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Rampant speculation about the short-term future of Chrysler has been circulating the web for the past week or more, with pundits and analysts alternately claiming bankruptcy or sale equally likely. Chrysler has officially denied all claims of an impending bankruptcy, but it has decided to reduce...

Thirty years ago BMW's M1 was built explicitly for Group 4 homologation purposes, in part to allow the car to compete in the BMW M1 Procar series, which proved to be a surprise success. The one-make series was one of the first of its kind, and now BMW is bringing it back as part of the company's...

While Honda's sales in the U.S. are actually increasing, and Toyota and Nissan are losing only single-digits of production, Mitsubishi has decided to cut production and jobs in the face of decreased demand and poor market conditions. The move will reduce output from the Normal, Illinois factory by...

Tesla announced today plans for its second model, a new electric sedan to be called the Model S. It will be manufactured at a new plant in California, though Tesla did not disclose its location. Neither did the company state a start date for production, but rumors suggest it will begin around 2010...

Rating vehicles on a scale of 1 to 10, the new labels will take into account the particulate and greenhouse gas emissions and assign a corresponding score, to be displayed on the window. The higher the number, the better, with the cleanest vehicles on the road rating a 10. The state will also...

Update: VW has confirmed this teaser is not an official release. More speculation that a performance ‘R’ variant of the new Volkswagen Scirocco coupe is in the works has arrived in the form a new teaser that’s purportedly the real deal. Like the current Golf-based R32 and...

Kia will launch its first ever coupe model next year with the launch of the next-generation Spectra (Cerato range). The new model, which is expected to draw heavy influences from the recently revealed Koup Concept (pictured), will replace the current Spectra and could even adopt a new name. The car...

May sales in the U.S. were the first firm indication of the fuel-price and economic downswing-driven sea change in American car buying habits. Now a preliminary J.D. Power June report shows that the downhill plunge in sales begun in May is getting steeper. May saw Ford's total sales figures plummet...

One of the original ‘Eleanor’ Mustangs from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds is currently up for sale on eBay with bidding set to close on July 4. The car is in fact one of three running examples of the 1967 Mustang Shelby GT500s created for the movie – there were eight other shell...

Toyota has already overtaken General Motors in the global sales race, selling 8,808,000 vehicles worldwide in 2006 versus 8,679,860 for GM. Now the Japanese giant is on the verge of overtaking GM on its turf, with Toyota’s monthly U.S. sales for June expected to outpace GM’s levels for...

Next year around March Porsche will launch a diesel version of its Cayenne but the big SUV isn’t the only model from the sports carmaker destined to feature an efficient oil-burner. The upcoming Panamera sedan, due in early 2010, will also feature a diesel option, according to leaked...

Update: Effectively completing a deal announced in April, Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) today agreed to sell 61 million treasury stocks for a price of 31.11 billion yen ($291.1 million). The new shares increase Toyota's holding in FHI from 9.5% to 16.16%, improving the capital...

Revealed in February, the replacement for the long-lived TrailBlazer comes in the form of the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse crossover SUV. Today Chevrolet announced pricing for the new vehicle, with prices to start at $28,990. The Traverse will share its basic build with the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia...

If the EPA approves new greenhouse-gas emissions caps, the car industry will be powerless to stop California from swiftly enacting even tighter carbon emissions rules, according to the latest ruling handed down by a U.S. District Court judge in Fresno, California. The decision finds the 45-day...

Updated: China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) has denied claims it was in negotiations with Ford over a possible sale of Volvo, with an inside source revealing there were no talks between the two carmakers altogether. The speculation first arose when a Swedish newspaper reported...

Updated with official details. While many of its rivals have adopted turbochargers in their quest to boost performance without significantly increasing fuel-consumption, Audi has decided to focus on supercharging technology for its latest V6 engine. Its latest forced-induction engine displaces 3.0L...

The replacement for the Saturn Aura has already been revealed in the form of the European Opel (Vauxhall) Insignia sedan, which goes on sale later this year. The car was expected to reach North America in the second half of next year as a 2010 model but according to several sources at GM its...

Just days after the reveal of the Versace-inspired Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster comes the new Aston Martin ‘Kilgour Edition’ Vantage V8. The stylish coupe was revealed yesterday by British fashion label at the BETC Photographic Studio as part of the celebrations for Paris...

Earlier this week Opel revealed its Insignia sedan would get a high-tech new forward-looking camera system that recognizes speed signs and warns the driver if they are traveling too fast. Now Mercedes-Benz has demonstrated a system that not only recognizes stop lights and stop signs, pedestrians...

Plug-in hybrids, conventional hybrids and pure electric vehicles (EVs) are the hot topic as fuel prices rise with no end in sight. The future of transport appears to be almost certainly electricity-driven, and Renault, which just confirmed it was working on EVs in earnest last week, hopes to be one...