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This much is clear: the above Chevrolet Korea video shows a slightly restyled Chevrolet Cruze sedan, which seems to carry over the same front-end look debuted by the Cruze Wagon at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. As World Car Fans (via Auto Forum) points out, the existing car’s mesh...

An official statement released today confirmed that earlier rumors of Lotus CEO Dany Bahar's suspension were in fact true--though the only reason given for the suspension was a matter of "conduct." The suspension is termed temprorary in the statement from DRB-Hicom, which recently acquired Lotus'...

BMW has promoted its current chief of exterior design, Karim Habib, to the new role of head of design for the BMW brand. Habib, the 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian, will report to Adrian van Hooydonk, the head of design for the entire BMW group. Habib was responsible for the design of several...

Google’s fleet of self-driving cars may soon be heading to California, with the state’s Senate passing a bill this week that would allow the autonomous cars to be tested and operated on its roads. The bill, which establishes guidelines for the use of autonomous cars on public roads...

Mazda and Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat have announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and manufacturing of a new convertible sports car for the Alfa Romeo brand based on Mazda’s next-gen MX-5. Not to be mistaken with the smaller and more...

Brand value can be a fickle thing. It’s impossible to measure accurately and it can be affected by numerous volatile factors. However, at the end of the day, if a consumer is willing to pay more for one brand over another then brand value becomes a vital indicator of a company’s overall...

Aston Martin’s 2009 Lagonda SUV concept was hardly a critical success. In fact, at least one media outlet implored Aston Martin to abandon plans for the large and ungainly SUV. In the years since, word of an Aston Martin Lagonda SUV seems to crop up every six months or so, which means...

After recent turbulence legendary Italian design house Pininfarina is poised to post its first profit since 2004. Over the years the company has suffered some major setbacks including the death of its CEO Andrea Pininfarina back in 2008 and the loss of design contracts to internal design studios...

Despite Saab having several suitors interested in purchasing the brand, paying off its debts and restarting production, no deal could ever be finalized and the automaker finally declared bankruptcy last December. The reason no deal could be finalized was because of GM’s refusal to allow any...

British engineering firm and race car constructor Lola, established in 1958 and based in Huntingdon, England, has announced today that it is suffering from severe cashflow problems and has appointed an administrator. The company, which includes a separate composites division and also works with...

Following yesterday’s announcement of the groundbreaking of a new powertrain plant in Tennessee, Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz have today confirmed that a new compact car to be launched by Infiniti but underpinned by Mercedes technology will be manufactured in Austria by independent vehicle...

Carlos Ghosn and Dieter Zetsche buddied up for an alliance between Renault-Nissan and Daimler just over two years ago, and while the duo has been cooperating in the background, today's groundbreaking in Tennessee for a new plant that will build engines for both Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti is a much...

China is already the single biggest market for new cars, but soon it will be the biggest for new car designs too. That’s the prediction of Silvio Pietro Angori, the CEO of legendary Italian design firm Pininfarina. Speaking with Automotive News (subscription required) recently, Angori...

Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the advancement of self-driving cars with Internet and technology giant Google being awarded the nation's first license for autonomous cars. The license was issued by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles and comes less than a year after the state...

We’ve got bad news for any European readers hoping to buy a Russian-designed, Finnish-built lightweight sports coupe styled after a fighter jet: you’re chance to place an order for a Marussia B2 has come and gone. Word from the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf is that the order book for the...

Despite already having engine tie-ups with PSA Peugeot Citroen and Toyota, BMW is now reportedly in talks with Hyundai over a possible deal to share future development costs for powertrains and other areas. The information was revealed by an inside source who said the two automakers were only at...

After first announcing its self-driving, autonomous car project in 2010, Google is now about to embark on the next major advancement of the technology and that is to team up with a major automaker. The technology giant has already tested its fleet of autonomous cars over hundreds of thousands of...

The Corvette will be the ninth Chevrolet model to be offered by GM Korea in the South Korean market.

Anyone who’s driven on a busy highway can attest that vehicles moving erratically and braking needlessly breaks up the smooth flow of traffic and leads to congestion. Honda has also observed this phenomenon and claims to have pioneered a technology based on this principle that, rather than...

We first heard rumblings that the commercial rights to the highest echelon of motorsports, Formula 1, might be for sale early last year, and then just last month reports broke that the sport’s largest equity holder, CVC Capital Partners, was considering launching an initial public offering...