in March

Peugeot is completing its final testing of the 208 R5 customer rally car before customer orders will start in March. The most recent test was a four-day test at a gravel rally around Riboux, France, driven by Irish rally driver Craig Breen.  ...

Sign agreement with mass market vehicle as soon as 2017

As we reported on Friday, Mercedes is delaying its fuel cell B-Class that was originally meant to be on sale by 2015 because current fuel cell technology is too expensive. There was speculation that Daimler and its technological partner Renault-Ni...

Also has LED running lights and 18in wheels

Kia has confirmed that the Pro_cee'd GT and Cee'd GT will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The cars will be the most performance-oriented Kia models ever and will be powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine with 201hp and...

Chip Ganasi Racing Wins Daytona Prototype Class

Audi brought its top men the 24 Hours of Daytona and was nearly awarded with the top three positions in the GT Class. The Audi Customer Racing Teams, which were driven by Audi factory drivers for this race, finished first and second. A third Audi ...

Will likely partner with Renault-Nissan

Mercedes is delaying the introduction of the B-Class powered by a hydrogen fuel cell for a lack of technology and infrastructure. It is actively looking for a partner to develop a shared fuel cell powertrain to reduce costs. The most likely candid...

Felipe Massa and Pedro de la Rosa Will Get First Test of Car

Fernando Alonso is skipping the first Formula 1 test session at Jerez to focus on physical training. Felipe Massa and Pedro de la Rosa will be at Jerez from February 5-8 for the test. Alonso will take his first track test of the 2013 Ferrari Formu...

Company CEO says styling has been altered from concept

Bentley CEO Wolfgang Schreiber says that the EXP 9 F concept SUV is inching towards approval from Volkswagen Group. He said that the truck's final design will not look like the EXP 9 F concept from the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The plat...