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The link to Mercedes was part of the reason Aston Martin sold to Investindustrial

Aston Martin and Mercedes have begun negotiations on future parts sharing and technical cooperation. Since being sold by Ford, Aston Martin has struggled in the technology race against competitors.  Aston Martin is one of the few remainin...

They will race in the LMP2 class

With Nissan abandoning its sponsorship of Signatech this season so that Alpine can use the car, Nissan has just announced sponsorship of the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan LMP2 car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and their team of three Nissan factor...

Available on all variants of the Caterham Seven

In 1973 Lotus founder Graham Chapman sold the rights to his Lotus model Seven to Caterham Cars founder Graham Nearn who was a successful Lotus dealer. Forty years later, the Seven has become the definitive Caterham models. While it has experimente...

Suggest a 120km/h limit on Autobahns and 80km/h limit of country roads

Debate about whether there should be an autobahn-wide speed limit in Germany has been going on for years, but the topic is flaring up again as a topic in the upcoming German election. The SPD, the country's largest opposition party, and the Gr...

Range Rover Sport will also get 2.0-liter turbo four cylinder

Land Rover will debut the diesel hybrid versions of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. It first announced that the hybrids were coming at the introduction of the Range Rover in late 2012. Both cars will...

Plans to offer significantly more personalization options

Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo is worried about dilution of the Ferrari brand. The company sold a record 7,318 cars last year, and Montezemolo wants to drop that to 7,000 cars or fewer for 2013, not counting the 499 LaFerrari units that will be b...

The scene is being used in a new Giulietta advertisement

The sixth film in the "Fast & Furious" film series had its international debut on May 7 in London, and Alfa Romeo has announced that the Giulietta plays a key role in one of the film's action scenes. Alfa is also starting an adve...

Models include racing models and street cars

Skoda is bringing five sporty models to the Wörthersee-Treffen 2013 including the world premiere for the Skoda Rapid Sport. The meeting that celebrates all things Volkswagen is celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year from May 8 to 11. ...

Sealed bids being accepted now

Items linked to Princess Diana have been gaining value in recent years, and this is not the first time that we have seen a car linked to her go up for auction. COYS auction company will auction Diana's 1994 Audi Cabriolet on June 29 at its auc...

Mini has been donating cars to the Life Ball since 2001

Mini and Roberto Cavalli have debuted the first sketch of the 2013 Life Ball Mini Paceman that Cavalli has designed. Each year since 2001, Mini donates a car to the charity event in Vienna and a famous designer or designers would put his or her pe...