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New technical boss Ulrich Hackenberg stopped the project

Audi insiders say that its proposed diesel-electric supercar that would have sat above the R8 is on hold. Audi technical director Ulrich Hackenberg says that the program would was “an interesting idea but not a priority.” Hacke...

Sales will likely begin in 2017

Tesla announced at its press conference at the North American International Auto Show that it plans to reveal its smaller, 3 Series-rivaling EV in 2016. The new EV sedan is slated to cost half of the Model S, which means US prices will start a...

He is only the third known buyer

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he has put a bid in to buy the Nürburgring. The amount of the bid has not been disclosed. It is also not known whether Ecclestone’s bid is for both the 20km circuit and grand prix circuit or just one ...

Sales were up 4% worldwide and down only 0.4% in Europe

General Motors held its title as one of the world’s largest automakers with 9,714,652 cars sold worldwide in 2013, up 4% over 2012. It set a new sales record in China with sales up 11% to 3,160,374 cars. GM shifted 3,234,275 cars in Nort...

Its V12 models reach record sales

Lamborghini sold 2,121 units in 2013, up 1.8% compared to 2012’s 2,083 sales It also had its highest ever V12 sales with 1,001 deliveries of the Aventador and its variants, up 9%. The sales were split roughly equally with 34%, or 721 car...

Its cars received 195 awards in 2013 alone

Jaguar Land Rover had its best year of sales ever with 425,006 cars sold in 2013, up 19%. It set new sales records in Russia, Brazil, Korea and Canada. Jaguar sold 76,668, up 42%, its best year since 2005. Land Rover sold 348,338 cars, up 15%. JLR...

Europe is still its largest market

BMW Group sold a total of 1,963,798 vehicles in 2013, an increase of 6.4% over 2012. All three of the group’s brands – BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce – reported record sales. “The BMW Group posted record sales once again in ...

It sold the last million in nine months

Toyota has reached worldwide cumulative sales of 6,072,900 units of hybrid models as of December 31, 2013, and in the last nine months it sold over a million hybrids. It estimates that the cars have saved 41 million tons of CO2 and 15 million kilo...

It will be offered with two diesel engine options

Seat is reintroducing all-wheel drive to its range with the Leon ST 4Drive that will be offered with a choice of two diesel engines. The Leon ST 4Drive is offered with either a 1.6 TDI with 104hp rated at 4.5l/100km or a 2.0 TDI with 148hp rat...

It is somewhat smaller than the 3 Sedan

The North American International Auto Show has just ended its press days, and automakers are already making announcements for the Geneva Motor Show on March 4. The Chinese automaker Qoros has announced that it will launch the hatchback version of ...