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It will be styled after the Etherea concept

Infiniti is working on bringing its Etherea concept to the road that will mix the premium compact hatch and crossover together.  Nissan head of product planning says that it will the car will be “between the Audi A3 and Audi Q3...

The game includes all of the cars and tracks from the previous edition

"Gran Turismo 6" will go on sale for the Sony PlayStation 3 this holiday season. Sony announced that the game will have all of the cars and tracks from "Gran Turismo 5" plus a new game engine and new content. Only a few of thos...

Fixed pricing for parts, servicing and operating system upgrades

Ford UK has competed an £7.5m to its vehicle service infrastructure that it is calling Ford BlueService. The upgrades include a free electronic vehicle health check, booking service appointments online and a helpline. It is also fixing ...

The center focuses on holistic auto research from science to law

General Motors will join the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University so that it can recruit top students focusing on the automotive industry in science, technology, engineering, math, law and business. Mary Barra, GM head of glo...

Charges would have to be translated into English before being filed

A report from the Süddeutsche Zeitung indicates that the Munich prosecutor may be prepared by the end of May to file charges against Bernie Ecclestone for alleged bribery. It may be the end of June before the charges are officially filed beca...

Inductive charging in production version will be based on regional availability

Infiniti is working on its own variant of the Nissan Leaf, and the company's product planner Andy Palmer says that the car will use inductive charging on a region-by-region basis. The Infiniti EV will have completely unique styling compare...

It expects 70,000 visitors at the track

Opel expects that 70,000 fans and 20,000 cars will show up at the Oschersleben track in Germany from May 29 to June 2 for its 18th annual fan festival. This year is the 12th year that the fan festival will take place at Oschersleben.&nbs...

Mercedes revolutionizing the car's design roughly every three generations

Mercedes unveiled its new S-Class last week, and while the car does not push the limits of automotive design, it is a handsome evolution of S-Class style. Style is important when buying a car that costs as much as some homes. Wealthy buyers do...

Three new models entering US this year

In an interview with Automotive News, BMW North America CEO Ludwig Willisch said that it will also introduce the 3 Series GT, 4 Series coupe and new X5 later this year. The X4 will come in the first half of next year. It will also add updated dies...

Car went to a buyer in Paris

Nissan is celebrating a sales milestone for the Leaf by selling its 10,000th model in Europe. The car went to Sylvie Lailler in Mantes-la-Jolie, near Paris. She says she plans on using the car in her work visiting elderly patients.  ...