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In the continuing saga of PSA Peugeot-Citroën, French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg says that there will be concessions against PSA, if it wants government aid.  Montebourg made the announcement during an interview on ...

Renault received a Red Dot Best of the Best 2012 design award for the Twizy. The award is voted on by 30 international design experts, and there were 4,515 applicants this year for the Best of the Best award.  The judges praised the Twizy...

Lotus has decided to abandon the Paris Motor Show in order to save money. Proton, its parent company, was recently privatized and sold to investment group DRB-HICOM. Lotus's CEO Dany Bahar was fired from the company for allegedly using Lotus m...

Audi plans to finish its €860 million purchase of Ducati today officially making the Italian sport bike builder a complete part of Volkswagen Audi Group.  "We expect the announcement this afternoon from our colleagues in Bo...

Honda plans to confirm a new Civic Type R at the Paris Motor Show, but a concept will likely not be on display. Instead, the car will likely debut at the Geneva Motor Show next year and also go on sale next year.  Not much is known about ...

A Porsche 918 with a monotone Martini livery has been spotted lapping the Nürburgring for testing.  The 918 is not due to go into production until September 23, 2013, but its hybrid V8 and lightweight body are quite a wonderful sound...

One of the finalists from the Royal College of Art's vehicle design course imagined a future McLaren supercar. The competition called Autopure was sponsored by McLaren and judged by McLaren designer Frank Stephenson. It challenged th...

Lexus has released the first teaser for its new LS flagship sedan on Facebook. The image does not tell us a whole lot given that it shows the car in profile shrouded in smoke. It appears that it might have a slightly more angular look, similar to ...

McLaren Formula 1 Team boss Martin Whitmarsh says that he expects that Lewis Hamilton will sign a new contract with the team during the August break.  It had been rumored that Hamilton was looking for rides at other teams. With Mark Webbe...

Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro and Italian driver Gabriele Tarquini will race the European Honda Civic 5-door in the World Touring Car Championship for 2013 for the Honda Racing Team JAS. It will be the team's first season in the WTCC.&...