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Former Formula 1 driver and famous UK Formula 1 announcer Martin Brundle and his son Alex Brundle will be two of the drivers of a Nissan-powered Greaves Motorsport car at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. Martin Brundle drove the Nissan factory team&#...

Mazda is claiming a 10% improvement on fuel economy from the world's first capacitor-based regenerative braking system that it calls i-Eloop. The system will begin appearing in Mazda's cars in 2012.  Most car's with regenerati...

Euro NCAP recently tested new car models including the Up and Beetle, and both received 5 stars. Not only that, but the Up got an Advanced Award for its City Emergency Braking system. It was the only car in its class to get both the five-star rati...

BMW has taken a 15.16% stake in SGL Carbon SE to stregthen its supply of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the future.  BMW and SGL Group already have a joint venture that develops carbon fiber for automotive applications. They o...

It started almost nine months ago and throughout the 18 races of the calendar we have seen some of the most exciting races of the past few years. It all ends this weekend in Brazil at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo, who will be the ven...

Chevrolet is working on a new family of Ecotec engines between 1.0 and 1.5 liters with Chinese automakers Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., Shanghai General Motors and Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center. Production of the new en...

Volkswagen has hired Sebastian Ogier and Julien Ingrassia has the first factory driver and co-driver for its WRC team.  Ogier took third place in the 2011 WRC. He began his WRC career in 2010 when he drove a smattering of races for the Ci...

Felipe Massa is celebrating his 100th race with Ferrari this weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. It will be his 153rd grand prix. Ferrari has won the Brazilian Grand Prix 10 times in 48 races. Massa who is Brazilian has taken tw...

Toyota has relased a teaser video showing lots of individual elements of the FT-86 ahead of the car's debut at the Tokyo Auto Show on November 30.  The one minute video starts by showing children playing for automotive toys, then tran...

  Ferrari is mourning a major loss for the company. Designer Sergio Scaglietti died on November 20.  "Today is a sad day for Ferrari. We lost a friend, a travel companion, a man who had his name forever connected to the Pran...