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Volkswagen Motorsport has signed current Ford factory rally driver Jari-Matti Latvala to drive the Polo R WRC next season. Latvala will race the car for the first time at the Rally Monte Carlo from January 15 to 20. It makes sense that La...

Opel has finally revealed its Cascada convertible, which is really just an Insignia with an extra dash of style that will go on sale in early 2013. The market for large, four-seat convertibles has shrunk over the past decade, but Opel thinks that ...

September auto sales in Europe dropped 10.8% compared to last year and marked the lowest sales in two years. Total car registrations were 1.13 million vehicles, compared to 1.27 million last September. It is the twelfth consecutive month of fallin...

The Society of Automotive Engineers has agreed to a new electric car charging standard that could charge an electric vehicle in as little as 10 minutes. DC fast charging, also known as Level 3 charging, has been agreed upon by 190 automakers, part...

Photographers have spotted a three-door version of the Seat Leon testing while disguised as an Opel Astra. The five-door Leon is scheduled to go on sale early next year.  The three-door loses the rising shoulder line found on the five-doo...

Vauxhall and Opel are planning a convertible version of the Adam that will be similar to the Fiat 500 convertible. The roof pillars remain on the car, but the cloth top will fold back on a track. The convertible Adam will go on sale in about ...

Toyota believes that the Auris Touring Sports estate will take up about a quarter of the model's sales when the new Auris goes on sale. However, it also wants the Auris to become a stronger player in Europe. That might include building an Auri...

Ferrari has just confirmed that it has signed Felipe Massa to a one-year contract extension that will keep the Brazilian with the team through the end of the 2013 Formula 1 season.  Massa and Ferrari released a statement yesterday that th...

The DTM will become a significantly more international series in 2014. A contract signed today between the organizers of the DTM and Japanese Super GT series will merge the two series rules starting in 2014. That will allow Mercedes, BMW and Audi ...

Fisker has delayed the introduction of its smaller, more affordable Atlantic to late 2014 or 2015, two years after it was originally due to go on sale. That is according to a new presentation that Fisker is showing to potential investors.  ...