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Jaguar’s make or break next generation S-type will be called the XF to reflect the monumental changes that the company is making for the new model. Jaguar hopes to drop the old chairman-style image of its previous models and instead portray a brand that’s dynamic and sporty. Now...

Ford has put out its hand to several investment banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs in an attempt to finance an $18 billion restructuring package. Ford’s says the money will be used to address cash flow, to fund its restructuring, and to provide a safety net against...

Volkswagen Group’s new chief Martin Winterkorn has hinted that the company’s plant in Brussels could be used to build a new subcompact for Audi dubbed the A1. Germany’s Der Spiegel reports that Winterkorn is planning to meet Belgian Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt later this week...

Skoda has launched its new Roomster Scout MPV, which joins its Octavia Scout sibling in the Czech brand’s crossover lineup. Based on the standard Roomster hatch, the Scout grows in all dimensions and rides on unique 16in alloy wheels as standard. Other visual enhancements include the plastic...

Bam Margera, made famous by the MTV Jackass series and his own Viva la Bam show, took revenge on this unsuspecting Peugeot 306 by throwing paint all over it and smashing the windows and sunroof. The owner of the small hatch happens to be a crew member of the Gumball Rally program and was caught on...

Another Ferrari Enzo has been involved in a serious accident, this time in the French city of Nice. The story of the crash was first reported in local newspaper Nice-Matin, which confirmed that the driver of the supercar was Russian born billionaire Suleyman Kerimov. The car, which was traveling at...

Cadillac has confirmed that its next-generation CTS sedan will spawn several other body styles including a coupe and wagon-crossover, and now we have a possible rendering of what the CTS coupe may look like. Picking up the tag CTC, short for Cadillac touring coupe, a concept version is expected to...

McLaren has adamantly denied rumors of the return of 38 year old Hakkinen to Formula One, but there’s mounting evidence that suggests he could be racing for McLaren by as early as next year’s season. This would see the Finn pairing up with Fernando Alonso, and would make McLaren a very...

The decline in popularity for the minivan, down 50% this year, has led to rumors that General Motors will be dropping all minivans from its future lineup. An inside source from GM commented to The Detroit News that the company has no immediate plans to build minivans after the upcoming closure of...

Toyota will utilize its new found partnership with Isuzu to release its first ever diesel hybrid vehicle by 2010. Diesel engines by themselves already offer extremely frugal motoring, and when combined with an electric motor will offer even better mileage rates in addition to reduced emission...

Despite the millions of dollars spent on drink-driving deterrents each year, the number of drivers being caught intoxicated behind the wheel hasn't declined significantly. There’s now a push for the installation of mandatory alcohol detectors to all vehicles in the US, which could be...

Toyota has already launched its new Corolla for the Japanese domestic market, but the European version of everyone's favorite car/appliance will make its premiere at Helsinki Motor Show at the end of this month. The car will be offered in sedan versions initially, but will arrive in hatch and wagon...

Ferrari’s Panamerican 20,000 has come to an end with the two cars, a pair of 599 GTB Fioranos, crossing the finish line at the New York Stock Exchange. The cars started off on the 24th of August in Brazil and completed the trek in 15 stages and with 50 different international journalists...

Officials from DaimlerChrysler have confirmed that the company is in talks with other carmakers, including China’s Chery Automobile, over a possible deal to supply small cars sourced from China or other low-cost producers to the US. Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda also told reporters at the Beijing...

The US EPA hopes to put an end to the discrepancies in fuel mileage rates that current calculation methods are plagued with. The changes will be rolled out from the beginning of 2008 and are expected to reduce the estimates from 5% to 25%, but will still carry a warning that actual results may...

Porsche is celebrating the production of its 200,000th Boxster, which recently rolled off the production line at the outsourced Valmet Automotive plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The milestone reaching vehicle was a meteor grey metallic Boxster S that’s being delivered to a customer in the US...

As reported in an article from Germany’s Der Spiegel, BMW’s Hydrogen 7 consumes almost 50L of the clean fuel to drive just 100km/h. When you factor in that hydrogen is in scarce supply and producing it requires vast amounts of electrical-energy, then the Hydrogen 7 is not as...

The proposed merger between General Motors and Renault-Nissan is now truly dead, and the teasing of a possibly link with Ford has gone no where. It comes as little wonder then that Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has admitted to having lost interest in forming an alliance with one of North...

DaimlerChrysler was the first to the market with the innovative clean diesel system, but now it appears that the other major German carmakers will be launching their own BLUETEC range of vehicles. Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi will be making an official announcement later this month at the LA...

Cadillac will unveil a long-wheelbase version of its full-size DTS sedan at the Los Angeles auto show later this month. Labelled the DTS-L, the new sedan will hit showrooms early next year and will be powered by the same 275hp 4.6L Northstar V8 from the standard version. Key changes are the extra 8...