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A consumer version could be ready in a year

Autonomous cars are coming. There is no denying it. Nissan and Mercedes-Benz have already announced that they will have autonomous cars on the road by 2020. Ford says that its autonomous tech will be on sale by 2025. One more name to the list is R...

The development comes from what GM learned from studying Tesla

Current General Motors CEO Dan Akerson may only have a month left of work, but his final legacy with the company may be its upcoming electric sedan. Early in 2013, Akerson took notice of the rising cache of Tesla and set up a taskforce to stud...

In the past the company has built tuned supercars with over 1,000hp

German auto tuner Mansory is known for creating carbon fiber body kits and power upgrades for some of the most expensive cars in the world, but now it is teasing the development of its own supercar. Mansory calls the car the Mourinho after Che...

It is available as a free download for the game

Need for Speed Rivals is certainly not the choice of the sim racer on consoles, those would be either Forza 5 or Gran Turismo 6 depending on your console of choice, but Rivals will be the only place to experience the new, sixth generation Mustang,...

Currently, the only alternative is the Alpina B7.

Albert Biermann, BMW’s head of engineering for the M division, thinks that there needs to be an M variant of the 7 Series. In the past, BMW had said that there would be not be an M7 because it was not right for its executive sedan, but that ...

The first locally produced vehicles will come in 2016

Renault has signed a €870 million joint venture partnership with Chinese automaker Dongfeng. The deal will including building a new factory in Wuhan, China, with an initial capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year, and the first vehicles are due t...

Orders are open now, and it will be on sale in 2014

Mercedes has unveiled the fifth-generation C-Class, and it will be on sale in the first half of 2014 in Europe. The car gets an all-new platform with better aerodynamics, new engines and 220lb (100kg) of weight savings. "The new C-Class e...

It will still distribute vehicles there

General Motors has announced that it will no longer build cars or engines in Australia by 2017 but still distribute vehicles there and in New Zealand. The Holden brand will continue to exist as GM’s Australian subsidiary but only be responsi...

Its factory driving team for 2014 has over 20 members

Porsche’s 2014 LMP1 class racer has been named the 919 Hybrid to give it a spiritual connection to the famous 917 racecar and Porsche’s latest 918 Hybrid supercar. Porsche is still keeping quiet about technical details about the 91...

It uses VW Group's MQB platform

Seat has been displaying its IBx concept since the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, but the car is finally getting close to launch. Seat had originally planned to have it on sale in 2015, but it has been pushed back slightly for sales to start in 2016. ...