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We talk a lot about European automakers struggling to survive given the hard economic climate, but none of them has had as bad of a year as Lotus. The company imploded this year.  It started early in the year with rumors that eventually p...

Monday Having travelled back up to Leicestershire from London on Sunday night in a diesel VW Golf I was ready for some action on Monday morning. Sadly the first job on the list was to push the Renault Clio 172 out of the garage where it h...

Hurricane Sandy is estimated to have done $10 billion to $20 billion in damage and that is without knowing the extent to the damage to the New York Subway System or whether more damage will be done as the storm moves north. Over 8 million people a...

Mini is giving the Countryman a refresh for 2012 that will be available starting in November. However, Mini must have thought the exterior was perfect because all of the changes happen inside.  Mini has redesigned the interior trim with C...

Ford has been building cars specifically for drag racing customers since the 60s. The original 1968 Cobra Jet Mustang used a 7.0-liter V8, and the most recent cars use Ford's new 5.0-liter V8 either with or without a supercharger. At SEMA, For...

Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin, fell in love with a 1929 Pierce-Arrow Model B Doctor’s Coupé during the band's 1968/1969 US tour. He bought the car on the spot thanks to just signing the band to Atlantic Records and shi...

Citroën will begin selling the DS3 Regional Rally Car that is based on the DS3 WRC. It is eligible to race in rally series below the WRC including the European Rally Championship and Middle East Rally Championship. The car meets the ...

Sauber has announced that Nico Hülkenberg will take the spot formerly held by Sergio Perez next season.  “We’ve been observing Nico for some time now and his performances have been very persuasive. That was the case in GP...

Ford and GM expect to lose a combined $1 billion for the quarter, and they both know that they must find a solution to stem these losses in the future.  Ford's solution so far has been the most simple. It has decided two close two fac...

Sergio Perez has not scored a single point since he signed with McLaren for next season, but McLaren says that it is not concerned because Perez is a young driver who is still learning.  Perez has had a string of incidents since scoring h...