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He has been an institution of European Motorsport

If you have even a passing interest in European auto racing in the past 20 years, you have surely heard the name Norbert Haug. As head of Mercedes Motorsport, Haug oversaw Mercedes re-enter Formula 1 as an engine manufactuer and then oversaw the t...

Four-car team composed of wounded soldiers

After over a year of preparation, the Race2Recovery Rally Team is making final plans to take on the Dakar rally in January. The 11-man team is made up almost entirely of wounded British soldiers who will drive, maintain and support the cars from J...

Will be publicly revealed at North American International Auto Show

The Paceman is the latest Mini to get the John Cooper Works treatment, and it will be revealed at the North American International Motor Show on January 14 and 15 and go on sale worldwide in March.  To be fair, it did not take too much ex...

Gets new front end with unified headlights

Mercedes has revealed the refreshed 2013 E-Class, and the first thing that everyone is going to notice is that for the first time in two-and-a-half generations the headlights are unified into a single unit. Mercedes has also added new engines and ...

New rules call for an average reduction of 4.3%

The European Union passed a rule that automakers must have fleet average CO2 emissions of 130g/km of CO2 by 2015, and an average of 95g/km of CO2 by 2020. Cars sold in the EU had average emissions of 136g/km of CO2 in 2011, which was down 3.3% fro...

The cars will be driven by eight Endesa employees in Catalonia

Seat is loaning an Altea XL Electric Ecomotive EV and a Leon TwinDrive plug-in hybrid to Spanish electricity utility Endesa. Eight Endesa employees will use the cars for a year in Catalonia. Each car will be driven by an Endesa employee for th...

Both companies have carbon fiber facilities in Washington

BMW and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement to research how to recycle carbon fiber. Both companies are rapidly increasing their use of carbon fiber and want to find end of lifespan uses for the material. Boeing is headquartered in Wa...

New joint venture called Alliance Rostec Auto BV

Nissan and Renault have signed their agreement with the Russian government to takeover AvtoVAZ and create a new joint venture called Alliance Rostec Auto BV. Renault and Nissan paid $742 million to own 67.13% of the new company but share it with&n...

Says the concept will show new Aero Sculpture design

Acura has just announced that it will reveal the concept for the next generation MDX SUV called the MDX Prototype at the North American International Auto Show. It says that the car will show the brand's new design language that it calls &...

1903 Model A bought at auction by Bill Ford

The oldest surviving car builtFord Motor Company, a 1903 Model A, has returned to the company after over 109 years. Bill Ford, executive chairman at Ford and great-grandson of Henry Ford, bought the car at auction and donated it to the company.&nb...