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Honda Recalls 1.5 Million Accord, CR-V and Element Vehicles
Honda Recalls 1.5 Million Accord, CR-V and Element Vehicles

5 Aug 2011, 14:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Honda today announced a voluntary recall on three of its models, accounting for approximately 1.5 million vehicles. According to Honda, the problem has been identified...

 
French Cars Landing in Ireland: Citroen to Open Retail Group
French Cars Landing in Ireland: Citroen to Open Retail Group

5 Aug 2011, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Citroen Retail Group will open a new retail premises in Dublin before the end of 2011. The new showroom, which will also act as the new headquarters for Citroen Ireland, will be the first Irish ...

 
E. Bullivant 1927 Bentley to Go Under the Hammer
E. Bullivant 1927 Bentley to Go Under the Hammer

5 Aug 2011, 14:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / What Bonhams considers to be one of the most significant surviving Bentleys in the world today, the E. Bullivant 1927 Bentley Sports Tourer is to be sold at the Quail Lodge auction on August 18-19 i...

 
1964 Lincoln Popemobile Goes on Sale for $350,000
1964 Lincoln Popemobile Goes on Sale for $350,000

5 Aug 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Here is one car that will not bring you closer to God but it will definitely be an eye catcher on the streets. It will definitely bring its owner a lot of soul peace while driving the “holy&rd...

 
Volkswagen Boosts Commercial Vehicle Sales in the UK
Volkswagen Boosts Commercial Vehicle Sales in the UK

5 Aug 2011, 14:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The German automotive giant has seen demand for the latest range of vans and people carriers from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles increase strongly in the UK during the first half of the year. Subseq...

 
Toyota to Build Electric RAV4 in Canada
Toyota to Build Electric RAV4 in Canada

5 Aug 2011, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / We already knew Toyota plans to make the RAV4 EV available to the general public, but they were still lacking a final site for production. It now looks that the automaker has finally decided to manu...

 
Ford Working on New Focus RS, Could Offer 350 HP from 2.0L EcoBoost
Ford Working on New Focus RS, Could Offer 350 HP from 2.0L EcoBoost

5 Aug 2011, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We have to admit that for a while now, we were afraid the Focus RS had sung its swan song with the “current” generation. The monster is a growling, snarling brute of a car that seems to ...

 
Ferrari EGO Concept, a Supercar for the Year 2025
Ferrari EGO Concept, a Supercar for the Year 2025

5 Aug 2011, 13:41 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The EGO (Emotional Generation One) Concept was dreamed up as a compact sportscar focused on emotional content and driving experiences. The next generation Ferrari concept was pencilled by designers ...

 
Zagato Denies Any Involvement in Scagliarini's 504cze, Threatens With Legal Action
Zagato Denies Any Involvement in Scagliarini's 504cze, Threatens With Legal Action

5 Aug 2011, 13:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A couple of days ago, we were reporting on the latest project from the Colorado-based specialists at Scagliarini Motorsports, who have been commissioned by a UAE customer to build its take on the FI...

 
New BMW X3 xDrive20i and xDrive35d Coming This Fall
New BMW X3 xDrive20i and xDrive35d Coming This Fall

5 Aug 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker BMW today announced the X3 range will expand from autumn 2011 with the addition of the BMW X3 xDrive20i and the BMW X3 xDrive35d. The new BMW X3 lineup will thus come wit...

 
Renault Samsung SM7 Will Hit Showrooms in Mid-August, Pricing Announced
Renault Samsung SM7 Will Hit Showrooms in Mid-August, Pricing Announced

5 Aug 2011, 12:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve seen the concept, enjoyed the full production version, and ‘marveled’ just how much it looks like the Latitude once you get inside. Now the all-new SM7 is getting close to th...

 
Fisker Plans More Versions of the Karma
Fisker Plans More Versions of the Karma

5 Aug 2011, 13:05 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / After just started deliveries on its Karma range extended-electric car Fisker Automotive has already stared making plans for releasing other models. The future technology car manufacturer has ambiti...

 
Jaguar E-Type Celebration Heads to Goodwood Revival
Jaguar E-Type Celebration Heads to Goodwood Revival

5 Aug 2011, 12:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Goodwood’s second big event of the year will honor the 50th celebration of the iconic Jaguar E-Type with the greatest race of significant competition models ever to be seen in a single spot. T...

 
U.K. Company Develops Wireless EV Charging Technology
U.K. Company Develops Wireless EV Charging Technology

5 Aug 2011, 12:26 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As the electric vehicle era seems to be getting closer a bit sooner than expected, every manufacturer out there tries to adapt its range of products in order to keep the pace with the EV era arrival...

 
Le Mans Heads to Silverstone for 6-Hour Endurance Race This Weekend
Le Mans Heads to Silverstone for 6-Hour Endurance Race This Weekend

5 Aug 2011, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audis, Astons and Ferraris - all will show their endurance credentials this weekend, this time on British soil. The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and Le Mans Series are preparing for the 2011 Autospo...

 
Delahaye Presents the Bugatti Type 57S Bella Figura Coupe
Delahaye Presents the Bugatti Type 57S Bella Figura Coupe

5 Aug 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The American specialists at Delahaye USA have spent no less than three years working on the project you see in the adjacent images. In what they consider to be a carbon fiber tribute to Jean Bugatti...

 
Ford's Alan Mulally Brings 2012 Ford Focus Electric to the Letterman Show
Ford's Alan Mulally Brings 2012 Ford Focus Electric to the Letterman Show

5 Aug 2011, 11:27 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally added a new victory to his hero status by appearing Wednesday night on CBS-TV’s Late Show with David Letterman, bringing along the 2012 Ford Focus Electric. Lette...

 
New Audi 1.8 TFSI Engine: 170 HP and 5.7L/100Km
New Audi 1.8 TFSI Engine: 170 HP and 5.7L/100Km

5 Aug 2011, 10:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The brand with four rings today released details regarding its completely revised 1.8 TFSI engine, which will be fitted in the updated Audi A5 family. The turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline unit co...

 
Volvo Truck Driven One Million Kilometers on One Clutch
Volvo Truck Driven One Million Kilometers on One Clutch

5 Aug 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Phil Moore, an experienced truck driver who works for manufacturer EBC Brakes in Northampton, has just finished driving 1 million kilometres on the same clutch. He’s quite proud of his achieve...

 
General Motors Prepares Ontario Plant to Build Cadillac XTS
General Motors Prepares Ontario Plant to Build Cadillac XTS

5 Aug 2011, 10:09 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors readies its assembly facility in Oshawa, Ontario for the build of the new Cadillac XTS luxury sedan by investing $117 million securing this way 400 jobs at the facility. When GM fille...