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Kelley Blue Book (KBB) and its marketing research team have listed the brands that car buyers find to have the most exceptional ‘exterior styling’ in each vehicle segment. The results come from a study conducted by Brand Watch, KBB’s newest automotive research study. Though...

Sales figures for the R-Class haven't managed to live up to the expectations of the German luxury brand, but Mercedes-Benz is determined not to completely write-off its “Grand Sport Tourer” just yet. News has now surfaced on Dutch publication Auto Telegraaf that the R-Class will soon be...

Famous Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] tuner Roush has unveiled its European-spec performance pack for the Ford GT. To mark the end of production for the retro supercar, Roush set out to create an exclusive series of engine upgrades as well as unique interior and exterior styling treatments. The...

Inside any major carmaker, there are executives trying to predict what kind of cars we’ll all be driving ten, twenty years into the future. When Ford’s Susan Cischke looks into the future she still sees internal combustion engines powering cars, but they are smaller, weigh less and are...

The auto industry limelight may not be shining on Jaguar at the moment, but the Coventry-based carmaker is still in major financial trouble. Its recent C-XF concept car managed to shift focus away from its loss making operations, but now the $715 million hole left in last year’s results has...

When news of the Weber supercar first broke, we initially had some doubts that the Swiss company would follow through on its promise to deliver its own in-house designed concept in time for last month's Top Marques Monaco Auto Show. But the auto parts supplier has pulled through and we now have...

Fiat group will be expanding its operations in China with the latest confirmation that it will be building its Alfa Romeo 159 saloon in China. The cars will be built under the recently formed joint-venture between Fiat and China’s Chery Auto, with production tipped to start in Chery’s...

The Chrysler Group will be adding hybrid versions of its Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen vehicles for the 2008 model year, with both vehicles getting a 5.7L Hemi V8 engine mated to an electric motor. The hybrid vehicles will hit showrooms next year and are expected to improve mileage rates by 25%...

Ford may not be the most respected brand in its homeland, but over in the UK, the Blue Oval has been voted the most trusted brand for the seventh consecutive year by subscribers of Reader's Digest. Ford beat out competitors from 15 different countries and 38 product categories with over 24,000...

A new safety device developed in Australia could potentially reduce injuries or deaths caused by motor vehicle fires by up to 80%. Labeled ‘Vehicle Safety Shutdown’ (VSS), the new system could easily be manufactured in commercially viable numbers and could one day become mandatory in...

The Maybach Exelero, which debuted back in 2005 and was most recently seen in a Jay-Z rap video, is easily one of the most striking coupes to ever grace the stands of any car show in history. The super-coupe is actually a one-off design created by Maybach on behalf of Fulda Tyres, which uses the...

The Gallardo is one of our all-time favorite cars, so we can understand why NBA star Shaquille O'Neal went so far as to have one stretched out by metal workers to accommodate his 7-foot-1-inch stature. The custom work was completed by Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters, a specialist in car...

There may be a new model out on the streets, but Porsche’s 996 Turbo is still an amazing performance machine with massive tuning potential. Germany’s Edo Competition has applied its magic touch to the potent coupe, which thanks to the assortment of power upgrades churns out a...

With over 45,000 fans watching, BMW-Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld took to the notorious Nordschleife at Germany’s Nürburgring in his F1.06 racecar. This was the first time in 31 years that a Formula One racer has taken to the famous circuit after the site was dropped from the event’s...

Toyota is set to unveil a new minicar aimed at European markets at September’s Frankfurt Auto Show later this year. The new model will be similar in size to DaimlerChrysler’s Smart Fortwo and will be able to seat two passengers up front with space available for a small child behind the...

Volkswagen has unveiled its latest TSI gasoline engine as well as a new double clutch DSG gearbox designed for compact and economy-class vehicles at this week’s annual Vienna Engine Symposium. The new 1.4L motor develops peak power of 90kW, joining VW’s TSI range, which also includes...

In an effort to curb levels of carbon-dioxide emitted by its cars, Ford is currently developing a new generation of small capacity engines. Its European lineup already has some of the lowest levels of CO2 emissions in the region but engineers at its engine plant in Cologne are developing a new...

It was going to happen eventually. Toyota surpassing General Motors in the sales race was not surprising in the least, but what happens now is anyone’s guess. How GM reacts to being dethroned from its number one spot could either send the company to the receivers or bring the American giant...

Lexus is near to completing development for its first ever supercar and although top brass are remaining extremely tight-lipped on the subject, we can reveal that the new car will most likely feature a newly developed 5.0L V10 engine pumping out in excess of 500hp. We can also confirm that there...

The recently formed alliance between Toyota and Subaru is starting to bear the first real fruit of the joint-venture. Toyota is already taking full advantage of the deal by using Subaru’s additional capacity at its North American plant to build the Camry sedan. Now, the two companies are...