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Hyundai introduced two new engines at its Powertrain Conference on October 20, 2011.  The first was a turbocharged version of its 1.6 liter direct-injected engine producing 202hp and 264Nm of torque. Autoblog is reporting that this e...

  Despite being nearly unpronounceable the Nissan Qashqai is getting cleaner, more powerful engines this year.  First the previous 2.0dCi diesel is out and is being replaced by the 1.6dCi. The new engine has start/stop techn...

Car sharing plans still seem like a concept that works better in theory than in practice. In cities without good public transport, the plans are be too expensive to be worth it. In cities with good public transport, the only reason a car might be ...

Fiat's purchase of Chrysler has yielded some weird results already like the Fiat Freemont, which is a rebadged Dodge Journey. Now Fiat is bringing yet another Chrysler vehicle to Italy in the guise of the Lancia Voyager, which is a rebadg...

For a company that seems dead on its feet, Saab certainly seems valuable. North Street Capital, a private investment firm located in the US, paid $10 million to buy roughly 10% of Saab's shares on October 21, 2011, to immediately give the comp...

  One day maybe Volkswagen will finally complete its purchase of Porsche, but Porsche seems to be going about things like it will stay independent forever. On October 20, it broke ground on an expansion of its factory in Leipzig. The new ...

Big changes are afoot in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM). Audi will be fielding the A5 next year in place of the A4, Mercedes will be using the new C-class Coupe in place of the standard C-class and BMW will be entering the series for...

2005 IndyCar series champion Dan Wheldon has died at the IndyCar series finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 33 year old enjoyed a successful career that included two victories at the Indy 500. Wheldon, who was close to securing a drive in ...

Volvo came in first among European automakers for the biggest improvements in its CO2 emissions in a survey done by  European Federation for Transport and Environment in 2010. 2010 seems like an eternity ago when it comes to cars, especi...

Nissan has created another video showing of its Juke-R, which is what happenswhen you take a Nissan Juke compact SUV and stuff the twin-turbocharged V6 from a Nissan GT-R into it. Needless to say that is going to require a lot of other work unless...