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Volkswagen did not have a great April in terms of sales. Sales for Volkswagen Group were down 5.2%, and the European car market in general was down 6.5%. It is the seventh consecutive drop in monthly European car sales.  VW brand sales fe...

Because BMW is supplying the official vehicles for the London Olympics, they are also doing a variety of promotional events with their cars. One of the first pitted Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Lewis-Francis raced a BMW 320d EfficientDynamics on the...

The Lotus Evora GTC has struggled to find racing success. Of the two cars entered at Le Mans last year, one finished seventh in class, and the other did not finish. They have also failed to score any points in the American Le Mans Series. Lotus ha...

Sometimes in life there are just happy accidents. Ford's Easy Fuel cap-less fuel filler system found on the Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo has been shown to prevent fuel thefts. The system was originally designed to prevent people putting the wrong ...

Aston Martin thinks that growth in sports car sales in China might have peaked or nearly so. That is why it is looking into reviving the Lagonda nameplate for a large, luxurious SUV that would appeal to Chinese consumers.  The Lagonda SUV...

Lola Cars and Lola Composites will enter administration according to its parent company Lola Group Holdings. The cause of the administration is blamed on the European economic downturn and the low of tax credits from the UK Revenue and Customs...

Jaguar Heritage Racing is hot of its success with a C-Type taking a win in its class in the Monaco Historique last weekend. This year is the Jaguar is celebrating the 60th anniversary of entering a C-Type in the Mille Miglia equipped with disc bra...

Volkswagen's brands are bringing a host of concepts to the Wörthersee Tour in Reifnitz, Austria, on May 16. Audi, Skoda and Seat will all have concepts at the show. Wörthersee started as a car show purely for GTI enthusiast...

One of Ferrari's rarest race cars crossed the block at R&M Auctions sale in Monaco. A Ferrari 625 TRC Spyder powered by a 3.0l V12 was auctioned for €5.04m ($6.4m at current exchange rates). R&M had estimated the car would sell fo...

Opel's factories may begin producing Chevrolet and PSA Peugeot-Citroën models in Europe to take up capacity in their underused factories. While the factory at Rüsselsheim may still lose the Astra when the new generation comes in...