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BMW Group reported its financial results for the second quarter at the end of last week, and its results were not great. Net Profits were down 28.3% over the second quarter of 2011, but now BMW has released its unit sales for July 2012. Things see...

A study from Harris Interactive and Careerbuilder.com found that women self-identified as having road rage more often than men. The study found that of 3,892 respondents age 18 and older 61% of female commuters and 56% of male commuters feel angry...

General Motors has announced investment into NanoSteel Company, which is creating new steel alloys that are stronger and lighter.  GM along with two other venture capital firms have invested in NanoSteel. "We are investing in Nan...

Like Ford, Chrysler will begin to scan its factories in 3d so that it can plan precisely for new vehicles in advance and build them more efficiently. Chrysler announced that it bought the technology to scan its factories on August 6, and the first...

In the mid-1990’s there was a tuning revolution and it was as much about self expression as it was about making a car go faster. Today that culture is frowned upon, but what can you still do and what is the way to do it? Tuning has not a...

Why should a company have to compete by building a better a car when they can keep foreign competition out with the help of the government? That is the opinion of French automakers at least because they are lobbying the French government to ask th...

So, it is the mid-season F1 break and for those of us who spend our weekends glued to the television watching the world’s best drivers do battle around the world this is a bit of a shock. Of course, there is the London Olympics going on ...

BMW is considering adding a factory in Mexico. It would be its second factory North America since opening the plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1994. BMW is reportedly looking at four different locations in Mexico to build the factory. BMW ...

Fiat is prepping a crossover version of the 500 called the 500X to match the four-door 500L. The crossover is meant to take on the small SUVs like the Mini Countryman.  The small crossover will have a higher ride height, slightly wider fe...

The Ford C-Max will be out in the US in the fall, and Ford has already released the fuel economy numbers for the C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Ford is marketing this car against the Prius V in the...