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With a media statement and at a news conference, Super Aguri on Tuesday announced that it is withdrawing from formula one and ceasing "all activities" with immediate effect. The struggling Japanese team was in dire need of financial support, but it is understood that the Honda executive board in...

Ford has taken a significant move in the climate change arena by becoming the first carmaker to join 'The Climate Registry' (TCR). The group is a non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions using a single reporting standard across industry sectors...

While Chrysler is yet to reveal any solid plans for a modern-day Barracuda based on its all-new Dodge Challenger muscle car, in the past six months we have already seen a number of new ‘Cudas’ such as this purple convertible version from California’s Metalcrafters. The...

Pininfarina first confirmed back in December it was planning to build a new electric vehicle in a joint-venture with France’s Bollore group. The coachbuilder has now revealed that it will be moving production of the Alfa Romeo Brera (pictured) out of its San Giorgio plant to make room for the...

Mercedes-Benz has delivered its 500,000th SLK convertible since the entry-level droptop was launched back in 1996 and surprisingly 190,000 of these are the second-generation model, which debuted only in 2004. The SLK has been runaway success for Mercedes-Benz and has been the market leader for its...

The German tuners at Hamann are better known for their treatments of high-end hardware from the likes of BMW and Ferrari, but they have turned their talents toward the economy-end of the specturm before, with the Mini MKII. This time, it's the Fiat 500 that gets the tuner's handiwork applied to its...

The pinch of significantly higher U.S. fuel economy standards is beginning to get automakers talking about how they plan to meet the challenge, and Hyundai has announced a two-pronged approach. Better engine and drivetrain technology will get the company half way to its goal, and the rest will be...

Many car enthusiasts follow the Automotive X-Prize closely - many of the candidates for the 100mpg production car trophy - like the Loremo, Motive and Aptera entries - look like interesting and possibly even realistic takes on the future of the auto industry. Now the X-Prize foundation has...

Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama has slammed pleas from opponent Hillary Clinton to grant a summer holiday from federal fuel taxes. Obama defended his position, stating that America's dependence on foreign oil was the product of a greedy domestic auto industry and reducing the tax will...

Updated with high-res images. Before even going on sale in most parts of the globe, Mercedes’ facelifted SL500 convertible has already come in for a series of modifications from German tuner Carlsson and now has the performance numbers to almost rival its SL63 big brother. The car has also...

Industry giants Toyota and GM are racing to become the first carmaker with a production plug-in hybrid in its fleet and even BMW and Mercedes-Benz have confirmed plans to launch electric and alternative fuel vehicles towards the end of the decade. Audi however, sees its development of...

Toyota will raise its prices in the U.S. due to high raw material prices and the weakening U.S. dollar increasing the cost of production significantly. The move comes during a global downturn for car sales and a time when Toyota is facing its first profit drop in almost a decade. Toyota’s...

Updated with new spy images. Last month we first heard that Volkswagen would enter its Scirocco coupe in the annual 24-Hour Race at the Nurburgring later this month and now we have the first image of the new 300hp racer. VW will in fact have three factory-developed racing versions of the Scirocco...

Daimler has been tied with a number of carmakers in the recent past, including the likes of BMW, Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin, in regards to possible partnerships and supply deals. Soon, we may be able to add Jaguar and Land Rover to that list in as the German giant is open to forming a partnership...

German based car customizer and bodykit specialist Rieger Tuning has presented a new styling and performance upgrade for the new B8 Audi A4 saloon at this week’s Tuning World Bodensee event in Germany. The Rieger A4 is a saloon redesigned for daily use with a kick and manages to keep the...

Chrysler's last few years have been emblematic of the difficulty some of the older portions of the automobile industry are having adjusting to the increasingly mature, saturated and urban U.S. and global automobile markets. But Chrysler isn't counting itself out yet. Repackaging the Chrysler...

The pioneer of the four-door coupe niche, the Mercedes CLS line ranges from luxurious traveler to raging powerhouse - in stock form. The stock CLS 500 slots in between those two extremes, but Lorinser's version closes part of the gap to the range-topping CLS 63 AMG with power upgrades and a...

Although the first batch of Tesla Roadsters is already on sale - to the tune of 1,000 pre-orders - only four production cars have been built. But that hasn't stopped Tesla from opening its first dealership in one of the busiest sections of Los Angeles. Built at a cost of $2 million, the dealership...

Prototypes for Lexus’ upcoming LF-A supercar have been spotted testing at the Nurburgring for the good part of a year but firm details about the car are still hard to come by. Most reports claim the LF-A will be powered by an F1-derived, high-revving V10 engine displacing 5.0L and developing...

The chief executive of Honda's F1 team, Nick Fry, has offered to open talks with Danica Patrick about a test drive in the near future. The 26-year-old American said late last month she was "dead set" on eventually joining the grand prix circus, following her recent breakthrough win in the IndyCar...