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It looks like BMW wants to take on Toyota. Although we have not seen any actual pictures yet, rumors are circulating that BMW is developing an i5 mini-MPV that would be designed to take on the Prius V (Prius+ in Europe).  German auto maga...

Pirelli announced its range of tires for Formula 1 for the 2012 season at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. Pirelli says that the new tires have squarer profiles, increased grip, softer compounds and longer performance peak.  Pirelli s...

Ford has revealed the design for its Fusion-based Nascar at a press event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  ”We wanted Fusion to be the car that helped return ‘stock car’ to NASCAR. I think fans, when they see the car, are j...

There was a moment in the late 80s during Japan's economic boom when the animation, or anime as it is referred, that it created ranked among some of the most creative and artistic animation ever created. Animators made stories that went direct...

Nissan has been successful in racing the GT-R so far in FIA GT1 and the Japanese Super GT series winning both last year. Now it is broadening the racing-spec GT-R out into FIA GT3 specifications. The car was developed by Nismo, which is Nissan mot...

Caterham has released the first image of the Formula 1 car that it will campaign during the 2012 season. It says that the image was supposed to come first from F1 Racing magazine, but the magazine shipped earlier than expected; so it is releasing ...

*Update 2* Toyota is coming fast and furious with information today. It has released a high-resolution picture of the TS030 from testing this afternoon at Paul Ricard. The image shows the car and drivers Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and K...

Infiniti has released a commercial touting the M35h's Guinness Record of having the fastest full hybrid sedan. We reported back in September that the Infiniti M35h took the record. The M35h set a 13.9 second quarter mile time and accelerates t...

Looks like the world will not be getting a smaller Mini. BMW says that the 3.4m long, baby Mini, the Rocketman, would probably sell, but it would cost too much to engineer it to handle, perform and be safe enough to qualify for its standards. ...

At 6:42am Eastern Time, Toyota's Head of PR in the UK Scott Brownlee (ToyotaPR on Twitter) tweeted a picture of the new Toyota Le Mans car. All his tweet said was, "New Toyota Le Mans hybrid race car," with a link to the picture post...