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Growth of the Chinese market is slowing. While the market it still growing, it is no longer the 30%-50% annual growth seen just a few years ago. Chinese auto sales grew by 2.5% last year.  It is forcing Chinese automakers to look for small ma...

Since Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo officially announced the successor to the Enzo would be out later this year as a hybrid, speculation has been running rampant about the new car. The F70 as it has been dubbed, following the F40, F50 a...

Ferrari is trying to make itself a slightly cleaner car company while expanding into China. At the Auto Salon China in Beijing, Ferrari revealed a concept version of the F12 Berlinetta powered by a hybrid system that Ferrari calls HY-KERS. The...

After years of teasing, Porsche has finally confirmed that production of the 918 Spyder - its next supercar - will begin in September 2013, and the car is in final testing around Stuttgart now. The first deliveries will be later in 2013.  ...

New French president Francois Hollande will have his inauguration on May 15, and he plans to arrive in a Citroën DS5 diesel hybrid. That might be the last time that Hollande and the French auto industry are so close.  PSA/Peugeo...

Williams had a fantastic weekend in Spain until a fire ruined some of the celebration. However, the team is not sure that it will be able to score another win this season. "I can get used to this kind of stuff, I like it. But I think we c...

The BMW 1-Series convertible is going to get a different name when it is released in 2014 - the 2-Series. The 1-Series coupe will also carry the 2-Series moniker.  Mechanically, the 2-Series will be basically identical to the current 1-Se...

The news out of Opel has been all bad recently. First, it looked like it might lose the production of the Astra in Rüsselsheim, and later in the week it appeared that the Bochum, Germany, plant might be closed down entirely. Opel has not give...

  Ferrari 550 Maranello The Ferrari 550 Maranello was the first car I drove on the road that felt truly fast. It was the kind of car that I felt could bite if I got a bit too enthusiastic with my right foot, and I discovered I li...

The Nürburgring 24 Hours, which is the biggest sports car race in the world in terms of entries, runs from May 19 to 20. Aston Martin is fielding four factory-backed cars - two V12 Vantage GT3s and two V12 Zagatos. There are four other Aston ...