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France has a long history producing cars, it has given us Bugatti, Peugeot’s 205 GTi, Alpine’s A310 and the Citroën DS. It is the last of these that I am going to nominate as the car that epitomizes France. It would have been ...

The new Nissan Pathfinder will not be in dealers for a few months, but for buyers who want to experience the car now, Nissan has equipped its dealers with the Microsoft Kinect (the same unit as the XBox Kinect) to experience the car virtually.&nbs...

Nissan sees Russia as a major future market. In 2014 it will have three brands on sale there - Datsun, Nissan and Infiniti. At the Moscow Motor Show it made its future ambitions in Russia clear, and debuted the new Almera sedan.  Nissan a...

Ford has broken ground on a new $760 million factory in Hangzhou, China, that will have an initial capacity of 250,000 vehicles per year. When the factory is finished in 2015, Ford will build 1.2 million cars a year in China. Since 2006, Ford...

Opel is growing quickly in Russia. It is actually growing twice as fast there as the Russian auto market in general. Therefore, the company is expanding in Russia faster than originally planned. The Astra sedan and Mokka compact SUV will be on sal...

Buick is rapidly becoming one of GM's most technologically advanced brands. The Regal is now available with either a hybrid four-cylinder engine or a choice of two turbocharged four-cylinder engines.  Buick's eAssist is a mild hyb...

Chevrolet will donate $200 for every caution lap to the American Cancer Society during the Nascar race at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. The money will specifically be used by the ACS' Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initi...

Lincoln has announced that it will begin selling cars in China in the second half of 2014. The dealer network for Lincoln in China will be separate from the Ford dealers. It will begin looking for interested parties to create dealers later this ye...

Luxgen is Taiwan's first automaker, and it made its international debut at the Moscow International Motor Show. Its first model is the Luxgen7 SUV, but it is nearly ready to debut the Luxgen5 sedan as well.  Luxgen is working with Tai...

The Opel Corsa is celebrating its 30th birthday on August 30. The production of the first generation Corsa started in 1982 at the Figueruelas plant in Zaragoza, Spain, which was set up for Opel´s first modern, small car. Until 1982, the comp...