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McLaren Automotive Appoints New North American Executives

5 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / McLaren Automotive is continuing the series of developments aimed at establishing it as “the most innovative, most successful, and most respected sports car and motorsport business in the worl...

Nissan to Offer Special Training for Leaf Dealers in Europe

5 May 2010, 10:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan’s European dealers will have to follow a massive training program before they start selling the Leaf full-electric car this year, a company’s top executive said, quoted by the Aut...

Side Impact Protection from TRW Automotive

5 May 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive safety systems manufacturer TRW Automotive announced it has released innovative solutions that are designed to protect passengers in side impact crashes. These systems include the 3D Side...

Sutil Says He Has Matured with Force India

5 May 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Adrian Sutil was close to leaving the Force India Mercedes team at the end of the 2009 season, when he held negotiations with a bunch of rival teams for a 2010 seat. The German decided however to ex...

GM Deceptively Advertised Loan Repayment

5 May 2010, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The source of the money GM used to repay the US loan last month is no longer a secret. As the US Treasury admitted, the carmaker did nothing but take money from US' right pocket and put it into...

Schumacher Tests New Mercedes W01 at Rockingham

5 May 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher was the first driver to be given a shot at driving the new-chassis Mercedes W01 prior to this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. As the Brackley based team confirmed it will use a...

Suzuki SX4 Aerio Pricing Released

5 May 2010, 09:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Suzuki has released the pricing for the SX4 Aerio special edition model sold in the UK. The Aerio special edition can be distinguished from the rest of the SX4 range, as it comes with a body-pain...

Audi A1 ft. Justin Timberlake - That Used to Be Me

5 May 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As the star ambassador for Audi in 2010, Justin Timberlake is naturally the main appearance in the latest advertising campaign for what is considered to be the smallest vehicle in Audi's line-u...

Todt Defends Hamilton Amid Criticism

5 May 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Bernie Ecclestone, the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt now defended Lewis Hamilton from the criticism and “aggressive image” associated to him ...

EU to Impose Speed Limiters on Vans and Light Trucks

5 May 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The European Union is planning to impose mandatory speed limiters on vans and light trucks to prevent them from exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h) and to improve their fuel efficiency, according to an EU r...

Rosberg Insists New Chassis Will Suit Him Also

5 May 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the Chinese Grand Prix, Mercedes GP confirmed that it will debut a brand new chassis in Barcelona, whose longer wheelbase will tackle the understeering problems suffered by 7-time world ch...

McLaren Production Center's Development is Ahead of Schedule

5 May 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / McLaren Automotive ‘s new production center, which is currently being built at the company’s global headquarters in Woking, UK is now almost two weeks ahead of its construction schedule,...

BMW Alpina Releases 215 HP D3 Biturbo

5 May 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / German aftermarket specialist Alpina released a new version of its diesel-powered 3-Series based D3 model, the D3 Biturbo. The car is powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder bi-turbo engine developing ...

urbanspace Joins Daimler car2go Program

5 May 2010, 08:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some two weeks before it goes public, Daimler’s car2go car sharing program has another partnership to praise about, being joined by real estate company urbanspace. Company employees and client...

Jenson Button Visits His Former Schools in Frome

5 May 2010, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button's vacation off racing between the Chinese Grand Prix and the race in Barcelona gave the reigning Formula One champion a chance to take a walk down memory lane and visit his former...

Darth Vader Voice for TomTom [Making-Of Video]

5 May 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How would you feel if you were driving down any given road, and at one point your navigation system goes: "Turn left you must..." Pretty neat, huh? Well, it's now possible, thanks to ...

Audi R8 V8 Gets Supercharged by APS

5 May 2010, 07:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The British APS tuner has released a beefy supercharger kit for the Audi R8 V8, helping the supercar turn against its V10 brother. The package comes with a 128 hp premium, allowing the entry leve...

Peugeot RCZ Facebook Competition Looks for the Chosen One

5 May 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / If you’re not having two pennies to rub together, but think you have a creative mind, than this might be your chance of winning one Peugeot RCZ sports coupe. To coincide with the UK launch of ...

Solberg Pre-Tests Citroen C4 in New Zealand

5 May 2010, 07:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While some of his rivals were sailing for bungee jumping from the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Petter Solberg preferred to use the last few days before this weekend's Rally New Zealand to test his ...

New 2.0l Diesel Engine Available for All Volvo Cars

5 May 2010, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish carmaker Volvo announced today the five-cylinder 2.0l turbodiesel engine debuted in the new Volvo S60 is available on all Volvo Cars models. Additionally, five petrol cylinder engines have b...