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Hinting that it will be the car's debut

It has not been a major secret that Porsche had already begun testing a racecar based on its new 991-chassis 911. We saw it testing at Oschersleben in August, but the assumption was that Porsche would wait and homologate the latest GT3 to hav...

Wants to compete with the Ford Explorer

Volkswagen is hatching plans to offer a larger, cheaper seven-passenger SUV that will be marketed mostly to North America and built at its Tennessee factory. VW wants to compete with the Ford Explorer that made a major jump upmarket in its latest ...

Decision based on demand and how it sells

If the demand is there, Toyota says that it will build a hybrid version of the new RAV4. It just revealed the fourth generation of the compact SUV at the LA Auto Show. “We are watching the market. After introducing the new RAV4 we will s...

Program includes building 500 charging points in the city

Smart is adding a 16th city to its Car2Go car sharing service - the Mercedes-Benz headquarters of Stuttgart. The service will include 300 electric Smart Fortwos and 500 charging points provided by the local energy company. Unlike other cities with...

Ferrari says the matter is now closed

The controversy over whether Sebastian Vettel made an illegal pass under yellow on Jean-Eric Vergne is finally, officially over. After a letter from Ferrari asking the FIA for clarification yesterday, the FIA ruled that the pass was legal.  ...

The compact, sport coupe is meant to modernize the old SC

The Lexus LF-CC concept, not to be confused with the larger, more avante garde LF-LC concept, will go into production in 2015 to replace the Lexus SC430/Toyota Soarer. Lexus first showed the LF-CC at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and has displayed it ...

It won against vehicles from Mazda, Dodge and Toyota

The Ford Fusion won the Green Car of the Year Award from the Green Car Journal for 2013, and it recieved the award at the LA Auto Show.  The award goes to a car with all of its engine choices, so the entire Fusion range won not a single p...

Features matte black paint and Batman logos

Would Batman ever drive a Nissan Juke Nismo? Nissan thinks so. It has created a one-off Juke Nismo for the release of The Dark Knight Rises on DVD and Blu-Ray, and it is giving it away to one, lucky winner in the UK.  The car is a standar...

The road car is based on the Holden Commodore

Chevrolet revealed the Chevrolet SS NASCAR racecar yesterday ahead of the road car debut closer to launch. The Chevrolet SS is the brand’s new rear-wheel drive sport sedan with its small block V8.  “With the SS, Chevrolet is d...

Interior and exterior given more unified, luxurious design

When Honda released the new generation Civic last year, it was immediately panned by critics for being a step backward compared to the previous generation. Reviewers said that the exterior was too similar to the previous generation, and the interi...