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General Motors has three of the six finalists

The 2014 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Finalists have been announced whittling down the original lists of nominees to three vehicles in each category. General Motors dominates this year’s lists with two of the three Car of...

It will begin with a test in Renault Zoes.

Renault is partnering with telecommunications company Orange to bring 4G/LTE to its cars. The rollout will start with a research project between the companies with the intention of having 4G in cars in a few years. Orange has rolled out 4G at ...

The car uses a four-cylinder engine with two energy recuperation systems

Mark Webber has made is debut for Porsche while testing its 2014 World Endurance Championship LMP1 racer at the Algarve circuit in Portugal. Porsche has finally revealed that its LMP1 car will use a direct-injected four-cylinder engine with tw...

It will also introduce Hyundai's Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 design language

It appears that the second half of the decade may see the first wide sales of fuel cell vehicles. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai have all announced plans to have fuel cell vehicles on sale by around 2015. Hyundai is unveiling a concept fuel cell vehicl...

It will be Mclaren's entry-level vehicle with styling based on the P1

When McLaren launched the 12C, it announced that it would release one new car or variant every year at least through the release of its Porsche 911 fighter. That car, codenamed P13, is due to be revealed in 2014 and go on sale in early 2015. T...

It will debut at the North American International Auto Show

Volvo has revealed its Concept XC Coupe that will publicly debut at the North American International Auto Show on January 13. It is the first tease of what the next generation XC90 crossover will look like when it goes on sale in 2014. Like th...

It is hoping for its third consecutive victory

Mini is aiming for a third consecutive overall win in the Dakar Rally in 2014. This year’s event runs from January 5-18. This year’s event covers 13 special stages in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. One major change to this year&rsqu...

It will be shown first as a coupe and later as a production version

Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum says that he has “finished design work” on the company’s upcoming smaller sedan. The company plans to reveal it as a concept at the Paris Motor Show in October and unveil the production version a...

The Hyundai i20 WRC Will Make Its Debut in the Monte Carlo Rally

At the official unveiling of its 2014 i20 WRC that will make its competition debut at the 2014 Rallye Monte Carlo in January, Hyundai also announced the creation of its new N performance brand that will build high performance Hyundai models for Eu...

CEO Dan Akerson will step down on January 15

General Motors has promoted Mary Barra from head of Global Product Development to be the company’s next Chief Executive Officer. Current CEO Dan Akerson will step down on January 15, 2014. Barra will be the first female CEO of the Big Three ...