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The electric vehicle division of this summer's Pike's Peak International Hillclimb is turning out to be one of the most watched and anticipated, with entries such as a full-race spec Mitsubishi i-MiEV and a ...    Read more

Toyota announced a $30 million investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky plant a week and a half ago to increase engine production by 100,000 units. But the company has even bigger plans for ...    Read more

Carroll Shelby has been the subject of many a blog post and article over the past week and a half since his passing. Over the course of his almost nine-decade life, Shelby was involved ...    Read more

Sorry, cannabis aficionados, we're not talking about your favorite comedy duo from the 70s and 80s. But we are talking about the high-power muscle of the 2013 Ford Shelby GT 500, and what its prodigious power output can do to a set of high-performance radials. Before we go further, we ...    Read more

The latest in the line of a long racing heritage, Peugeot will debut the rally-spec 208 R2 this week at the Tour de Corse race in France. The R2 is ...    Read more

Following the enthusiastic public reception of the Cross Up! and Buggy Up! concepts that debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen is reportedly considering an Up!-based SUV, according to the German newspaper Handelsblatt. SUVs are one of the fastest-growing vehicle ...    Read more

A total of 107 employees at Mazda North American headquarters in Irvine, California have accepted the company’s buyout offer after a memo was circulated by CEO of North American Operations Jim O’Sullivan in March, according to ...    Read more

Best known for his successful racing career in the CART series in the 1990s, Alex Zanardi was involved in a serious racing accident in September 2001 in Germany, resulting in the amputation of both his legs. For many professional drivers, this would be time to hang up their suits and ...    Read more

In the latest development stretching over several years and involving the largest recall in the company’s history, Toyota did get some welcome news from a ruling from a U.S. District Court in California. Judge James Selna’s ruling Friday effectively bars plaintiffs in Florida and New York state from suing Toyota ...    Read more

You might not recognize Catrinel Menghia by name, but if you watched this year’s Super Bowl and saw the Fiat 500 Abarth “seduction” ad, then you’ll immediately recognize her. Menghia continues her role as the ...    Read more

Now three years past its humbling 2009 restructuring, General Motors is once again looking at strengthening its strategic alliances with other automakers. Earlier this year, ...    Read more

Although offered with an optional turbocharged engine and even the ultra-rare VR6-powered RS model, the previous-generation Volkswagen New Beetle could never quite totally shake its “chick car” image. The 2012 model has a shape and styling designed to appeal to a ...    Read more

It was once the brand that specialized in “surprise and delight” with its elegant and innovative engineering, responsive controls and a general level of class-leading refinement and sophistication. But Honda’s models are suddenly no longer the class leaders they once were, being upstaged by the Koreans, and a resurgent and ...    Read more

It’s only been about three years since Chrysler has been absent from the Chinese market, but it is making a grand re-entry with two models designed specifically to appeal to China’s large and growing middle class. Addressing the market’s high demand for both large sedans and SUVs, the company is ...    Read more

If the regular Jaguar XJL Supersport simply isn’t exclusive or ‘bespoke’ enough for you, then you’ll be excited to hear of the latest Jaguar flagship, the 2013 Jaguar XJ Ultimate. Ringing the register at a patrician $155,875, the Ultimate is approximately $40,000 more than the XJL Supersport, and $15-20,000 more ...    Read more

Although its awareness has gone mainstream among consumers, Earth Day dates back more than four decades, to 1970. The first Earth Day pre-dated the 1973 oil crisis that first brought the issue of petroleum dependence to the national consciousness by a few years, but with fuel prices now averaging around ...    Read more

Ford previously announced that a lineup of four crossovers would be announced for the Chinese market for the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. We predicted they would be the global EcoSport B-class crossover, Kuga, Edge and Explorer. Turns out we were right on target, with those four models being officially announced ...    Read more

The Spice Girls have long since faded into the annals of late 20th Century pop culture. But Victoria Beckham has gone on to have a successful career with a bespoke fashion brand, and went on to win the Designer Brand of the Year award at the 2011 British Fashion Awards. ...    Read more

It all started in January of this year with Heather Peters rejecting Honda’s class-action settlement to give Civic owners disgruntled over poor fuel economy $100-200 and a rebate on the purchase of a ...    Read more

We saw some photos of it a few days ago, with the information that it would be at the Beijing Auto Show this coming week. But we’ve since found out that the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe also made ...    Read more

Despite a series-imposed penalty, Chevrolet dominated the top 10 results of both NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Texas Motor Speedway, and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Chevrolet-powered cars took eight of the top 10 spots in the ...    Read more

General Motors enthusiast site GMInsidenews.com is reporting the 2013 Chevrolet Volt will get some changes to its EV mode functions and appearance for the new model year. Coming from a source that claims to have seen the ...    Read more

Although some may argue the purest essence of the modern Ferrari is embodied in the 458 Italia and the astoundingly powerful 730 hp F12 Berlinetta, the ...    Read more

We may not all be getting tax refunds this year, but according to CNN Money, the average American household will be getting $2913 back. Depending on if you’re part of the 99 Percent or the 1 Percent, that’s either a whole lot of scratch, or a dinner out with your ...    Read more

We sometimes forget that Twitter is more than just about snide celebrity comments, the location of your favorite food truck, or yet another distraction for teens and twentysomethings behind the wheel. Smart Argentina used the short messaging service to do an innovative animated campaign for its Fortwo microcar in the ...    Read more