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It contains rose gold and sapphire crystals

Imagine all of the things that can be done with $84,000. It is just $300 away from a standard Porsche 911 with no options in the US, or you could buy a Bugatti belt buckle. Roland Iten is a maker of mechanically complicated belt buckles, credi...

Sales rise will be in single digits

December marked the first signs that auto sales in France, Italy and Spain may be starting to rebound. French sales rose 9%; Spain rose 18%, and Italy rose 1%. While sales in Northern Europe had already begun to rebound, Southern Europe had lagged...

More diesel, petrol and hybrid engines are coming

The new Mercedes C-Class will not be revealed until the North American International Auto Show next week, but Mercedes is already discussing the future engines coming to the car. After the launch of the three initial engines, Mercedes will add...

It will build engines for the March and Versa

Nissan is adding a new $60 million engine plant to its Brazilian factory campus in 2014 that will be able to build 200,000 engines a year and employ 200 people. The factory will be built in a converted building at Nissan’s Vehicle Plant ...

It has been engineered specifically for Europe

Nissan wants to become a bigger player in Europe and plans to take on the market leading Golf directly with a new five-door hatchback. The new car is currently testing in Europe. The new model will be revealed later in 2014 and styling will be...

It would compete against the BMW X4

Mercedes is planning to add a stylish five-door coupe crossover based on the GLK-Class that will take on the upcoming BMW X4. The truck is slated to go on sale in 2017. The model would be lower and more coupe-like than the standard GLK but sha...

It will be available in most of its vehicles by the end of the year

General Motors’ OnStar system is getting a major upgrade this summer with the ability to act as a 4G LTE hotspot. Chevrolet’s MyLink infotainment system will also be upgraded with an AppShop that will allow buyers to download apps to t...

It includes Pandora, in-car WiFi and can find parking spots

Volvo Cars has partnered with Ericcson to develop connected car services for its future cars, and it debuted the latest evolution of its Sensus Connect infotainment system that will be available on future cars. It showed the new technologies at th...

Discovery XXV celebrates the model's 25th anniversary

Land Rover has unveiled a new Discovery XXV Special Edition as a celebration of the 25th anniversary year of the original launch of its versatile family SUV. First launched in Plymouth, UK in 1989, the Discovery combination of contemporary des...

The original car was an immediate success

In many ways the modern car-based crossover can be traced back directly to Toyota RAV-Four concept shown as a design study at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1989. The production RAV4 that was first shown at the 1994 Geneva Motor Show and went on sale in ...