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Set in January 1938 on Autobahn

Seventy-five years ago today, Mercedes set a record that still stands today. Unfortunately, later the same day, Bernd Rosemeyer lost his life trying to break the record.  On what is today the A5 autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt on...

Deliveries will not begin in April

The first Mercedes CLA has rolled out of the Kecskemet, Hungary, where the car will exclsusively be built. Buyers will have to wait until April before the car will arrive at dealers. The car premiered alsmost simultaneously just a few weeks a...

Juke Nismo goes into production

It used to be that you needed to be a hardcore car nerd to know what Nismo is and understand its importance to the Nissan brand, but now the Nissan motorsports and tuning arm is about to get its official launch in Europe with the Juke Nismo. It wi...

Cars drive to Arctic Circle

The Jaguar XF has been on sale for several years, but Jaguar is constantly developing its cars. Its latest challenge was to drive two all-wheel drive XFs 2,000 miles from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, to Dawson City, Yukon.  Dawson...

Will be its second test location in Europe

Hyundai will build a €5.3 million ($7.1 million), 3,050m² (32,830ft²) test center at the Nürburgring, which will be the Korean automakers second test center in Europe. The center will have direct access to the track.  ...

Environment leader speaks at conference

Renault-Nissan has become a member of R20, a climate action group founded in 2010 by actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Renault-Nissan's environment leader Dr. Philippe Schulz and European Manager for Zero Em...

Looking at the car from the feline point of view

Everybody who has ever owned a cat knows, that our feline friends have a very special relationship with the motorized species. Of course, that relationship is on the one hand dominated by the cats' insatiable curiosity that will lead them...

As I sit here tapping away under the bright lights of Hong Kong’s cityscape, with its laser show, spectacular five star hotels and twinkling LED lights of Porsche 911s and  Ferrari 458s I can’t help but wonder how Hong Kong&r...

Poaches him away from Volkswagen

General Motors has hired Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann as the new Chairman of Opel and President of GM Europe. The positions also mean that he will be a GM vice present and member of the GM Executive Committee. The promotion is effective March 1. Curren...

Offers new interior layout options

Renault has refreshed the Kangoo Van with a new face, new dashboard and new optional layouts for the front seats. The changes also apply to the electric Kangoo Z.E. The Kangoo Van is a major seller for Renault; it holds 17.4% of the small van mark...