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One of two cars on the list

A group of British non-profit organizations including the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering are allowing people to vote on the top British innovations of the past and future. Among the technology to vote for are two cars - the BMC Min...

Auction of the car supports HIV and AIDS prevention

Mini has announced that famous fashion designer Roberto Cavalli will create the Mini that will be auctioned at the Life Ball in Vienna on May 25. Famous designers and dignitaries in the fashion industry have been styling Minis since 2001. The cars...

Both cars carried over from last season

There is no Formula 1 race this weekend, which gives the opportunity to look at Mercedes latest safety cars for this season. It has been supplying the safety car to the sport for the last 18 years, and this year it is using the SLS AMG GT as the s...

Mercedes bucking trend of fewer pure electric cars

Mercedes is taking on what appears to be a dying trend with the new, pure EV B-Class Electric Drive that is debuting at the New York Auto Show. It will go on sale in the US in early 2014. While Mercedes has offered the electric B-Class in Europe s...

Cars get updated style with 19in wheels

Volvo had a fairly subdued show in New York, but it announced the V60 will be on sale in the US and a new slate of R-Design models worldwide.  Volvo is not revealing many details for the US-bound V60 yet. It will go on sale in early 2014,...

Volvo's Chinese dealers reported sales that never happened

Volvo has caught its Chinese dealers cheating when reporting sales in 2011 and 2012. After an investigation into its inventory, Volvo found that its Chinese dealers were mis-reporting sales to get cash rebates for hitting sales targets. Volvo ...

Unnamed series will start as support race for USCR

The night before the New York Auto Show opened Grand-Am, DTM and Super GT announced a technical cooperation that will allow DTM and Super GT cars to race in the US. Grand-Am has not given the new racing series a name yet but has indicated that it ...

Likely will occupy space left by SC430

Lexus has confirmed that the LF-LC concept will go into production and likely take the spot in the lineup previously held by the SC430.  “That was (intended as) a concept car, and I think it surprised everybody, including us, when J...

Hopefully in July it’ll be a bit warmer. I say that because when the great and the good of British motoring gathered at Lord March’s Goodwood estate for his hillclimb’s media day we were battling through some of the coldest condi...

Introduced the brand to the US in 2002

Mini has sold 500,000 Mini models in the US since introducing the brand in 2002.  “This milestone is an incredible achievement for MINI, and we’re proud to have so many Motorers as part of the Mini family. 11 years ago, doubte...