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  • 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender

    Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to construct a new vehicle plant in Slovakia, following months of negotiations with the local government. The plant will be located in the western city of Nitra and start operations in 2018. ALSO SEE: New VW Bus To Enter Production In 2017, Potential Concept Version Teased Jaguar Land Rover considered other locations, including in the United States and Mexcio, but ultimately went with Slovakia due to its close proximity to major suppliers as well as its logistics infrastructure. Recall that the small country is already home to plants for Kia, PSA Peugeot...

  • McLaren P1
    McLaren Builds Final P1

    It may have taken a little more than two years but McLaren has finally built its final P1. Production of the 375th and final car has just been completed, bringing the curtain down on one of the most advanced and dynamically accomplished supercars ever made. It was at the 2012 Paris Auto Show that...

  • Koenigsegg Agera RS chassis #128 under construction - the first U.S.-spec Koenigsegg
    Work Starts On First U.S.-Spec Koenigsegg

    Recently, we brought you news that the Agera RS supercar would be the first Koenigsegg fully homologated for sale in the United States, and that the first U.S.-spec example would bear chassis #128. Well, work on the Agera RS with chassis #128 has commenced and as promised Koenigsegg is fully...

  • First Bentley Bentayga rolls off Crewe assembly line
    First Bentley Bentayga Rolls Off Assembly Line

    The ultra luxury SUV is a vehicle class nobody needs but it's about to become a big success for Bentley. Well, it better anyway, as the British luxury automaker has a lot of eggs in that basket. The first 2017 Bentayga SUV rolled off the assembly at the company's assembly plant in Crewe, England on...

  • Mercedes-AMG engine production
    Mercedes-AMG To Start New Engine Production Line To Meet Demand

    Strong demand for its high-performance cars has forced Mercedes-AMG to open up a new production line for engines. Currently, the official Mercedes-Benz tuner produces all of its V-8 and V-12 engines at its main facility in Affalterbach, Germany, but from February 2016 all V-12s will be built at a...

  • 2015 Buick Envision (Chinese spec)
    Chinese-Made Buick Envision In U.S. By Early 2016: Report

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] may be the first major American automaker to sell a Chinese-made vehicle in the United States. It’s being reported GM has decided to bring over its Buick Envision to the U.S. from China by early 2016. The information was first reported by The Wall Street...

  • Faraday Future

    In August, we first learned of the plans of Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting for a new electric car company rivaling Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. It turns out Yueting’s electric car startup is the same Faraday Future that we reported on one month prior. Faraday Future is a company based in California promising to start production of an electric car by as early as 2017. The company is said to have already hired hundreds of staff, many of whom were handpicked from automakers such as Tesla, Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and BMW. One of them was Nick Sampson, a former Tesla executive and currently...

  • 2016 Lexus ES production in Georgetown, Kentucky
    Lexus Rules Out Building Cars In China On Quality Fears

    While many major automakers have been building cars in China for years, with Volvo even exporting a Chinese-built car to the United States, Lexus has resisted the move and is quite happy to stay that way for decades. This despite the potential for huge cost savings due to the high import duties...

  • 2015 Dodge Viper SRT TA 2.0
    Dodge Viper To Die In 2017

    The United Auto Workers union representing employees at numerous automotive plants in the United States has ratified its contract with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU], and that means the end of the Dodge Viper. WATCH: LaFerrari, P1 And 918 Spyder Finally Tested Together: Video As Allpar first...

  • Ferrari headquarters in Maranello, Italy
    Ferrari upping production to 9,000 cars annually by 2019

    Ferrari is on track to reverse a decision made by former Chairman Luca di Montezemolo to limit annual production at about 7,000 cars, no doubt to the ire of current owners. The 7,000-car limit was instigated by di Montezemolo as a way to maintain Ferrari’s exclusivity when most rivals are...

  • TVR's 'Back in Britain' pledge
    Reborn TVR Sells Out First Year’s Production Allocation In Six Weeks

    TVRs have always been a niche product, but it appears there’s plenty of pent-up demand for a new one because the company has managed to sell a year’s production allocation for a new sports car in just six weeks—without even showing any of the car or revealing how much it will...

  • 2015 Ford Ranger for global markets
    Ford Ranger Mid-Size Pickup May Return To U.S. In 2018

    Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] fans in the United States have missed out on the latest Ranger but that may eventually change if a new report proves accurate. The mid-size pickup made its debut in 2009 during the height of the global financial crisis, thus the decision was made not to offer it locally...

  • 2015 Buick LaCrosse

    It seems that Buick might be packing up some of its manufacturing and venturing overseas. That's the rumor according to a report from Reuters, which states that the bulk of the Buick lineup could be built overseas from as early as 2016. With as strong a presence as the automaker has in China, it's not a massive shock to see them make such a move...still, it's a move that could rattle the remaining Buick faithful. After 2016, reportedly just two models will be built here in the United States. A redesigned LaCrosse is due in the very near future and will be built in Michigan at the Hamtramck...

  • First Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R rolls off the line at Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan
    First Ford Mustang Shelby GT350Rs Roll Off The Line At Flat Rock Plant

    It’s a great week for muscle car fans all around the country as the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has started building customer examples of the new Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350Rs. The cars are built at the same Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan responsible for the standard Mustang and the...

  • 2017 Acura NSX
    Acura NSX Starting Production Next Spring, Arriving As 2017 Model

    If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new NSX supercar, be prepared to wait a little longer. Acura has confirmed that production of its hybrid supercar has been pushed back until the spring of 2016, with the main cause of the delay being the decision to switch the layout of the...

  • 2015 Land Rover Defender ‘2,000,000’
    Land Rover Defender Production To Extend Into 2016 Due To Strong Demand: Report

    Land Rover’s Defender is officially slated to end production this December, but a report is out claiming production may be extended into 2016 due to strong demand for the iconic off-roader. If true, Land Rover’s ongoing celebrations for the Defender’s final year in production may...

  • Lincoln Continental concept, 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
    Lincoln Continental To Be Built At Ford’s Flat Rock Plant In Michigan

    Lincoln is in the process of overhauling its lineup, as well as introducing some brand new additions, and the next model we’re likely to see is a flagship sedan that will revive the Continental nameplate and serve as a replacement for the aging MKS. The new Continental was previewed in...

  • 2015 Honda Civic Type R production in Swindon, United Kingdom
    Honda Civic Type R Production Gets Underway In U.K.

    Production of Honda’s new Civic Type R hot hatch is finally underway at the Honda plant in Swindon, England. The plant is the global hub for the Civic Hatchback, meaning it will also be supplying the United States with cars once the new Civic range goes on sale here in the fall. Other Civic...

  • Jaguar C-X17 concept, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show

    A just-announced partnership with contract automobile assembler Magna Steyr means Jaguar Land Rover will soon begin building vehicles in Austria. The company also has factories in China and Brazil, and the move is not expected to impact its core U.K. operations, where design and engineering will remain. The deal is yet another milestone for Jaguar Land Rover, which has undergone a tremendous turnaround since being acquired by Indian giant Tata in 2007. The first vehicle produced in Austria will likely be the compact SUV Jaguar is said to be developing to reside in its lineup below the...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
    Raising Hell: Supercharged 6.2-Liter Hellcat Engine Production To Jump

    Earlier this month, we brought you news that the oft-rumored Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk had received the green light for production, and that a Hellcat version complete with 6.2 liters of supercharged HEMI V-8 grunt was planned. And while there's been no announcement from Fiat Chrysler...

  • Porsche 918 Spyder in the Australian Outback
    918 Of 918: Porsche Completes Stellar Supercar's Production

    Porsche has completed production of its 918 Spyder. It was—to put it mildly—one hell of a run. From the beginning, the car was a complete departure from the bareknuckle Carrera GT which preceded it. Electric motors at the front wheels. An army of computerized nannies. A seven-speed PDK...

  • Sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro production at Lansing Grand River Plant
    Michigan’s Lansing Grand River Plant Gears Up For 2016 Chevy Camaro Production

    Production of Chevrolet’s Camaro muscle car returns to the U.S. with the sixth generation of the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] icon. The previous car was built at the Oshawa Car Assembly plant in Canada but the new one, revealed a week ago, is being built at the Lansing Grand River...

  • 2014 Saab 9-3 Aero
    Saab Parent NEVS Forms Alliance With State-Owned Chinese Firms, Confirms Chinese Plant

    Saab, like fellow Swedish automaker Volvo, is now partially owned by the Chinese government, with its cash-strapped parent company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) confirming this week it has formed an alliance with two state-owned Chinese entities. Importantly, the confirmation ends...

  • C7 production at the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky
    GM Spends $439 Million On Corvette Plant Upgrades

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] will spend $439 million in upgrades for its Corvette plant located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Most of the funds will go into a new 450,000 square-foot paint shop that will be roughly half the size of the current Bowling Green assembly plant once complete. ALSO SEE...

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