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Next week at Silverstone 16 national winners will converge to compete for the ultimate prize in Nissan’s GT Academy. For anyone who doesn’t know what GT Academy is I will explain: Playstation and Nissan teamed up in 2008 and gave u...

The United States is getting the Ford Focus ST for the first time, and it is only the second time that Ford has sold a truly sporty version of the Focus in the US. The Focus ST will go on sale very soon, and the car has had its fuel economy certif...

A new Nissan Z is coming in two years. According to the car's designer Shiro Nakamura, it will reveal a concept at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show and then go on sale in 2015. Nakamura also talked a little about the car's design. While thi...

It is always inspiring when someone builds a car from scratch on their own. A German man did just that by building a complete working replica of the car from the cartoon The Flintstones at his home. However, the German police do not necessari...

Ford's Dagenham factory in the UK has been open since 1931, and it recently completed its 40 millionth engine. It currently specializes in building diesel engines for all of Ford's models, including commercial vehicles. Half of Ford's ...

Chevrolet is using a material called Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) in the piston rings on its 1.4 liter turbocharged engine found in the Cruze, Sonic and other models.  The DLC piston rings reduce friction to increase fuel economy. Its low we...

Renault knows that it needs help in Europe. Its sales in Europe have fallen 14.9% in the first six months of the year. That is why it has tapped Stefan Müller, the current member of the executive board of the German ADAC motoring club and lob...

Noted British chef Gordon Ramsey has taken his first tour of the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello and was impressed with the cars and the food.  Ramsey visited il Podio, Ferrari's company restaurant, during his visit and said the che...

McKinsey and Company, a global research firm, has published a study predicting that lithium-ion battery costs are set to drop from between $500-$600 per kilowatt hour now to about $200 per kilowatt hour by 2020 and about $160 per kilowatt hour by ...

Renault Mobiliz is a new initiative by Renault to provide mobility to impoverished people. For now, the project is isolated to France.  Mobiliz is based on three points - getting impoverished people mobile, helping them stay mobile and in...