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GM product czar Bob Lutz has admitted the carmaker's failure to capitalize on hybrid and electric cars, technology it’s had since the 1960s, was a mistake. Speaking at the New York Auto Show, Lutz went on to reveal he regretted not beating Toyota in the hybrid race and that GM had effectively...

Speaking at the New York auto show today GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said the engine from the high-performance versions of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky could make its way under the hood of the new Camaro. Likely a run at improving the marque's CAFE numbers, the turbocharged four-banger would...

Although we saw several images of the new Maxima just a couple days ago, no details of the new car were yet available. Now that Nissan has officially revealed the car at the New York auto show, we can bring you the full story - and a full gallery of high-res photos - on the Maxima's return to its...

Audi has finally announced the launch of its version of VW Group’s new seven-speed dual clutch transmission, which will be used to replace the current six-speed units over the next 12 months. The new gearbox, dubbed S-tronic in Audi-speak, is designed to work with longitudinally installed...

On show at this week’s New York Auto Show is a brand new coupe version of the Pontiac Solstice that will go on sale early next year in both standard and performance GXP trims. The new hardtop is based on the original Solstice coupe concept that debuted as far back as the 2002 Detroit Auto...

Aston Martin is being sued for $50 million by one of its own distributors because of an apparent breach of contract. The lawsuit, filed by Middle East Aston Martin (MEAM), claims one of the new owners of the carmaker, Kuwaiti investment group DAR, is planning to refinance its stake in the company...

Acura has made it clear it wants to be a top tier luxury brand but to do this it will need to change its lineup to suit the tastes of wealthy buyers, who more often than not demand RWD cars with powerful V8 engines. That’s why for its next-generation RL sedan due in 2010 Acura will make the...

Dynamically designed and arrestingly attractive, Land Rover's LRX concept has won much praise on the show-car circuit. But beauty goes more than skin-deep in this case, as engineers are working to keep the interior of the concept intact through production. A bit over-the-top as most concept...

Another legendary marque could be sold off to an Indian firm with news coming out today claiming Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is one of a number of firms interested in purchasing Italy’s Bertone. The famed coachbuilder and design house has been placed under administration and officials...

A recent survey of 1,350 drivers has found that male drivers are more likely to get distracted while driving than their female counterparts. Respondents were given a list of common distractions and were asked to admit which of the occurrences on the list they were guilty of. The biggest overall...

With no new models in the pipeline and a paltry 146 units sold in all of 2007, Mercedes’ ultra-luxury Maybach line could be facing the cutting block. Considering rival brands Rolls-Royce and Bentley are experiencing record sales and growth, walking away from Maybach may seem like a bad idea...

Carmakers have a number of solutions for reducing their fleet-average fuel consumption and emissions levels, but for a cash-strapped company like Chrysler the options are limited. Some of the ideas being suggested include launching more fuel-efficient models, introducing compact turbo engines and...

As car buyers around the world become savvier, carmakers can no longer afford to build a single car for the entire globe. At the two extremes, a customer in a Western country wouldn’t seek the same specifications and features that someone in an emerging market would even though they could be...

Honda is to steadily withdraw its technical support for satellite team Super Aguri, Nick Fry revealed in Melbourne. F1 teams have agreed that customer cars will be totally phased out by 2010, but Honda CEO Fry told Reuters that - with new team ownership - Super Aguri will stand on its own feet "a...

Motorsports company Prodrive is developing a new vehicle dynamics system that actively adjusts toe angle (the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle) to improve vehicle handling. Dubbed ‘Active Toe Control,’ it works on the rear axle of front...

Mercedes-Benz has updated its M-Class SUV for the 2009 model year, redesigning the car’s front end, upgrading the interior and improving mileage across the range. The ML63 AMG also gets an extensive revamp and remains the most powerful SUV in its class two and half years after its launch. The...

It’s bad enough London’s congestion charge is set to rise later this year for high CO2-emitting vehicles, but now the country’s annual road tax on these vehicles is likely to be increased as well. The country’s finance minister Alistair Darling has promised that...

It didn’t take long for somebody to ruin the stylish lines of the new Jaguar XF and the latest atrocity comes to us from the guys at Galpin in California. Galpin is actually the biggest Jaguar dealer in the U.S. and has been offering a number of styling and performance mods for a range of its...

Almost every other day we’ll come across new renderings or sketches of an outrageous concept car that doesn’t even come close to looking like a production model, but every now and then we see something that looks like it could be sitting in a showroom one day. Take the new Husmen 699...

America’s Iconic Motors claims to have built a new roadster weighs just 2,200 pounds and has eight tenths the torsional rigidity of a typical F1 car. The new roadster is the Iconic GTR, which made its official debut at last weekend’s Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and is now set to...