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Toyota revealed its new Lexus ES and Toyota Avalon at the New York Auto Show, and they will go on sale alter this year. Toyota has made the Avalon lighter than the previous generation for both the hybrid and gasoline engine options. This is the fi...

BMW has begun its world tour of the i-series concepts, the i3 and i8, in Rome at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Over the next year, BMW will take the i-series to Dusseldorf, Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, and Shanghai. The point of the ...

Nissan will attempt to set two records at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The first is to break the Guinness Record for a car in reverse with a Leaf up the hill at Goodwood over one mile. Because the electric car has a single-speed transmission, t...

General Motors has broken ground on an expansion to its factory in St. Petersburg, Russia, that will be finished in 2015. It will increase capacity from 98,000 vehicles now to 230,000 cars a year. It is the largest Russian expansion by GM since it...

The European Grand Prix at Valencia was a very weird race. Sebastian Vettel was driving away with the lead with a 20 second lead at one point, and then the car just broke down. Romain Grosjean was doing extremely well in second place, and then his...

Bernie Ecclestone may face bribery charges stemming from the conviction of German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky for not paying taxes on bribes when BayernLB sold its stake in Formula 1 to CVC Capital Partners. Gribkowsky claims that Ecc...

Gemballa has revealed its new GT Aero 2 body kit for the second generation Porsche Cayenne that is a modular add-on to its GT Aero body kit released earlier this year. It also has new 22in wheels for the Cayenne. The GT Aero 2 kit adds fender ...

GMC is replacing the 3.0l V6 in the Terrain with a new 3.6l V6 that has more power, more torque but the same fuel economy.  The new V6 has 301hp and 272lb-ft torque and motivates the Terrain to 60mph in 6.7 seconds. The fuel economy is th...

Lazzarini Design Studio is looking for a $550,000 investment to develop a Fiat 500 with a mid-mounted 4.5 liter V8 from a Ferrari F458 de-tuned to 550hp. Lazzarini calls the car the 550 Italia.  While Lazzarini has not actually built a ca...

Toyota plans to partner with BMW to supply hybrid powertrains and possibly fuel cell powertrains in the future. It appears that this is an offshoot of BMW's deal with Toyota to supply them with diesel engines. BMW and Toyota will make an offic...