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Jaguar Celebrates 75th Anniversary This Year
Jaguar Celebrates 75th Anniversary This Year

30 Jan 2010, 13:56 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The famous British luxury automotive brand celebrates 75 years in 2010 and announced it’s looking forward for the next 75. Although now owned by Indian car maker Tata Motors, Jaguar has succee...

 
KIA Predicts 26.5 Percent Sales Increase for 2010
KIA Predicts 26.5 Percent Sales Increase for 2010

30 Jan 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / South Korea’s second largest automotive manufacturer, KIA Motors, reported today a record profit for Q4 2009, 603.9 billion won or $520 million. Encouraged by the almost double than predicted ...

 
UK 1000 Registration Plate Sold for 80,000 GBP
UK 1000 Registration Plate Sold for 80,000 GBP

30 Jan 2010, 09:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that the British just love personalized number plates, as it has been proven on different occasions that they are willing to pay incredible amounts of money for one which will fit their per...

 
Jeep Brand to Sponsor the 2010 Winter X Games for the Ninth Time
Jeep Brand to Sponsor the 2010 Winter X Games for the Ninth Time

30 Jan 2010, 13:49 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / American automaker Jeep will be sponsoring the 2010 Winter X Games for the nineth time, with a special on-location venue prepared specifically for the event. The popular winter actions sports event ...

 
Ken Block to Debut Monster Fiesta at Rally America SNO*DRIFT
Ken Block to Debut Monster Fiesta at Rally America SNO*DRIFT

30 Jan 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this week the livery of Ken Block's Rally America Championship 'Open Class' Ford Fiesta was unveiled, American manufacturer Ford announced today that the debut of the ca...

 
Double Diffuser Again Controversial after Ferrari, McLaren Car Launches
Double Diffuser Again Controversial after Ferrari, McLaren Car Launches

30 Jan 2010, 06:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari and McLaren Mercedes have barely presented their 2010 single-seaters these days and already the world of Formula One seems at war. The thing all commotion revolves around is the double diffu...

 
Warsaw Gets London Taxis
Warsaw Gets London Taxis

30 Jan 2010, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Polish Dufort London Taxis company yesterday organized a launching ceremony for the introduction of the London Taxi Service to Warshaw. The event was housed by the company at one of its location...

 
Ford Genuine Parts Better than Copies
Ford Genuine Parts Better than Copies

29 Jan 2010, 16:23 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that sometimes we all get tempted to buy copy parts for our cars instead of genuine parts because genuine parts are more expensive. But a study conducted by the independent Motor Industry R...

 
Mattel Stealth Rides - World’s First Portable RC Cars
Mattel Stealth Rides - World’s First Portable RC Cars

29 Jan 2010, 15:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It's 2010 and we are already living the future, toy wise at least: The Hot Wheels’ creators, Mattel, now give us the world’s first folding RC car, as CNNMoney reports. The toy ...

 
Ford Wins Fleet Popularity Poll
Ford Wins Fleet Popularity Poll

29 Jan 2010, 16:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that the British learned to appreciate Ford, as the car manufacturer gets more and more awards in the UK. After becoming the leader of the car fleet market in 2009, Ford Mondeo was voted &q...

 
Japanese Mayhem: Honda Announces 646,000 Unit Recall
Japanese Mayhem: Honda Announces 646,000 Unit Recall

29 Jan 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re wondering what went wrong with the Japanese auto industry all of a sudden, the answer may be lying in some of the top secret research files of the troubled automakers or in some seri...

 
Unichip Performance Piggy Back Relaunched
Unichip Performance Piggy Back Relaunched

29 Jan 2010, 15:38 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re European and you’re into aftermarket products for your car, ECU tweaks and stuff like that, we have important news for you: UK turbocharger specialist Owen Developments announc...

 
Hamilton Hails Completely Different MP4-25
Hamilton Hails Completely Different MP4-25

29 Jan 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finally pulled the wraps off the new McLaren Mercedes MP4-25, during a media event that was watched by millions (on the team's official website) around the worl...

 
Porsche 911 Sales Plummeted - Overall Sales Fall Cushioned
Porsche 911 Sales Plummeted - Overall Sales Fall Cushioned

29 Jan 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / At the annual general meeting in Stuttgart, Porsche presented the preliminary sales reports for the first half of the 2009/10 which started on the July 31, 2009. The 25 percent decrease register...

 
Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Doesn’t Reduce Crashes
Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Doesn’t Reduce Crashes

29 Jan 2010, 14:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Highway Loss Data Institute decided to bust another contemporary myth: banning cellphones use while driving does not reduce the number of accidents. The study was done by analyzing insurance cla...

 
Toyota Shares Drop for the Sixth Day
Toyota Shares Drop for the Sixth Day

29 Jan 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / This year does not seem to be one of Toyota’s best, as the Japanese manufacturer becomes more and more controversial by the day. Impressive recall numbers come up every 24 hours and it seems l...

 
Fiat 500 Gets Business Award
Fiat 500 Gets Business Award

29 Jan 2010, 14:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Though it has been on the market for two years, the Fiat 500 continues to gather trophies. This year, the little crowd pleaser managed to win the BusinessCar "City Car" award for the secon...

 
Ferrari Cancel Promotional F10 Test on Friday
Ferrari Cancel Promotional F10 Test on Friday

29 Jan 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari will not debut their F10 model on the track this weekend, as poor weather near Maranello forced the Scuderia to cancel their promotional drive of the car on the Fiorano circuit. The drive wa...

 
UPDATE: Raikkonen Crashes Out of Arctic Rally
UPDATE: Raikkonen Crashes Out of Arctic Rally

29 Jan 2010, 13:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kimi Raikkonen's first outing with the Citroen C4 WRC turned out to be a total failure, at least as far as the first day of the Arctic Rally is concerned. During the special stage 2 of the Finn...

 
Ford Fusion Hybrid Gets Bespoke Eco Engine Cover
Ford Fusion Hybrid Gets Bespoke Eco Engine Cover

29 Jan 2010, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / MPC, an U.S. automotive equipment manufacturer and Polyone Corporation, an American polymer materials provider have created an eco-friendly engine cover for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. “Th...