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Rolls-Royce is building 35 special Phantom Coupe Aviator Collection editions and premiering them at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The cars draw on the company's long aviation past by using special colors and trims. There was a time...

The Italian government is investigating Fiat's plans to possibly close a plant in Italy. They are investigating the company's intentions to ensure that the closure is necessary, if Fiat goes through with it. At the moment, Fiat is denying ...

The 1968 Ford GT/Mirage that we profiled on Autoviva on August 8 sold for $11 million at RM's Monterey auction on Saturday on August 18. It was the most an American car has ever sold for at auction.  This GT40 was part of the first th...

The Ford GT40 is one of the most important racecars of the last half-century. It was built after Ford's attempt to buy Ferrari failed, and Ford decided that if it could not buy the company, it would beat them on the racetrack.  Ford b...

Lotus is building two track-focused versions of the Exige - the Exige V6 Cup Track Day and Exige V6 Cup Competition. Both cars are based on the Exige S. Both cars use a 3.5-liter supercharged V6 with 345hp and 400Nm of torque. It accelerates t...

Renault plans a big party at the Paris Motor Show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rally veteran Alpine A 110. More recently, the French manufacturer announced to to revive its vintage sportscar-brand in collaboration with Caterham. ...

Volkswagen is contemplating supplying Sauber with Formula 1 engines beginning in 2015. Formula 1 changes to 1.6-liter V6 turbos in 2014.  The speculation is that VW wants to take a step into Formula 1, possibly with a full team. However, ...

BMW has launched its DriveNow car sharing program in San Francisco, and its ParkNow parking service will to the city in September. DriveNow uses a fleet of 70 electric BMW AcitveEs from nine locations at launch.  Users register online or ...

Toyota Motorsports GmbH is now producing a version of its Nürburgring 24 Hours class winning GT86 for entry-level, customer racers. The TMG GT86 CS-V3 is an evolution of the car that it raced in the Nürburgring VLN series this season.&nb...

Most of the world outside of Western Europe is experiencing sales growth, and in some regions that growth in in the double digits. It is enough to make up for the dropping sales in Western Europe for automakers that sell internationally, but it is...