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Porsche is reportedly cutting its production and investment forecasts for 2013 to anticipate 5%-10% lower sales than expected. Sales for 2013 are expected to be roughly the same as projected 2012 sales. This also means the delay of some expected i...

Mazda will be offering a new suite of road sensing safety technology on the new Mazda 6. It calls the system i-Activsense. Japanese market cars will get i-Activesense as standard, but it will be optional in the rest of the world.  Th...

Honda UK has launched a new version of the Civic TI that adds about £1,000 of extra equipment despite the car costing £1,000 less than the standard 1.8 SE model that the TI is based on. The TI is limited to just 1,000 units i...

While Carroll Shelby is no longer with us, the company that bears his name soldiers on. For the 2013 model year, Shelby American is introducing an upgraded version of the GT500 Super Snake with up to 850hp.  The Super Snake comes in two t...

Kia is giving its Carens MPV an upgrade at the Paris Motor Show alongside the Sorento and Pro_Ceed. The Carens will go on sale in the spring of 2013 in the UK and the rest of Europe.  Kia says that the new Carens is a completely new vehic...

Bentley has partnered with the St. Regis Hotel New York to design a hotel suite. Prices start at just $9,500 per night plus applicable tax. However, the room comes with complimentary use of a 2013 Bentley Mulsanne, but the driver must stay within ...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the California Science Center on September 21, but it will be towed to the California Science Center on October 13 not by any type of special vehicle, but a 2012 Toyota Tundra CrewMax 1/2-ton pickup...

The BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics has been awarded as the What Car? Green Car of the Year 2012 Award, and BMW AG held three other spots on the overall list. The 320d Efficiency Dynamics was also awarded as Best Executive Car.  “BMW&rs...

For a company in such dire straits, Opel/Vauxhall is continuing to grow. It has opened a new engine factory in Szentgotthárd, Hungary, and expanded a test center in Germany.  The new engine factory opened on September 20. It i...

While it is still impressive to hear about a car that can drive from one tip of Britain to the other, it is a feat that has been done before. Mercedes has tweaked the idea in the latest endurance run for its E300 BlueTEC Hybrid. Mercedes drove...