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As the years go by people get more and more comfortable at the wheel and start developing habits that can be unsafe. The volume on the radio goes up, the rearview mirror is not checked as often and both hands don't get to be used at the same time as much. But driving is serious business, you are not only responsible for your life but also for the lives of all people that cross your ...

Peugeot and its Chinese joint venture partner Dongfeng sold 45,303 cars in April, a 37% increase over the previous April. Sales for the first four months of the year are up 32% to 187,978 cars for Peugeot-Dongfeng in China. The sales have beat the 13% average growth from the Chinese market.  Peugeot builds seven models in Chins -the 207, 307, 308, 408, 508 and 3008. It says that the ...

The South Korean auto market is changing rapidly with imported auto sales increasing from 28% to 41% of the market in the past two years. The sales surge is caused by lower tariffs on imported cars that often make foreign luxury brands cheaper than domestics. The historically higher tariffs had kept imported car sales small. For example, a BMW 528i is now about 17% cheaper than Kia's ...

Market research company Millward Brown has released its annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands survey. Apple was ranked as the most valuable brand in the world for the third consecutive year with an estimated value of $185.1 billion, up 1.2% from the previous year. Google was second highest with a value of $113.7 billion The study measures brand value based in interviews with ...

Land Rover intends to make major changes for its next generation of trucks. Plans for the next generation Defender to continue to be a hardcore off-roader have been scrapped, and the next generation will be more of a soft roader like the Evoque. The Freelander name will be dropped in Europe in favor of the car being a variant of the Discovery. In the future, Land Rover will be defined by three ...

We will likely get to see the jointly developed BMW and Toyota hybrid sports car before the end of the year, likely at the Tokyo Motor Show on November 22. The car is a side project related to BMW and Toyota co-developing lithium-air batteries for automotive use, and BMW supplying Toyota with diesel engines. "Toyota is strong in environment-friendly hybrids and fuel cells. I believe ...

Renault has worked with Red Bull in the past to build special edition Megane RS cars, but it has just announced the new Megane Renault Sport Red Bull Racing RB8 that is inspired by Red Bull and Renault's win of the World Constructors' Championship last year.  All of the cars will come in Crépuscule Blue, which is considered one of the official colors of Red Bull, ...

Audi has a plan to increase sales that will make driving enthusiasts in much of the world very happy. Its plan is to focus on performance-oriented models in the near future, especially in North America. Even if the cars, like the A3 sedan, are not especially sporty, they will be marketed like they are. The belief is that sporty models can be sold at premium prices, which means high profit ...

BMW says that it has absolutely no plans to return to Formula 1, even has an engine supplier. Bernie Ecclestone started the rumor of its return for the 2015 season. For the foreseeable future, BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt says that the company will focus on DTM and sports car racing. "I don't know with whom Bernie spoke. We are right on top of our current program, ...

Peugeot is bringing its range of performance models like the 208 GTi and RCZ to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 11-14 and will be driving 600hp Onyx hybrid supercar concept up the hill during the event.  The Onyx was first shown during the 2012 Paris Motor Show. It is a carbon fiber-bodied supercar with a 3.7-liter V8 diesel engine equipped with electric motors to deliver a ...