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In order to cope with low revenue, PSA Peugeot-Citroën is taking a multi-billion euro loan from the French government. The company reported its third quarter financial information on October 24. Revenue for the automotive division is down...

Renault plans to continue to offer the third generation Clio in Europe and rename it the Clio Collection. It will be available with two engines and in two trim levels.  The two engine options are either the 75hp 1.2 16v or the 75hp DCi di...

Micro cars, bubble cars, city cars, compact cars ... there are many words to describe simply tiny cars. Some of these cars are so small, one normal sized person barely fits in. Most small cars have rather strange shapes, they come along as bu...

BMW has officially announced its new Brazilian factory that will build 30,000 cars a year. The factory will be built in Joinville, Brazil, in the state of Santa Catarina. BMW says that it will invest €200 million a year in Brazil over the...

At the Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference, the Korean brands said that they are planning to improve their turbo engines and put them in more vehicles.  Hyundai-Kia already has two turbo petrol engines in their portfolio with ...

Fiat's Abarth brand is bringing just one new vehicle to the Paris Motor Show. The Abarth Fuori brings a little high end to the Abarth lineup. While mechanically based on the 695, with the Fuori, Abarth has hired specialists to work w...

You have to give credit to Volkswagen for one thing, they are not afraid to stretch a platform as far as it will go. VW has made it no secret that it is planning on building smaller SUVs. It introduced the Up-based Taigun concept at the Sao Paulo ...

There appears to be one more nail in the coffin of Ford's Genk, Belgian, factory. Ford has announced an emergency meeting with its unions that will take place on Wednesday, October 24. The speculation is that Ford may announce the plant's ...

A new Formula 1 Concorde Agreement has been postponed past the original October 31 deadline, but things are moving forward.  The teams, FIA President Jean Todt and rights holder Bernie Ecclestone met in Paris on October 22 to discuss the ...

Chevrolet has just announced that the seventh generation Corvette will be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 13. Production will begin in the third quarter of 2013.  In addition to the new design,...