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Chevrolet is currently building special, racing-only COPO Camaros with either a naturally aspirated 427 cubic inch (7.0 liter) V8 or a supercharged 327 cubic inch (5.3 liter) V8. The cars are meant for National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag raci...

The first 2013 SRT Viper GTS was put up for auction at the Barrett-Jackson Orange County on June 23, and it raised $300,000 for the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer. The 2013 Viper uses an all aluminum 8.4 liter V10 mou...

Skoda has completed its 500,000th Superb at its factory in Kvasiny, Czech Republic. The specific car was a white Superb Combi Laurin & Klement. “Half a million Skoda Superb produced – that is a number which makes us p...

The BMW X1 has been a major success for BMW. It has sold 300,000 of them since their introduction in 2009. The compact crossover market is starting to grow with Opel Mokka and Audi Q3. It is about to grow the X1 even further by introducing it to t...

Ford is beginning to pack its cars with technology with Sync and MyFord Touch. Now it is working on decreasing the distraction that those systems cause by monitoring drivers and deciding when they do not need notifications.  Ford calls th...

Jaguar has surprised us with one last car that it is bringing to Goodwood. It has created a research vehicle that it calls the XJ_e plug-in hybrid.  The XJ_e is a parallel hybrid with the company's 2.0 liter, turbocharged four-cylinde...

The Opel Supervisory Board has ratified a new business plan that it hopes will return the company to profitability.  The main points of the plan are developing new products with a new sales strategy. A revised brand strategy. Reducing cos...

Toyota President Akio Toyoda and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer signed a memorandum of understanding today in Munich that the two companies would begin sharing hybrid and fuel cell technology and begin developing new technology together.  ...

Lewis Hamilton is backing the idea for a London Grand Prix. The main McLaren sponsor, Santander Bank, held an event on Thursday, June 28, revealing its proposed route for a grand prix through the streets of London.  "Some other count...

Peugeot-Citroën (PSA) has decided to launch Citroën's DS line of cars in China and market them as French luxury vehicles. French luxury brands are quite popular in China as a sign of status.  PSA will begin selling the DS3, ...