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Abarth and Lancia will have a smaller presence at the Geneva Motor Show. Abarth is bringing the new 695 Tributo Maserati; while Lancia is upgrading the Thema, Flavia and Ypsilon.  Most of the Abarth models at Geneva will be the same cars ...

Maserati will debut its new Granturismo Sport at the Geneva Motor Show. Not much is known about it other than what the pictures show. The new frontend has active brake cooling and new front headlights with LED running lights. Maserati tells us the...

The cleanest version of Mazda's new CX-5 Skyactiv diesel in Europe uses just 4.6l/100km from a 2.2 liter engine that produces 150ps. Even the dirtiest version with a 175ps version of the 2.2 liter diesel and six-speed automatic with all-wheel ...

Adrian Newey was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame in London on the evening of February 16.  “It’s very special to me. If I look at the people who have been inducted so far, it’s a real who’s who of motor ...

Car Videos to Brighten Your Weekend is coming a little late this weekend. My apologies. This week's theme is classic British sports cars from Aston Martin to MG.  The first video comes from 1956 and shows Mike Hawthorn taking a lap at...

Mercedes GP will not fully reveal the W03 Formula 1 Car until February 21, but it teased the first info about the car with a video and a few images. There is nothing showing the car's nose yet, so no word if it is platypus-like.  The vide...

Aston Martin just finished its fourth annual Aston Martin on Ice for 2012 on February 14. It allowed 200 international attendees to slide Aston Martins around in a safe way on the snowy slopes of St. Moritz. It is a 10 day program that began on Fe...

The Dodge Challenger is not long for this world. It is on an old, still Mercedes-sourced platform and the car is too big to compete with the Mustang and Camaro. Chrysler would have to use build a whole new platform or get one from Fiat to build a ...

Felipe Massa is prepping for the Barcelona Formula 1 test on February 23, and he has been prepping for the test by spending the last two days in the Ferrari simulator.  “The past two days have been very interesting, because we ran b...

Cadillac invented a technology 100 years ago on the 1912 Cadillac Touring Edition that would be unthinkable not having on a car today - the electric starter. Before the electric starter the engine had to be hand cranked, which required a lot of ef...