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Aims to improve vehicle efficiency and use of resources

Skoda is launching a new GreenFuture campaign where it will try to increase the company's sustainability, both for its vehicles and the company itself. The goal will be to use 25% less energy and water for vehicle production, make vehicles wit...

Ferrari 458 vs McLaren MP4-12C vs Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

It beggars belief how competitive the junior supercar market has become nowadays. Ferrari has always produced a contender but, for many years, it has had a large proportion of the market to itself. Then, in 2003, its resurgent Italian competit...

Factory will build Datsuns and Renaults

Japanese business newspaper Nikkei reports that Nissan and are planning to open a joint factory in India. The factory, which will be located near its current factory in Chennai, will cost $320 million (€242.8 million) and will&...

Invented by Dunlop for his son

The pneumatic tire celebrates its 125th birthday this year. These ubiquitous rubber rings are on every car, motorcycle and bicycle on the road today and revolutionized personal transport.  Veterinarian John Dunlop invented the pneumatic t...

Has built over 8 million cars in that time

Seat celebrated 20 years of building cars at its Martorell factory on February 22. The factory was built over 34 months with production complete in 1993. Since then it has built over eight million cars. Martorell was the first new Seat factory...

Adds start/stop to available engines

Opel is updating its Movano van for better efficiency by adding start/stop to its engines. It also has other upgrades ready for the van. The 2.3 CDTI 100hp and 125hp panel vans with manual transmissions now come with start/stop. It improves ec...

It uses an array of sensors, cameras and radar to make driving safer

The Cadillac ATS, XTS and SRX are the brand's first three cars to be available with its Driver Assist technology that uses cameras, radar and sensors to make driving theoretically safer.  The system includes adaptive cruise control th...

They think the system will be ready for sale by 2020

BMW and Continental will be testing cars with piloted driving on European roads in 2013 and 2014. They believe that the technology will be ready for sale by 2020. Audi’s CEO made a similar prediction earlier in the month. BMW and Contine...

Check out the novelties from the show

While the overall trend in vehicle sales points downwards in Europe, just one segment is standing out as a ray of hope for manufacturers: the SUV/Crossover class. With the sales share consistently on the rise, no wonder, many of the new models...

Zoe, Octavia, Auris and RAV4 all score five stars

While some car manufacturers present new models at the Geneva Motor Show, Euro NCAP announced the test results for four new cars. The Renault ZOE, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Auris and Toyota RAV4 underwent Euro NCAP’s crash tests and have all ach...