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Kia Motors America has announced the sales launch of their all-new seven-passenger midsize SUV, dubbed the Borrego. Revealed at the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year, the new Borrego offers a compromise position between large capacity and fuel economy. The release brings new details of the SUV...

Update: Only last week BMW and Fiat confirmed a tentative agreement to investigate the feasibility of co-developing a new compact car platform for the next-generation Mini and several Fiat and Alfa Romeo models, ending months of speculation and putting doubt towards the chances of a further tie-up...

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have both sympathized with the major carmakers and the auto workers who may have lost their jobs in GM's corporate restructuring. Both presumptive Presidential nominees remarked that the development was evidence of the tough economic times hitting America...

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...

Since the new E90 series BMW M3 was revealed at the Frankfurt Auto Show last year, true BMW enthusiasts have been intrigued, but waiting for the CSL to come along. Standing for Coupe, Sport, Lightweight, those three letters name the most track-focused and pure driver's cars BMW has to offer. News...

Speculation about the demise of Ford's Mercury brand has been rife for the past year, with many analysts convinced the struggling brand is in its death throes and will be axed soon. While Ford continues to deny such rumors, the Blue Oval's actions are speaking louder than its words - no new...

Volkswagen confirmed today that its new U.S. plant will be constructed in the southern state of Tennessee. The new Chattanooga site in Tennessee beat out rival bids from Alabama and Michigan because of its cost and logistical advantages, and production is scheduled to begin in early 2011. The...

The Nice (No Internal Combustion Engine) electric car company is a British manufacturer of full electric zero-emission vans, hatchbacks and scooters, and is set to unveil a new sports car concept at next week’s London Motor Show. The company has also announced that it will also showcase a new...

General Motors today announced further steps to adapt to the changing conditions of the U.S. market, which has been affected of late by a weak economy, record high fuel prices, shifts in consumer vehicle preferences, and the lowest vehicle sales volumes in a decade. Speaking at the presentation...

Cars like Honda's Civic Hybrid and Toyota's Prius have long been known to use harder-than-normal tires as part of the overall package to improve fuel efficiency. Now U.S. carmakers, especially those in Detroit, are looking to the simple technology to improve fuel economy performance of a wide range...

Volkswagen is just days away from naming the location for its new U.S. plant, most likely to be in Huntsville, Alabama, which is expected to open in late 2010 with a capacity of 200,000 to 250,000 vehicles. While there have been reports that VW is planning to build two new sedan models at the site...

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...

The FIA has defended its plans to resurrect Formula 2 next year as an ultra low-cost feeder category for formula one. Dismissed by some as a ploy amid Max Mosley's power struggle with Bernie Ecclestone, others - including one unnamed GP2 team boss - slammed the stated ideal budget of 200,000 euros...

Focused on finding a sweet spot in the balance between power and economy, Ford is working new plans to expand its EcoBoost system while also improving its existing naturally aspirated engines across its entire range. Diesel engines will play a role, as will smaller petrol mills, with help from a...

Hybrids, plug-ins and electric vehicles are the current best bets for the future of the automobile industry, but Chrysler says its entry into the fray will take at least another 3-5 years to suss out. The carmaker's already woeful lack of small cars is hurting sales as fuel prices continue to rise...

Formula one is not in Volkswagen's sights within the next three years, the German carmaker's motor racing representative Hans-Joachim Stuck insists. BMW-Sauber team boss Mario Theissen suggested last weekend that other European manufacturers, including VW, Audi and Porsche, are interested in the...

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...

A new world record auction price for any Jaguar was achieved yesterday at an auction taking place during the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. An avid vintage car collector forked out almost $4.4 million for a 1955 Jaguar D-Type that once belonged to Nigel Moores. Moores was the nephew of Sir John...

Selling off all of its Premier Automotive Group (PAG) holdings except for Volvo left Ford with a handful of largely working-class brands, but that move may have been part of the bigger picture only being revealed now. Reduced to a closer core of nameplates, Ford is working to restore Lincoln to its...