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Seat is certainly the weakest of all of VW's brands. It is the one that continually posts losses or loses money, while all of the rest of VW's major brands tend to make money. Seat is looking abroad for its future. It sees Russia and China...

Spa Francorchamps has also been named by Michael Schumacher as one of his favourite venues of the calendar in Formula One. Spa has been a kind of lucky charm for Schumacher. He drove his first ever Grand Prix there, he took there his first ever F1...

To promote the New Jersey Grand Prix next June, Red Bull has produced a video of the RB8 driving the track, racing through the Jersey Tunnel and singing the national anthem.  The video is well produced, and it is really fun to hear the ca...

German sports car maker Gumpert has filed for bankruptcy in Germany and is already looking for investors to purchase the company. It blames the bankruptcy on lower than expected sales in China, which it saw as a major future market.  The ...

Suzuki has revealed the refreshed Grand Vitara for Europe at the Moscow Motor Show. It features new interior and exterior styling, but the chassis and engines remain the same.  The major exterior changes are a new grill with chrome fins u...

Fiat has announced that it will keep its Pomigliano factory closed for two extra weeks in September and October due to low demand.  The Pomigliano factory builds the Panda and has already had its summer break extended by two wee...

Infiniti first showed the LE Concept at the New York International Auto Show, and it will give the car its European debut at the Paris Motor Show on September 27.  The LE is a production-intent concept, and Infiniti thinks that it will be...

The Mercedes E300 BlueTEC Hybrid has received an Environmental Certificate for its Life Cycle Assessment from the independent inspectors of TÜV Süd. The certificate shows that over a 250,000km lifetime that the E300 BlueTEC Hybrid will p...

The Volkswagen XL1 might be the Bugatti Veyron of efficiency. Where the Veyron pushed the limits how fast a car could be, the XL1 will attempt is slated to use 0.9l/100km (261mpg).  The XL1 will use an 800cc, two-cylinder diesel engine th...

The Opel Mokka has already received over 25,000 orders across Europe even though the compact SUV does not go on sale until the end of 2012. Orders for the Mokka opened in June. “Now that we have the Mokka, a new chapter in our product of...