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Brussels Is the Most Congested European City, TomTom Says
Brussels Is the Most Congested European City, TomTom Says

14 Jun 2011, 12:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The results of the latest traffic study from TomTom are in, revealing the 450 most congested hotspots in Europe. Brussels is still topping the chart as the most grid locked city in Europe and conges...

 
GM Ventures Invests in Proterra Electric Busses
GM Ventures Invests in Proterra Electric Busses

14 Jun 2011, 12:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors Ventures LLC has announced it will invest $6 million in Proterra, a leading maker of zero-emission commercial transit buses. Proterra’s EcoRide BE-35 battery electric bus is ave...

 
General Motors of Canada ACE Opens in Ontario
General Motors of Canada ACE Opens in Ontario

14 Jun 2011, 11:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario officially opened the General Motors of Canada Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) today, a state-of-the-art facility fo...

 
Australia Gets the All-new Hyundai Elantra
Australia Gets the All-new Hyundai Elantra

14 Jun 2011, 11:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The all-new 2911 Elantra, a compact sedan which completes Hyundai Motor Company Australia’s line-up in the small segment, is now starting to arrive in showrooms down under. The sedan demonstra...

 
Win a Volvo S60 R-Design in Inside Volvo UK Facebook Giveaway
Win a Volvo S60 R-Design in Inside Volvo UK Facebook Giveaway

14 Jun 2011, 11:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / More and more automakers out there have started using social media websites as a means to promote their cars or to conduct interactive competitions to award their fans. The latest such contest come...

 
GreenGT LMP H2 Unveiled, Expected to Run at 2012 Le Mans
GreenGT LMP H2 Unveiled, Expected to Run at 2012 Le Mans

14 Jun 2011, 11:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Is it just us or are electric cars starting to pop up more and more in the racing world? In Nissan’s case, we can understand that the company wants to prove that the LEAF is just as good as an...

 
Ken Block Confirmed to Test Pirelli F1 Car at Monza
Ken Block Confirmed to Test Pirelli F1 Car at Monza

14 Jun 2011, 10:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In a move set to test the company’s P Zero tires, Pirelli has recently made an official statement announcing that 'Gymkhana' legend and World Rally Championship star Ken Block will d...

 
Akrapovic Morsus Custom Chopper Unleashed
Akrapovic Morsus Custom Chopper Unleashed

14 Jun 2011, 09:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Slovenian aftermarket specialist Akrapovic is known for making some of the finest motorcycle exhausts on the market, being a brand preferred by both race teams and on-road sportbike riders. Now, Bik...

 
DMC Unveils Lamborghini Gallardo Generazioni GT3 LP540 and LP560
DMC Unveils Lamborghini Gallardo Generazioni GT3 LP540 and LP560

14 Jun 2011, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German tuner DMC has just release the GT3 variants of both the Gallardo LP540 and LP560 editions. These aren’t actual racers per say, though they look like they could do the job just fine, but...

 
SEAT Ibiza SC Trophy Cup Racer Presented
SEAT Ibiza SC Trophy Cup Racer Presented

14 Jun 2011, 09:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s GTI tuning event at Worthersee in early June saw a gathering of extremely interesting automotive contraptions, many of them however bound to never see the green light to production...

 
Jaguar XKR-S Participates in Race the Runway Charity Event
Jaguar XKR-S Participates in Race the Runway Charity Event

14 Jun 2011, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Jaguar decided to show its support to The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice and Scottish Burned Children's Club this year by participating in the Race the Runway event. Held at Edinburgh A...

 
New Cats Ready to Pounce: Jaguar XKR-S Convertible and XFR-S Coming
New Cats Ready to Pounce: Jaguar XKR-S Convertible and XFR-S Coming

14 Jun 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Back in March, the Geneva motor show was the stomping ground for a number of refreshed and new Jaguar cars and technologies. Sure, the idea of a big four-door Jag saloon being powered by a little 2....

 
1,250HP Zenvo ST-1 50S Supercar Comes With Free Aspen Wristwatch
1,250HP Zenvo ST-1 50S Supercar Comes With Free Aspen Wristwatch

14 Jun 2011, 08:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Zenvo distributor for the United States was announced back in October 2010, when Red Sea Distribution became the place to be for customers interested in the Zenvo ST1 supercar and the Dartz Komb...

 
AGV Presents the Travis Pastrana AX-8 TP199 Helmet
AGV Presents the Travis Pastrana AX-8 TP199 Helmet

14 Jun 2011, 07:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Dainese-owned helmet brand AGV has developed its top-of-the-line motocross helmet in collaboration with motorsport champs such as David Philippaerts, Deny Philippaerts, Gautier Paulin, Dawid Ciu...

 
2013 Lincoln MKZ Could Be Delayed Until Second Half of 2012
2013 Lincoln MKZ Could Be Delayed Until Second Half of 2012

14 Jun 2011, 07:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford is having a really hard time transforming its Lincoln brand into one that can deliver stand-alone products and not just one that are redesigned Blue Oval ones. Right now, the automaker is busy ...

 
Lexus Breaks the Wall, the Best Is Yet to Come
Lexus Breaks the Wall, the Best Is Yet to Come

14 Jun 2011, 06:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In a move set to highlight the brand’s aim to producing technology that will be relevant not just today, but decades from now, luxury automaker Lexus has debuted a new advertising campaign, ti...

 
2012 VW Beetle Black Turbo Kicks Off Pre-Order Program
2012 VW Beetle Black Turbo Kicks Off Pre-Order Program

14 Jun 2011, 06:27 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Having announced pricing for the new Beetle last week, the North American division of Volkswagen today launched the Vehicle Pre-Order (VPO) program for the model. To mark the launch of the respectiv...

 
Ferrari World Design Contest Moves to Second Phase
Ferrari World Design Contest Moves to Second Phase

13 Jun 2011, 17:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ferrari announced today that the selection process for the first part of the Ferrari World Design Contest has been concluded. The competition, which is a collaboration between the Prancing Horse and...

 
Volkswagen Group of Ireland Appoints New Managing Director
Volkswagen Group of Ireland Appoints New Managing Director

13 Jun 2011, 16:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen’s UK division today announced that Simon Elliott, who currently holds the Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles position, will become Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Irel...

 
First Official Honda CR-Z Mugen Video Revealed
First Official Honda CR-Z Mugen Video Revealed

13 Jun 2011, 15:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Development of the new Honda CR-Z Mungen concept has been going slow and steady, so the factory tuner thought the hybrid track attackers deserves to stretch its legs on some Welsh mountain roads bef...