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  Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey believes that engine development will begin to play a larger role in Formula 1. The sport is changing engine designs from the current 2.4-liter V8s to turbocharged 1.6-liter V6s in 2014. The...

During the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann announced that Lamborghini will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a five-day parade through Italy. It also debuted the event's logo.  Starting May 7...

Nissan's GT Academy is in its fourth year. It allows gamers to qualify through a series of online competitions in the PlayStation3 Gran Turismo 5 video game. Players compete against other people from their region, and Nissan selects the 36 bes...

Volvo is looking for a way to build a smaller car that would compete aginst the Mini Cooper and Audi A1. The problem is that it does not have enough money to develop a chassis for the compact vehicle or an engine that would fit in it. It is lookin...

Bugatti continues to prep its Galibier sedan as its successor for the Veyron. The car is trying to be the fastest four-passenger sedan ever built.  According to Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Durheimer, it will use a turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engi...

The Alpine brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, and the worst kept secret in motoring is that Renault design boss Laurens van den Acker created a concept for a modern Alpine to celebrate the brand. Pictures and renderings have b...

The once-rumored, now confirmed Alpine concept will be revealed tomorrow at the Monaco Grand Prix, but more pictures of the car have leaked online. The style for the concept comes directly from the Renault Dezir concept from 2010.  There ...

Renault plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Alpine A110 at the Paris Auto Show on September 27.  Renault design chief Laurens van den Acker heavily hinted that it would have at least a concept based on the A110.  "...

There is a rumor circulating that Renault is going to show a concept for a next generation Alpine at the Monaco Grand Prix in two weeks. The rumor started from automotive news site Autoblog.nl who reported that someone from Renault Netherlands...

There was a rumor last week that Renault would reveal its Alpine-inspired concept at the Monaco Grand Prix. Nothing has been officially confirmed, but a rendering of the car has been created.  The concept is reported to use mid-mounted&nb...