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Maxime Martin will also join the BMW DTM team

Portuguese driver António Félix da Costa has had a very good day for his racing career with the simultaneous announcements that he will be a reserve driver for Red Bull Racing in Formula One and a driver for the BMW DTM team next sea...

It will be complete in 2016 and be able to build 24,000 cars

Jaguar Land Rover has officially announced its plans to build a £240m ($392 million or €287 million) factory in Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When finished, it will have an initial production capacity of 24,000 vehicles and employ 4...

The concept combines hot hatch and crossover

Audi has announced an unnamed concept for the North American International Auto Show that may be the first public preview for the 2016 Q1. Audi says that the concept will combine a compact sports car and a crossover. It is meant to be sporty like ...

It will only say that the lap was sub-7 minutes

McLaren has released a new video showing off the P1 lapping the Nürburgring from a few months ago, but it has made a grave error. Rather than announcing the car’s actual lap time around the 20.8km racecourse, all McLaren will say is tha...

The final two series that we cover have their final races this weekend

This is the end of the Weekend Motorsports Preview at least for this year. There are two races this weekend, and they are both finales. The Asian Le Mans Series ends its inaugural season, and the Australian V8 Supercar Championship comes to an end...

It will start building cars in China by 2014

Chinese automaker Dongfeng is strengthening its ties to France by forming a $1.3 billion joint venture with Renault. Each side will contribute half of the investment costs. Dongfeng is already partners with PSA Peugeot-Citroën and may buy a s...

It has not committed to a return to factory supported rallying

Toyota has built a prototype Yaris WRC car based on its Yaris R1A rally car to decide whether it wants to make a return to the World Rally Championship. The prototype rally car is being built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Germany that also runs...

It says that the car is inspired by its partnership with Red Bull Racing

Infiniti is bringing a new Formula One-inspired concept car based on the the Q50 to the North American International Auto Show, which begins on January 13. The concept is called the "Q50 Eau Rouge" and is named after the famous corner at...

The car will start competing in 2015

Skoda has announced development of a new R5 class rally car based on the Fabia, and it will have it ready for the 2015 rally season. The car is being developed as a successor to the quite successful Fabia Super 2000 rally car that will continue to...

Instead, the brand will be for niche vehicles like the Corvette

General Motors has decided to cut back the Chevrolet brand in Europe significantly, and it will no longer offer mainstream cars. Instead, it will become a niche brand in Europe that sells cars like the Corvette. It is also making a major inves...