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Land Rover has confirmed that the next generation Defender will be built in Pune, India, at Tata's main factory. Some models due for Europe will get a portion of their final assembly done in England. The Defender will not be the first Indian-m...

Caterham is the first team to reveal its 2012 Formula 1 car. The car has a quite complicated front wing with a fairly high nose, but the rear appears simple and more like old-school Formula 1.  Caterham has been working on the CT01 since ...

Honda has reached a milestone for its hybrid vehicle sales. It has now sold 800,000 hybrids worldwide. It took them a little over 12 months years to reach this goal since the original Honda Insight went on sale in 1999. It sold 200,000 hybrid...

Volkswagen's Up has been awarded the Advanced Award by Euro NCAP for its City Emergency Braking system. The car had already gotten a five-star score in the Euro NCAP crash test. That gives the Up the highest safety rating by Euro NCAP of any c...

As European emissions laws get more stringent, even luxury automakers are being forced to look for ways to build cleaner cars that maintain or improve performance.  Bentley engineer Rolf Frech told Autocar that Bentley is open to the idea...

The Audi R8 LMS has been a force in European GT3 racing since its inception in 2009. Now it is finally moving across the pond to compete in the US in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The R8 Grand Am will compete for the first time at the 24 H...

Jean-Paul Sartre is famous for the quote, "Hell is other people." You can argue given his personal philosophy whether he actually believed that, but it is a quote with which he is identified. If Volvo gets its way with its SARTRE there m...

Chrysler is planning to use the platform from its coming Dodge Dart to underpin future versions of the Dodge Avenger, Chrysler 200 and Jeep Compass. The three vehicles currently use the Chrysler/Mitsubishi GS platform that Chrysler was able to use...

Opel is adding its LPG, liquified petroleum gas, engines to several of its models in Europe. The Astra 5-door, Astra Sports Tourer and Meriva will be available with Opel's 1.4 LPG turbo. It made the Corsa 3-door and 5-door available with the 1...

Chevrolet knows that the reason that many people bought the Volt is because of the sedan's green car reputation, and it is aiming to improve that even more by allowing drivers to find charging locations that use a maximum of renewable energy.&...