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  • Winfried Vahland

    Last week, as part of the fallout from the developing dirty diesel scandal, the Volkswagen Group announced a company restructuring designed to delegate more responsibility to the brand's core platforms. Part of the administrative shift involved the creation of a new North America Region comprising the United States, Mexico and Canada. And today, Volkswagen's Supervisory Board announced that former Skoda Auto CEO Winfried Vahland will become President and CEO of Volkswagen NAR effective November 1st, 2015. ALSO SEE: Cramming A $4.5M Lamborghini Veneno Into A Transport Truck: Video Vahland...

  • Sir Stirling Moss
    Sir Stirling Moss Chats About His Amazing Career: Video

    The term living legend is comprised of two words that aren't paired up very often, and for good reason. There are very few folks who deserve the honor, yet Sir Stirling Moss is most certainly one of them. The man has had an absolutely tremendous driving career, and while he's often referred to as...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI SE
    VW set to recall 11 million diesel cars worldwide: Report

    The Volkswagen Group will recall 11 million TDI diesel cars to fix 'defeat device' software which deliberately misleads emissions equipment, Reuters is reporting. The move is expected to cost at least $6.5 billion. Yesterday, it was revealed automotive supplier Bosch knew about the defeat device in...

  • Mercedes-AMG M178 twin-turbo V-8 engine
    Mercedes-AMG Details Development Of Its Twin-Turbo 4.0-Liter V-8: Video

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you’d know that Mercedes-AMG has introduced a new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 engine that replaces its previous 6.2- and 5.5-liter mills. Code-named the M178, the engine delivers a maximum 503 horsepower at present, though...

  • Paul Walker and an R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R on the scene of Fast and Furious 4
    Porsche Faces Lawsuit From Paul Walker's Daughter

    Meadow Walker is the 16-year-old daughter of the late Paul Walker, and she is filing a lawsuit against Porsche. A 2005 Carrera GT driven by Paul's friend Roger Rodas is at the center of the suit, as it was the car in which Rodas and Walker died after Rodas lost control and crashed on November 30...

  • Tesla Model X shown on configurator - Image via Tesla Motors Club
    2016 Tesla Model X EPA Ratings, Range Now Available

    The long-awaited Tesla Model X crossover is getting closer to reality. It's so close, in fact, that EPA ratings are now available. Head over to fueleconomy.gov and you can see the EPA ratings for the 2016 Model X. CHECK OUT: Watch The Tesla Model X SUV’s ‘Falcon’ Doors In Action...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition with VIN #001 at Barrett-Jackson auction

    Following the recent Barrett-Jackson auction held in Las Vegas, Nevada, one lucky bidder now owns the very first 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition destined for a customer, the car with VIN #001. The winning bid came in at an impressive $500,000. CHECK OUT: Lamborghini Huracán GT3 To Make North American Debut At 2016 Daytona 24 Hours General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] offered up the car to help raise funds for charity: all proceeds will go towards the College of Creative Studies based in Detroit. The car is just one of 650 C7.R Editions being built (only 500 are earmarked for the...

  • 2016 Artega Scalo
    Artega Scalo, Porsche 550 Spyder, New Fast And Furious: Car News Headlines

    Germany’s Artega is back, this time with a new sports car as well as a quad bike. Both vehicles come with electric powertrains and should be on sale soon, though we’re unlikely to see them in the United States. It was 60 years ago that actor James Dean suffered a fatal crash in his...

  • Volkswagen celebrates 2015 World Rally Championship victory
    Volkswagen And Star Duo Of Ogier & Ingrassia Secure Third-Straight WRC Titles

    Volkswagen may not have much to cheer about right now but there’s at least one reason for the German auto giant to celebrate: a third-straight title in the World Rally Championship. Star duo Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the Drivers’ Championship following their...

  • James Dean in his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed Little Bastard
    Is The Porsche 550 Spyder James Dean Died In About To Be Found?

    Tomorrow, September 30, is the 60th anniversary of the death of actor James Dean in a Porsche 550 Spyder. And on the eve of that fateful day, there are rumblings the car Dean died in may about to be found—half a century after it first went missing. ALSO SEE: Porsche Faces Lawsuit From Paul...

  • Mercedes-AMG turbocharged four-cylinder engine
    Mercedes-AMG’s Next Four-Cylinder To Be Developed By F1 Team

    Mercedes-AMG has just upgraded the turbocharged four-cylinder engine found in its compact cars to deliver 375 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque, but for further upgrades the official Mercedes tuner will turn to an all-new engine—one developed by the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One...

  • Lamborghini Huracán GT3 race car
    Lamborghini Huracán GT3 To Make North American Debut At 2016 Daytona 24 Hours

    Lamborghini’s Huracán GT3 was unleashed at the start of this year, and its first port of call was the Blancpain Endurance Series. Next year, however, the raucous racer will enjoy an expanded motorsport program that will include an entry in the United SportsCar Championship. MUST SEE...

  • 2016 Opel Astra

    Not long ago, it was widely thought that some of Opel’s more exciting Astra variants such as the GTC coupe and Sports Tourer wagon would make it over to the United States to bolster Buick’s lineup while also utilizing some of Opel’s spare capacity. Prototypes were even spotted near General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] tech center in Warren, Michigan, but ultimately only one Astra-derived model, the Cascada convertible, was brought over. ALSO SEE: 2016 Tesla Model X EPA Ratings, Range Now Available Now there’s a new generation of the Astra, based on GM’s...

  • 2016 Artega Scalo
    Germany’s Artega reborn as electric sports car and recreation brand

    Germany’s Artega was established in the previous decade by a group of auto industry veterans as a niche sports car brand targeting the European market. It unveiled just one model, the Henrik Fisker-designed GT, which was available with either a V-6 or electric motor, but the company ran into...

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    Bosch knew about VW's "defeat device" in 2007: Report

    According to multiple German-language media outlets, automotive parts supplier Bosch knew about the Volkswagen Group's 'defeat device' software as early as 2007. Details come from Bild am Sonntag, which first reported that Bosch designed the software to be used in testing applications, and that it...

  • 2013 Audi A6 TDI
    VW dirty diesel scandal expands to Audi: 2.1m cars affected

    The Volkswagen Group's dirty diesel scandal continues to expand. In the wake of the company's bombshell admission that it used a software-based "defeat device" to fool emissions testing on its TDI diesels, we've seen the resignation of CEO Martin Winterkorn and a corporate restructuring. Now news...

  • Fast and the Furious family - Image via Vin Diesel Facebook page
    God Has Forsaken America: Pope Leaves, Three More Fast And Furious Movies Are Happening

    We already knew an eighth Fast and the Furious movie was coming. Vin Diesel himself confirmed it for 2017, and Jason Statham confirmed his role in the upcoming flick. Now Diesel has confirmed there will be a total of three more movies for the franchise—a final set of flicks for pirates to...

  • Roush Mustang Custom Exhaust Tune
    Roush Lets You Tune Your Exhaust Through An App: Video

    You buy an entertaining car. One of things you'll want is a nice throaty exhaust. On occasion, however, you'll wish your exhaust noise was a tad less rambunctious. That's where active exhaust baffling comes into play, and it's been available on a number of vehicles for a few years now. You can have...

  • 2016 BMW 7 Series

    A total of 54 of the possible 57 member journalists from the United States and Canada have chosen the "Short List" of finalists for the 2016 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards. Each juror voted for as many as 15 cars in each of the two categories. The NACTOY awards, as they are called, are now in their 23rd year. WATCH: Cramming A $4.5MM Lamborghini Veneno Into A Transport Truck: Video To be eligible, a vehicle must be new or substantially changed. The vehicles must also be popular sellers, which means many niche products like those from the exotic brands are ruled out...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
    2016 World Car Of The Year Nominees Announced

    The journey to the 2016 World Car of the Year awards has begun, and once again there will be separate categories for the best car overall as well as for the best cars when it comes to performance, luxury, the environment and design. DON'T MISS: Watch The Tesla Model X SUV’s...

  • Lamborghini Veneno Transport
    Cramming A $4.5M Lamborghini Veneno Into A Transport Truck: Video

    A Lamborghini Aventador is a rare sight. The Huracán is a unique treat. A Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, however, is rabid-unicorn-being-ridden-by-a-leprechaun rare. Lamborghini has only made nine examples, and each one carries an initial price tag of $4.5 million. To spy one in the wild would...

  • Tesla Model S at Supercharger site in Ventura, CA, with just one slot open  [photo: David Noland]
    Tesla “Totally Cool” With Rivals Using Supercharger Network, Already In Talks With European Firm

    This past week, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO and founder Elon Musk has been in Europe where he helped inaugurate a final assembly plant for the Model S in the Dutch city of Tilburg and presented at a business council meeting in Germany alongside Sigmar Gabriel, the German Minister of Economy &...

  • 2016 MINI Clubman
    2016 MINI Clubman Priced From $24,950

    MINI’s bigger, more premium second-generation Clubman goes on sale in January and we can confirm that it will be priced from $24,950 for the base Cooper, including an $850 destination charge. That’s almost $2k higher than the starting price of the outgoing model, but the new Clubman...

  • Tesla Model X 'Falcon' doors in action
    Watch The Tesla Model X SUV’s ‘Falcon’ Doors In Action: Video

    Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] Model X is set for an official reveal tomorrow when the first examples of the electric SUV are delivered to their eagerly awaiting customers at a special ceremony at Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California. We’ve already had a good look at the vehicle and...

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