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Ford has unveiled at the 2011 North American International Auto Show its solution for today’s demand in a compact SUV. The Vertrek concept was thought globally, but focused on the North American, European and Chinese markets. In fact, these th...

Carlos Sainz has won the ninth stage of the 2011 Dakar Rally and gained terrain to the current leader, Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah. On the special of 235km around Copiapo, in Chile, the Spaniard closed the gap on his Volkswagen team-mate by 1m56...

Nasser Al-Attiyah is the new leader of the Dakar Rally. The Qatari won the eighth stage and overtook his Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz in the overall standings. The Spaniard had led the rally since the opening stage. Sainz entered leg 8 of the D...

Nasser Al-Attiyah has closed the gap on his Volkswagen teammate Carlos Sainz after he won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2011. The Qatari has cut the Spaniard’s lead by half. He is now 1m22s behind his team-mate. As the battle for first ...

MINI WRC Team has confirmed Dani Sordo as the second pilot that will be driving the team’s car in the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship. The Spaniard will be joining Kris Meeke (GB) in the return of MINI to the rallies. “There has been a...

Mercedes-Benz has just announced a very positive 2010 sales year, as the German brand registered an increase of 15 percent in its deliveries, with a double-digit increase on the twelve months of the year. In November Mercedes had already surpassed th...

In order to prevent that tactic mistakes like the one that may have cost the team the title on the last Grand Prix of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari has restructured its race engineering operations. Team principal Stefano Domenicali had already...

Stephane Peterhansel has cut the gap between him and overall leader Carlos Sainz after the Frenchman won the fifth stage of the 2011 edition of the Dakar Rally. Peterhansel is now trailing by a little less than two and a half minutes. In a stage whe...

Volkswagen is teasing the new mid-size sedan model (codename NMS) that will be unveiled at next week’s North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. The German had already confirmed that it was developing a new model to replace the Passat...

Ferrari has had its best year since its debut in the Chinese market. Throughout 2010 the Italian supersports cars managed to sell a total of almost 300 vehicles. Representing an increase of sales of nearly 50 per cent compared to 2009, this sales fac...