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Fellow Autoviva writer, Tom Mallett, wrote a fantastic post on October 2nd speculating about the future of electric race cars, especially in Formula 1 and sports cars. His post talks about what is actually being done to further electric and hybrid...

The Nissan GT-R is an absolute giant killer. For about $90,000 in the US or €90,000 in Europe, buyers get a car that compares favorable to a Porsche 911 Turbo for 60% of the money. Nissan has shown good faith to its buyers by constantly impro...

The controversy surrounding the Singapore seemed due to dissipate but new footage from the race has stoked up further recrimination. The official highlights video includes a radio message from Rob Smedley (Massa’s engineer) in which he i...

The Renaultsport Clio is a fantastic little hot hatch with a 200hp, 2.0 liter engine and a great chassis. Renault UK is doing even more to heat up the Renaultsport Clio with the Raider.  Limited to just 50 examples, the Raider gets Formul...

The 2011 Petit Le Mans was a shocker of a race. The race in the LMP class was full of hard racing and contact.  Peugeot snatched victory from Audi to take first and second in the fastest class. Peugeot has had great luck in the US in gene...

The Volkswagen plans to spawn several variants of its Up city car. At the Frankfurt Auto Show, it showed off a five-door version of the car, which we know is coming next year, and a GTI-esque version for the Up. The Cross Up is meant to be the sof...

The VW Up is spreading like a virus. We reported last week that Skoda would be getting a version of the Up called the Citigo. Now Seat is reporting that it will have its own version called the Mii. At this rate the Bugatti version will be alo...

Kia must be doing pretty well in Europe because it is expanding its factory in Zilina, Slovakia. Kia says that its sales are up 18.7% in Europe and 18.4% worldwide. It will be adding a third line to its factory in Zilina in early 2012 that will em...

Lexus is still building its street cred when it comes to being known as a maker of sporty, luxury saloons. But if BMW is the king of marketting its cars as great driving, sports vehicles then Lexus is the potential usurper to the crown. The LF-A h...

Silverstone will host a Green Grand Prix on October 12th. The event, staged by the RAC will attempt to establish the UK’s most energy efficient driver. Each driver will drive a 14km road route around Silverstone’s Stowe circuit. Th...