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Despite a lack of incentives outside its home country, Volvo has lately turned its focus to biofuels and hybrid technology. We first wrote about the C30 Efficiency (pictured) in August, then Volvo debuted the Re-Charge concept at the Frankfurt motor show. Just a few days ago the company announced...

GM’s recently renewed focus on its luxury lines doesn’t just mean introducing hot new models like the Cadillac CTS. It also means improving creature comforts, like standard XM satellite radio on all Cadillacs. Now the biggest U.S. auto maker is turning its eye on Buick, Hummer and Saab...

Half a century of car making is no small feat considering the concept of the modern automobile is only a little more than a century old. Car making is a tough business, too. Just ask Edsel, Packard, or Studebaker. But managing 50 years in America is only part of the success story that is the Toyota...

German reports are claiming Mercedes will use a range of four-cylinder direct injection powerplants in its A and B-class replacements that were designed by France’s PSA Peugeot-Citroen for BMW’s Mini. The reports also claim the next B-class will replace the smaller A by spawning new...

Dual-clutch transmissions have so far been primarily restricted to cars from the VW group or expensive sports and luxury cars, with little trickle-down to the ranks of the econobox and people-mover. That’s set to change, thanks to transmission specialist BorgWarner. The Michigan company...

Audi’s RS4 sedan holds a magical quality for its fans. A unique balance of price, performance, and luxury, the RS4 manages to carve out a unique niche in the tightly competitive luxury performance marketplace. Considering it’s based on a seven year old platform, the RS4 is a very...

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Audi metroproject concept was the the iPhone-like device that slots inside the dash. Imaginatively titled the “Audi mobile device,” it functions as an access authorization system for the vehicle, mobile phone, navigation unit and audio and video...

Now that Chrysler is in private hands the tough decisions will be coming hard and fast. Already we’ve seen production plans for the Imperial sedan get the can and now we could see five existing nameplates dropped from Chrysler’s lineup within the month. Sources familiar with the...

Long recognized as one of the holy grails of motorsport, being the fastest around the daunting Nurburgring Nordschleife is not just a claim to fame - it’s a claim to superiority. The Porsche Carrera GT supercar last held the title of fastest production car around the Green Hell, but no...

The all new GT-R is like no other car Nissan dealers across Europe and the U.S. have ever sold before so it’s little wonder scores of maintenance workers and sales staff around the globe are being specially trained in readiness for the car’s official launch. Nissan will be setting up...

These are the first official images of the upcoming Citroën C5 midsize saloon and wagon, which will be shown for the first time at a press event later today. The car won’t officially go on sale until after it makes its public debut at the Brussels Motor Show in January next year where...

Aston Martin’s gorgeous Vantage V8 is probably the last car in need of any modifications but German tuner Mansory has developed a range of carbon-fiber accessories and performance upgrades designed specifically for the svelte coupe. Having already established itself as a specialist in the...

Ford will once again present one of the biggest displays at the upcoming SEMA auto show with no less than 13 vehicles, nine of which will be based on the not so big 2008 Focus. Ford wants to hit home that it’s no longer a manufacturer of just large SUVs and pickups. According to the executive...

On the 29th of December Hyundai will officially turn 40 and to celebrate the occasion it will be launching the production version of the Genesis concept sedan as well as a special emblem. The launch of the car will be for the Korean market with an April launch planned for other markets including...

Before you shrug this off as just some pointless comparison, take a close look at the stats of these two vehicles. In one corner we have the SLR McLaren, which we’re sure most readers would recognize, and in the other corner we have the Mercedes-Benz Actros Black Edition semi. The SLR...

Four-wheel-steering (4WS) is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real...

Following the announcement at the start of the year that the ungainly Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1028131_acura-advanced-sports-car-concept would come in for a redesign, most suspected the updated design would be rolled out at next week’s Tokyo Motor...

The fact that Lotus will be building a replacement to the Esprit supercar is no secret. However, Lotus USA boss Mike Kimberly has confirmed in a recent interview the Esprit will not headline the model range. Instead, Kimberly said that a new supercar worthy of being the ‘jewel in the...

Updated: It didn’t take long for more images of the 2008 Nissan GT-R to surface and this time ‘round they’re official and come attached with some of the car’s final specs courtesy of Edmunds. According to the source the new GT-R will feature a twin-turbo V6 engine with 473hp...

When BMW shows a concept car based on a current production model, there’s a good chance it will eventually end up in production with minimal changes. More recent examples include this year’s M3 and X6 concept vehicles, cars based on the existing 3-series coupe and X5 SUV respectively...