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2010 Nissan GT Academy Winners Announced
2010 Nissan GT Academy Winners Announced

4 Mar 2010, 08:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After five days of intense competition, the eighteen finalists battling against each other at the Silverstone circuit in the UK have been reduced to just two. Yesterday, Nissan announced that Italia...

 
Next Opel Agila without Suzuki Contribution
Next Opel Agila without Suzuki Contribution

4 Mar 2010, 08:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel and Vauxhall will build the next Agila small minivan without Suzuki support, as the Japanese manufacturer will concentrate on its collaboration with Volkswagen. As a result, the two companies w...

 
Eaton Technology to Make Hybrids Greener
Eaton Technology to Make Hybrids Greener

4 Mar 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nowadays, cars are getting greener by the minute, as producers are searching for ways of making their cars more eco-friendly. Just today, Eaton Corporation has announced the introduction of an elect...

 
Corvette Racing C6.R Gets 5.5l V8 for Le Mans
Corvette Racing C6.R Gets 5.5l V8 for Le Mans

4 Mar 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After it already confirmed the return of the Corvette to the 24 Hours of Le Mans following a 50 year hiatus, American manufacturer GM announced yesterday the powerplant which will power the car. ...

 
2011 Ford Mustang 305 HP Gets EPA Certification at 31 MPG
2011 Ford Mustang 305 HP Gets EPA Certification at 31 MPG

4 Mar 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford managed to write a new chapter in the automotive history, thanks to its 2011 Mustang V6, which aside from being the most fuel efficient Mustang built ever is also the firs...

 
GM Appoints New VP of Communications
GM Appoints New VP of Communications

4 Mar 2010, 07:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced that Selim Bingol has been appointed GM vice president of communications and will report to Ed Whitacre, chairman and CEO of the company. Bingol will thus take the ...

 
Nissan Announced 500,000 Vehicle Recall
Nissan Announced 500,000 Vehicle Recall

4 Mar 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After the Toyota recall fiasco, car producers are being more and more careful. Just today Nissan has announced it will recall to inspect and, where necessary, repair brake pedal pins and fuel-gauge ...

 
Stefan GP's Entry Rejected by the FIA
Stefan GP's Entry Rejected by the FIA

4 Mar 2010, 07:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has confirmed that Stefan Grand Prix will not be granted an entry in the 2010 Formula One Championship, despite the fact that US F1's own entry has...

 
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Mansory G-Couture
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Mansory G-Couture

3 Mar 2010, 21:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The name Mansory quickly catches the attention of every car enthusiast out there, especially if taking into account that the German tuning house has became famous thanks to a number of very exclusiv...

 
Lincoln MKS Tuned by Hennessey Performance
Lincoln MKS Tuned by Hennessey Performance

3 Mar 2010, 17:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Lincoln MKS isn’t quite the average automotive target in tuning houses’ crosshairs, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that someone offers a modification program for the car. US-b...

 
Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Bitten by Geiger
Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Bitten by Geiger

3 Mar 2010, 17:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / For those of you who love muscle cars, but feel like you need even more body building under the hood, GeigerCars has prepared a doped version of the 540 HP Mustang Shelby GT500. The German tuner ...

 
Bi-Fuel Propane System Introduced to the U.S. Market
Bi-Fuel Propane System Introduced to the U.S. Market

3 Mar 2010, 17:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Icom North America, an alternative fuel solutions provider, has developed a liquid propane injection technology with potential environmental and fuel economy advantages and will introduce the produc...

 
Nissan Financing Offers a 370Z for £370 per Month
Nissan Financing Offers a 370Z for £370 per Month

3 Mar 2010, 16:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Nissan had just launched a new financing offer, which allows customers to get a 370Z Coupe or Roadster for just £370 per month, using Preferences, Nissan’s person...

 
Hyundai Reports US Sales
Hyundai Reports US Sales

3 Mar 2010, 16:05 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Hyundai had a great year in the United States, as the Korean manufacturer was one of the three automakers that managed to sell more cars in 2009 than in 2008. This year seems to have started just as...

 
Colored Potholes Designed by Italian Students
Colored Potholes Designed by Italian Students

3 Mar 2010, 16:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Two Italian students came up with an idea aimed at improving traffic safety by increasing the visibility of potholes, that are a constant threat to motorists. Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradin...

 
Mercedes-Benz Financial App Expands to Smartphones
Mercedes-Benz Financial App Expands to Smartphones

3 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following the great amount of success registered by its latest iPhone App, Mercedes-Benz announced it is expanding the features to customers using smartphones like BlackBerry, Droid and other mobile...

 
VW Sells One Third More Vehicles in February '10 than '09
VW Sells One Third More Vehicles in February '10 than '09

3 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As with just about all carmakers who posted today the sales figures for February, except Toyota, German carmaker Volkswagen announced it has started the year in style and continued in February by in...

 
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Hyundai i-flow Concept
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Hyundai i-flow Concept

3 Mar 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hyundai attended the 2010 Geneva Auto Show to showcase the i-flow concept model that demonstrated the "company's evocative new form language, fluidic design," as it said in a release....

 
Chrysler Grows 48 Percent Compared to January 2010
Chrysler Grows 48 Percent Compared to January 2010

3 Mar 2010, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's nothing more pleasing for a carmaker which nearly met its maker in 2009 to see itself back on track. Under the Fiat guidance, American carmaker Chrysler announced today its sales figure...

 
Kia Responds Promptly to Venga Seatbelt Issue
Kia Responds Promptly to Venga Seatbelt Issue

3 Mar 2010, 15:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier today, the European New Car Assessment Programme published a new set of crash test scores. Out of the five models included in the latest test batch, the Kia Venga caught our attention, as it...