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Chrysler has confirmed that it will shed up to 1,000 salaried jobs by the end of September in an effort to reduce costs and streamline its business. Chrysler now joins fellow Detroit carmakers General Motors and Ford, both of which have also announced similar cuts to their salary staff. Employees...

Saleen's Aftermarket Division, SpeedLab, announced today the introduction of a new technology for its forced induction models dubbed the SuperShaker. The new performance modification continues the tradition of the classic shaker hood but is designed to increase the efficiency of supercharged...

BMW's wildly successful Mini Cooper will experience a fall in sales in coming months, despite demand for the iconic car being higher than ever. Due to the heavy demand, dealerships across the U.S. are experiencing short supplies of current stock and with rising fuel prices pushing more and more...

Saab is one of a handful of carmakers looking to buck the trend of building bigger and heavier cars with each new model generation, the carmaker confirming at this week’s London Motor Show that future models will be more compact. Starting with the upcoming 9-1, due to arrive in 2012...

Combining the hottest power source of the moment with one of the hottest hatchbacks on backorder makes for a good chance of success. With the statistics the Micro-Vett Fiat 500 electric car presents, the chances are even better. Built by NICE, the same company that presented the all-new MyCar...

Following the release of its M5 derived CLR500 RS and its more recent styling kit for the BMW M6, German tuner Lumma Design has announced the addition of the CLR600 kit designed specifically for the standard 6-series range. Having already designed a kit for the M6, Lumma was able to easily modify...

Honda has taken the covers off a new two-seat concept for a future low-emissions sports car that's already being touted as a preview of the replacement for the aging S2000 roadster. The new concept, dubbed the Open Study Model (OSM), is officially described as a ‘design study’ that...

One of the first race series to be founded on the premise of using energy-efficient, the enviroSportscars Series will team professional race drivers with celebrities in a pan-European series that spans three racing genres, including circuits, drag strips and city-center rallies. The cars themselves...

Lewis Hamilton has secured his second consecutive win and established a four-point lead in the drivers' championship at today’s German GP in Hockenheim. After dominating from the early stages but losing the lead near the end of the race after two safety car interventions, Hamilton proved his...

American OEM firm Eaton Corporation has announced that its Twin Vortices Series (TVS) supercharger has been chosen by Audi for its new 3.0 liter TFSI V6 engine. The new engine will go into production later this year and will be used for a range of Audi models including the new S4 and possibly even...

As the proportion of older drivers in the world’s leading nations grows, carmakers are finding new avenues for the technological advancement of safe driving. Taking a new angle on the head-up display (HUD) concept, General Motors is working on a prototype windshield system that enhances the...

Turning away from niche vehicles and small-market cars, GM is looking to build nothing but high-volume cars for the near future. That means significantly cutting back truck output and focusing its energy on cars and crossovers. The company has had some recent success with high-volume products in...

China's Brilliance Auto has shipped its first batch of BS4 compact sedans (pictured) to Germany where the cars will join the existing BS6 in the country's competitive executive saloon market. Brilliance is still building a presence in Europe and as such only 270 units are being shipped initially...

Photographers have managed to snap some pictures of BMW's upcoming X5 hybrid, all within days of spotting prototypes of the X6 hybrid in California’s Death Valley. The images depict an X5 with an oversized bulge located on the bonnet, likely to be containing test equipment for the new...

Mexican sports car manufacturer Mastretta will debut its MXT sports car at next week’s London Motor Show before the car first goes on sale next May with an expected price tag of £32,999 (approximately $66,010). The lightweight two-seater weighs just 900kg and is capable of reaching...

General Motors Company's [NYSE:GM] latest press conference effectively revealed the company's entire strategy for combating the current fuel crisis. Rick Wagoner and Bob Lutz, both key representatives in product development at GM, have revealed that the automaker will be becoming more and more...

Japanese and American manufacturers are working hard to release a new generation of all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles over the next couple of years. European manufacturers have been reluctant in the past to embrace electric propulsion technology, but in light of tough new emissions...

Update: Despite reports from Top Gear claiming the CTS's brawny force-fed brother - the CTS-V - won't be sold in Europe, a rival publication has word from a senior GM official that the high-performance saloon will make it to Europe in left-hand-only drive and will even be sold in the UK. Autocar...

Ford facilities around the globe may begin to feel the pinch of the current fuel crisis as cost-cutting begins in earnest. Gerhard Schmidt, Chief Technical Officer for Ford has confirmed that there will be a reduction in employees at the Ford Research Center in Germany (pictured), and that these...

Updated with official video. BMW used February's Chicago Auto Show to announce that it would return to the arena of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) next year with two new race-prepped versions of its latest E92 M3 Coupe set to join the GT2 class. The 2009 entry into the ALMS will be driven by a...