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Lorenzo Ramaciotti, a former Pininfarina designer and man responsible for cars like the 360 Modena, 550 Maranello and 612 Scaglietti, has been tasked with the challenge of making future Chryslers appear at home even if they're wearing a Lancia badge. Ramaciotti retired from designing cars in 2005...

Legendary Ferrari designer and coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti passed away at the age of 91 late yesterday at his home in Modena, Italy. While in the modern era his name was attached to the Pininfarina-designed 612 Scaglietti, named in honor of his valued contribution to Ferrari throughout the...

Cadillac believes that export sales could surpass domestic sales by the end of the decade, but only if the brand continues to grow in the Chinese market.

Two major automakers competing in very different segments have partnered to help develop the next-generation of vehicle networking and connectivity technology. Those two automakers are BMW and Hyundai, which have joined global tech firms Broadcom, NXP, Freescale, and Harman to establish the Special...

This year it was Volkswagen that won all the praise with its Super Bowl ads, namely, the Black Betty-themed beetle race for the new 2012 Beetle and the pint-sized Darth Vader ‘commanding’ the new 2012 Passat. For next year’s game, Super Bowl XLVI taking place on February 5 at...

The fuel economy changes proposed by the EPA and NHTSA have been published. While they come with benefits, they'll also increase the price of new cars, starting almost immediately.

A local Chinese restaurant's name has always been puzzling: A8 China. It doesn't roll right off the tongue or follow the convention of having "garden," "kitchen" or "panda" worked in somewhere. It could be assurance of top billing on Yellow Pages.com and mobile apps like Urbanspoon, but our...

British sports car builder Atalanta, considered years ahead of its time, is working on a new prototype to be revealed 75 years after the original launch of the brand.

The memorandum of understanding between Saab and it's potential Chinese buyers expires today, but talks will continue between all parties.

Following its latest round of testing, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro a perfect score in all of its tests, making the modern day muscle car the first vehicle to do so since the latest New Car Assessment Program was introduced in...

Karl Stracke is set to take the reins at GM Europe, and we say that's a good thing; Stracke sees potential in an updated version of the Opel Manta and Opel GT

General Motors has confirmed that it will move to block the sale of Saab to Chinese companies Pang Da and Youngman.

General Motors, who still retains "preference shares" in Saab, may not approve of a sale to Chinese partners Pang Da and Youngman

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has come out with a new report showing the highest theft rates among new cars sold in the U.S., based on data collected from the year 2009. The study found that the car with the highest theft rate, a rate of 8.81 thefts per 1,000 vehicles...

Saab’s shaky recovery has come up against another major hurdle, with the automaker’s head of manufacturing and purchasing, Gunnar Brunius, calling it quits after 30 years on the job. While it’s unclear what the main reason was for Brunius’ departure, we can confirm that he...

New reports coming out of Australia suggest the country’s beloved Holden Commodore may be replaced by a front-wheel drive, globally engineered model after the redesigned ‘VF’ series due in 2014 has run its course. The suggestion first arose following comments made by Chris Walton...

Infiniti, a Japanese luxury auto brand originally launched in 1989 to serve the North American market, has announced today that it is moving its global headquarters to Hong Kong, China. The move comes as Infiniti further attempts to separate itself from Nissan and position itself as a standalone...

In the not too distant future BMW is very likely to build most of its cars outside of Germany. The automaker currently builds about 62 percent of its cars in Germany, down from 70 percent in 2002, but once plants in China come fully onboard this figure will approach the 50 percent mark. Now factor...

Despite sinking hundreds of millions of dollars in developing its upcoming 2013 Tesla Model S sedan, the second and soon-to-be only model in the Californian startup’s lineup, CEO Elon Musk is confident his company will return to profitability by as early as 2013. The main reason, Musk states...

After being denied a grant from the U.K. government's Regional Growth Fund earlier this year, Lotus has been approved for a grant in the second round of funding.