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Just in time for the start of the campaign for the new and seventh Volkswagen  Golf, the environmentalist organization Greenpeace once again target the Wolfsburg based automobile company with regards to the environmental performance of its ve...

Jaguar is sponsoring a 3,000 mile drive in the XKR-S to benefit Royal British Legion. The distance is based on driving five miles for every British soldier killed in Afghanistan. The drive will not just be on motorways though. It began at the...

The Kia Cee'd Sportswagon, which was previously called the SW in some markets, has entered production at Kia's Zillina, Slovakia, factory and will hit dealers in Europe in September.  “The cee’d Sportswagon is an impor...

It appears that one of China's main strategies for boosting its domestic auto industry is failing at least for now. Domestic market share for Chinese auto brands has dropped 25% in the past two years. China currently has 171 domestic auto bran...

The second generation of the Chevrolet Cruze is set to debut in the fall of 2014, and General Motors plans to use the platform globally on compact sedans and crossovers. This would replace the way GM currently uses separate platforms for compact s...

Kia will debut the second generation Soul at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next January. The Soul will also get two new variants for its second generation. There will be a hot hatch version called the GT, and Kia will build...

Low displacement turbocharged engines are becoming increasingly common on cars on both sides of the Atlantic. Ford has its Ecoboost engines that are as small as a 1.0-liter three-cylinder than can make as much as 125ps. Volkswagen really populariz...

Mazda has announced a new version of the MX-5 specifically for GT4-class racing. The MX-5 GT4 produces 320hp from its 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. The car qualifies for competition in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship and other se...

New boutique sports car makers spring up a few times a year and usually produce some kind of supercar built on the big engine, low weight philosophy. Trident, a British sports car maker, is flipping that idea on its head. Trident's new car...

The Nissan-Renault Alliance sees emerging markets as its future. It bought AvtoVAZ earlier this year and will use it and Dacia to expand into Russia. Renault is also working on a large factory in Tangier, Morocco, and considering a second in ...