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The Iceman has not melted since leaving Formula 1 in 2009, Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap times at today's Formula 1 test at the Jerez Circuit in Spain. Raikkonen's Lotus E20 was about a tenth of a second faster than Paul di Resta in h...

Michael Schumacher set the day's fastest times at the second day of Formula 1 testing at the Jerez Circuit. Yesterday's top driver Kimi Raikkonen dropped to fifth.  These results further show that the game is afoot in testing. Sch...

Daimler AG, which controls Mercedes-Benz, Smart and several heavy truck brands, has set its highest net profit ever with €6 billion in 2011. That is significantly higher than 2010's €4.6 billion profit. “The Group achieved ...

Smart just announced a facelift for the Fortwo, and it already has a special edition ready. The Smart Sharpred takes the Fortwo and adds lots of gloss black and red trim.  The exterior of the Sharpred  is all black from the wheels to...

Nissan has revealed a concept for a compact hatchback for Europe that it calls the Invitation. The little car looks a lot like a heavily reworked version of the Versa that is already available in the US. Nissan intends the car to join the Micra an...

  A rumor is brewing that Volkswagen will show off a VW GTI Cabrio at the Geneva Motor Show next month. It is not the first time that VW has considered a drop-top GTI. Last June at its Woerthersee event for enthusiasts, Volkswagen showed ...

It looks like Ferrari fans are just a few weeks from seeing the debut of a successor for the 599.  The successor carries the codename F620 for now. That would indicate that the car will get the 6.3 liter V12 from the Ferrari FF that produ...

Mercedes has developed a system called active seat-belt buckle that automatically tightens the seat-belt for rear passengers. Mercedes claims that is technology means that rear passengers are secured more firmly. The system even goes one step furt...

Ford is touting its all-wheel drive system in the 2013 Escape. Ford has tuned the system to scan the road surface 20 times a second, and Ford claims that the system can detect and stop a loss of traction before it even happens.  The all-w...

Here is an interesting factoid. Bladon Jets has just opened an engineering center in Coventry, England, which just so happens to be the same location as Jaguar's engineering and manufacturing centers. Also, Tata Ltd who owns Jaguar has a minor...