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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Shock: BMW As Potential Buyer For Saab?

Now here’s a twist in the road that we didn’t expect. But then again, Saab has been full of unexpected twists and turns. The tortuous experience of the past few years is evidence of this. At the moment, Saab is in bankruptcy, and the liquidators are looking for a new buyer. We’ve heard a lot about this – Chinese suitors potentially interested, the Turkish government (yeah…) and worry over the future of the Saab museum. Today a press conference was held and it was

“Most Powerful Ever” Ferrari F620 GT Set For Launch

The last mid-engined range-topping Ferrari was of course, the Enzo. The way Ferrari structures its lineup, a new mid-engined super exotic comes along every few years – it doesn’t keep one permanently in the lineup.As such the Enzo was limited to 300 units and it didn’t have an immediate replacement. Lamborghini on the other and has continued with the Murcielago and now Aventador, sprinkling in the Reventon in between for good measure. Since the Enzo, the front-engined 599 GTO

Inevitable: Cash-Strapped DeTomaso Sold To The Chinese

In the United States and countries around the world, Chinese cars just haven’t caught on yet. There is a reason for that. Despite being cheap, they are near-universally regarded as poor quality, and more importantly, dangerous to drive. We’ve all seen the videos of Chinese car crash tests. Once they do get their act together with quality and safety, the key will then be marketing. Geely and Chery aren’t the best names (sarcasm alert) in reaching new audiences. Rather than

V-8-Powered Cadillac ATS-V Previewed in Rendering

Cadillac ATS and Tesla Model S – the are our two most anticipated launches of 2012. Early last month the ATS was launched at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, just ahead of the North American International Auto Show. With the ATS, the freshly-redesigned F30 3-Series will get some of its stiffest competition ever. With the CTS and particularly CTS-V, Cadillac has proven it can compete in the performance arena. The CTS-V is consistently ranked right up there with the best German

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Mercedes AMG launches new SL63 with W03 F1 car in Barcelona [w/videos]

Filed under: Motorsports , Convertible , Performance , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury , Racing Any outfit with the cash can buy a Formula One team. Integrating it into an existing automaker, however, isn't an overnight proposition. Both Lotus and Caterham are currently undergoing that process, but so is Mercedes-Benz . The German automaker bought out what was then the World Champion Brawn GP team (previously known as Honda and before that, as British American Racing) a couple of years ago as

New Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG revealed

Mercedes-Benz used today's Formula One test session at Barcelona as the backdrop for the unveiling of its latest performance car, the SL63 AMG.

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Tata will double annual investments in Jaguar Land Rover

Tata Motors will double investments in its Jaguar Land Rover brands to $2.4 billion a year, even as the Indian automaker warned that it will be a challenge to sustain high margins at its key profit generator.

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Ford concept hints at design of next light-duty Transit van

Ford will take the wraps off the Tourneo Custom concept next month at the Geneva auto show, a styling exercise that shows the design direction for the redesigned Ford Transit.

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PSA Peugeot says it's exploring alliances; GM cited as partner in reports

PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's No. 2 automaker, said it is in talks to explore alliances but did not name its possible partners, after media reports said it was in advanced discussions with GM.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

NHTSA Investigates GM, Toyota Vehicles for Door Fires

Some 309,000 GM vehicles and 830,000 Toyota vehicles are under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for driver's side door fires, according to MSNBC. Certain ...

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Cars.com Reviews the 2012 GMC Terrain

GMC's midsize SUV was new for 2010 and received minor updates for 2012, but according to Cars.com Managing Editor David Thomas, there really wasn't much to fix. In fact, it's pretty ...

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Auto Bailout Antagonism Isn't Likely To Shut Down Romney

The narrative goes like this: In a state dependent on auto manufacturing and its offshoots, any candidate not on board with the industry's rescue is doomed to electoral failure. While that ...

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Victory Nissan dealership sold

In an interview on Monday, Alan Reuber said he was the buyer. Reuber said he's been in the car business for 30 years, and had initially asked former owner Jeffrey Cappo about buying his ...

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IndyCar teams still learning safer, faster cars

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -; Dario Franchitti and the rest of the IndyCar drivers and teams are still in the homework phase a month from the season opener, getting a handle on new cars that are deemed ...

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Bentley Continental GT W12 To Get Upgrades; V-8 Gets The Attention

Bentley has always been associated with twelve-cylinders. 12-cylinders haven’t ever made their way into the mainstream because of their impracticality and (to some) needless complexity. But, luxury hasn’t always been about what makes sense, and that is why Bentleys have had them standard for years. Times are changing though, and for the best-selling Continental GT, Bentley decided to make an eight-cylinder available for the first time in 2012. The eight-cylinder is the entry-level

Despite DOE Loan Issues Fisker Says It Is “Viable, Self Funded”

Anyone with experience in the automotive industry realizes there is extraordinary financial challenges in launching a new car. Today’s development programs run in the hundreds of millions. With such an established marketplace, many investors don’t have either the wherewithal or the want to support such a long-scale project. Until now, Fisker has largely escaped this reality and done really well for itself. Like Tesla, hundreds of millions have been invested from private investors.

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Caterham axes Trulli in favor of Petrov before season starts

Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs The off-season in Formula 1 is not without its typical game of musical chairs: this driver moves there, that one is axed in favor of another, and some are left without a seat when the music starts again. But typically once the cars are launched, the contracts are signed and that's that. So when Caterham beat its rivals to the punch by unveiling its new car, we figured we'd heard the last of the driver shuffles for the season. But that wasn't

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