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As odd as it sounds, the world’s largest oil refiner Exxon Mobil is helping to develop new battery technology for a range of new petrol-electric hybrids and all-electric vehicles. Using a component it developed for mobile phone batteries, Exxon Mobil is now working on improving batteries for...

Avis has joined its main rival Hertz by offering to rent one of the world’s most loved sports cars, the Chevrolet Corvette. However, before you start searching for Avis’ phone number the rental company is only offering the car in Arizona, California, Florida and Las Vegas. Driving the...

Sydney has counted itself as still in the hunt to snatch the Australian grand prix from rival city Melbourne. Even though Bernie Ecclestone recently dismissed the famous Australian city's positioning for the event, the F1 boss might be interested in new claims that Sydney would be prepared to...

While the recent currency crisis and rise in raw material prices have seen some carmakers become less profitable, Audi has managed to maintain strong growth and earned itself a record profit of $4.48 billion for the last financial year. In fact, since 1995 Audi has consistently posted consecutive...

Almost every other day we’ll come across new renderings or sketches of an outrageous concept car that doesn’t even come close to looking like a production model, but every now and then we see something that looks like it could be sitting in a showroom one day. Take the new Husmen 699...

The U.S. Supreme court asked a California appeals court to review the amount awarded to a woman who was paralyzed when her Ford Explorer rolled over. An inordinately weak roof structure was to blame for the injury, and according to the appeals court's review, the award will stand. Of the $82.6...

Big, brawny V8s, screaming tires and high-speed circuit driving. No, it's not a supercar showdown - it's...an SUV comparison? In the case of these two rather extraordinary SUVs, that's precisely what's on offer. Ride along with the gang at Fifth Gear as they test the two mega-SUVs back-to-back on...

Skyrocketing petrol prices and concerns over the state of the environment have previously driven BMW to focus on hydrogen power. However that focus is not so narrow as to exclude petrol-electric hybrids, or even all-electric vehicles. In fact, BMW is currently weighing its options for introducing...

Despite being caught out for providing false information about the levels of acceptance for London’s congestion charge of the city’s own residents, Mayor Ken Livingstone is reportedly planning to expand the program into other areas of the city. Livingstone is being coy about his future...

Volvo has always been regarded as a leader in automotive safety technology and with new features such as the latest CitySafe system, a device that can detect other vehicles and automatically apply the brakes if it predicts a collision could occur, the carmaker is only set to improve upon that...

Sounding like the words of someone who has already accepted defeat, Williams team co-owner Patrick Head is proposing that the fastest F1 cars, based on how many championship points the driver has accumulated, should be placed at the back of the grid to make the races more interesting. “I...

GTM’s 40TR roadster was only launched last year but the ultra-light racer has already undergone a major overhaul and is set to appear in revised form at this year’s Autosport show in the UK. The upgrade was done to create a special anniversary model to celebrate 40 years of GTM Cars and...

Diesel fueled cars are already associated with the negative image of heavy trucks clogging the air with their dark and sooty exhaust plumes, and a new study only goes further to damage it's reputation. Dutch scientists have found that breathing diesel exhaust fumes can trigger a response in the...

British sports car manufacturer Keating is planning to launch two new supercars on the 23rd of next month and is already boasting that one of the cars will be able to rival the performance of the Bugatti Veyron. Both cars will be based around the same basic chassis but one will be a...

Today Chrysler announced that its iconic Dodge Viper muscle car hit a production milestone of 25,000 cars, and to celebrate the achievement officials have planned a number of events including the presentation of a brand new 2008 Viper SRT-10 to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch. The Viper...

Super Aguri confirmed today that it has entered into a partnership with Magma Group. The deal is expected to be completed over the next few weeks, but team boss Aguri Suzuki would not be drawn on the details other than to confirm that Honda will still be involved in the project going forwards. "We...

On the eve of the 2008 championship season, the biggest Toyota boss has asked the Japanese carmaker's F1 team to deliver its first race win. Despite having a front-running annual budget since the Cologne based outfit debuted in 2002, Toyota has in more than 100 grands prix so far failed to collect...

After receiving 40 complaints that the brakes on Pontiac Solstice GXP and Saturn Sky Red Line vehicles did not operate properly, the NHTSA is launching an initial investigation into the matter. Of the 40 complaints, only one known crash is reportedly related to the potential problem. The report on...

Reuben Zammit has created a number of stunning designs over the past 12 months but unlike most designers he has been fortunate enough to have some of his designs approved for production. His Bugatti Type 12-2 Streamliner concept, which we saw earlier today, is pure fantasy but his new X3 sports...

Governments around the world are bowing to public pressure to reduce the levels of greenhouse gases their respective countries produce, and more often than not, the first sector they look at is the auto industry. The European Council has proposed a ruling that could see carmakers forced to limit...