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Donkervoort has begun production of its first 19 D8 GTOs. The car was first presented last December as a proof on concept and to garner orders. Since then, Donkervoort has been testing the car at Quattro Gmbh who supplies the engine and Bosch GmbH...

Toyota left rallying in 1999 to pursue sports car racing and Formula 1. Its Corolla WRC went out with a bang by winning the manufacturers championship that year. At the Rallye Deutschland, Toyota will make its first tentative steps back into rally...

Porsche's massive new museum has not been open for long, but it has been a massive success in terms of visitors and aesthetics. However, even the new building does not have enough room to hold all of Porsche's cars. Porsche has a second, s...

*Updated to reflect misinterpreted image.  Mercedes introduced its first optional airbag on the W126 S-Class in 1981. It was the first drivers-only airbag in the world to be offered in a production car. In 1987, Mercedes introduced the pa...

L.O.T.U.S – Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious. This is an amusing aside, but like many stereotypes it has buried within it an uncomfortable truth, and disaster for Lotus seems never to be far away. So what does the post-Danny Bahar era hold? ...

The French government is continuing to investigate PSA- Peugeot Citroën for plans to close the Aulnay factory in 2014 and cut 8,000 jobs. The government has hired an investigator to decide whether the cuts at Peugeot were necessary.  ...

Renault plans to build Africa's largest automotive factory to diversify it from volatile European market. The factory will be operated by Nissan and Renault and cost roughly €1 billion to build in Tangier, Morocco. The new f...

The number of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) worldwide is predicted to increase through 2019 both from fleets and consumers. The movement towards compressed natural gas will be pushed by the rising cost of gasoline and diesel fuel worldwide. Man...

It appears that the decision to develop the new NSX in the US might have just been the beginning for future in North America. Honda is handing control of several future products over to its North American division. This decision comes from tw...

Audi, though, might have just set a record for bringing technology from the racetrack to the road. It launched the R18 E-Tron Quattro and R18 Ultra with a rear-facing camera for the rearview mirror. Audi has announced that the R8 E-Tron will also ...