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A Ford Mondeo ECOnetic wagon from Norway has set the European distance record on a single tank of fuel by going 2,536km (1,576 miles) on a single 71 liter tank of diesel.  The pair drove from Helsinki, Finland, to Oslo, Norway, and manage...

Skoda has presented the first public plans for a new brand museum in one of its oldest factories that it plans to renovate at its headquarters in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. It believes that the renovations will be completed in Dec...

Toyota has elected Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) to be its official performance division akin to BMW M. TMG will be responsible not only for Toyota's sports car racing program at Le Mans but also developing road cars. The team has been working ...

Hyundai is bringing two special edition Elantras to the San Diego Comic-Con to promote the 100th issue of the comic book The Walking Dead. One car is an Elantra GT with a vinyl wrap of the 100th issue cover. The other car is an Elantra Coupe ...

Porsche has three new optional packs available for the Carrera and Carrera S.  The Powerkit is only available on the Carrera S and adds 30hp more to increase acceleration and top speed. It adds special cylinder heads, different camshafts,...

Chevrolet has confirmed that it is bringing a Cruze Wagon to the Geneva Motor Show on March 6.  The Cruze wagon will continued to be offered with the 2.0l diesel with 163ps found in the current Cruze, but it will also be available with a ...

German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky has said in court that he accepted bribes from Bernie Ecclestone during the sale of Formula 1 from the BayernLB bank to CVC Capital Partners.  During the Formula 1 sale corruption trial, Gri...

Land Rover and Bowler have signed an official brand partnership agreement for the first time since Bowler began producing high performance tuned off-road vehicles based on Land Rovers in the mid 80s. Bowler's trucks will now carry "Powere...

Peugeot will begin offering its Hybrid4 diesel-hybrid in its 508 sedan; it will be the fourth car that the engine is offered in and the third body style.  In the 508 sedan, the Hybrid4 produces 95g/km of CO2 and uses 3.6l/100km while offe...

Ford has cut energy used to produce each vehicle by 22% over the last six years, according to its sustainability report for this year. It plans to cut energy use in constructing each vehicle by a further 25% over the next five years. Ford now ...