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In yet another proof of his dominant season, Sebastian Vettel drove to his 13th pole in the qualifying of the first ever Indian Grand Prix. Vettel was the fastest on track with a time of 1m24.178s but since Q2 had been dominating the action. I...

Last Friday, we did a post highlighting some fabulous automotive sounds. This week, we wanted to try again and include some other wonderful driving videos. This time some of them highlight great driving in addition to great sound. If you enjoy any...

Fridays are often slow days for automotive news. The automakers do not want to release a press release on a day when most people are looking forward to the weekend. But we want to improve your weekend, here at Autoviva. So we have complied a small...

  The new 3-series has to succeed for BMW. The company has been doing well this year, but the 3-series makes up a bulk of its sales worldwide. To ensure that the next-generation 3-series is as good as it can be, BMW has upgraded its 700,0...

Audi has begun a pilot program in Munich with the electric utilities Stadtwerke Muenchen and E.ON and the Munich Technical University (TUM) by releasing 20 of its A1 e-tron cars for fleet testing. The public utility has installed charging location...

Peugeot is being very coy with the teaser video it just released for a new model. The video does not tell us much but shows designers drawing the car on a pane of glass. It is definitely a hatchback, and the tag "Re-generation" at the en...

It seems like the current A4 is still brand new, but Audi is already revising the entire line's exterior and offering some mechanical tweaks.  The new exterior accentuates the A4 lines wide stance and will be available on the A4 and S...

There are the first inklings of a fuel economy race beginning among the Japanese automakers. Toyota and Honda have been progressively updating their respective Prius and Insight models to make them more drivable and give better fuel economy. ...

The FIA GT4 class is a great racing series to watch because of all the different cars competing against each other. Cars range from the Porsche Cayman with 350hp to the KTM X-Bow with 220hp to Ford Mustang with 420hp. Nissan has already been in th...

Volkswagen announced on October 27 that its profits so far this year have already exceeded its profits in 2010. The company has already made an operating profit of €9.0 billion, compared to €7.1 billion last year.  “We sha...