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Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui has revealed details about their diesel strategy, which includes the introduction of a V6 engine that may fit in four vehicles across the Honda and Acura range. These include the Ridgeline, Pilot, and Odyssey, as well as the Acura MDX. Honda will begin its diesel...

The wraps will be taken off GM’s brand-new rollover testing facility in Milford today and it’s expected GM will use the occasion to announce that it will make rollover-enabled airbags standard on all retail vehicles by 2012. At the moment, only 43% of light trucks and SUVs have rollover...

If you’re after a performance upgrade that will make ever other “hot hatch” seem like a “mildly warm hatch,” you can’t look further than the upgraded Audi S3 being offered by German tuning house Wimmer Rennsporttechnik. Our friends over at Autoblog.nl uncovered...

To celebrate the centenary of Lancia and the long standing affiliation between the marque and the Milanese coachbuilder for its Sport versions, Andrea Zagato decided to create a Lancia Aprilia Sport identical to the car built by his grandfather Ugo in 1938. The complicated process did not start...

We’ve always found heads-up displays to be incredibly cool, giving us the feeling of being in a fighter jet without any of the long hours of training or the threat of being killed. The one built into the latest BMWs not only shows you the speed, but can also convey satellite navigation...

After revealing a teaser image of the new Cayenne on its website a couple of weeks back, Porsche has finally unveiled the vehicle. On the outside, the biggest difference is the new front end. The redesigned headlights and new bumper give the Cayenne a sleeker yet more aggressive look, while in the...

Mercedes has AMG. BMW has the M division. Toyota has its unfortunately named TRD tuning shop. And now Lexus will get it’s own go-fast division called “F.” Lexus filed a trademark for the "F" logo on October 9th and a trademark for IS-F on November 8th and with the U.S. Patent and...

Claims that VW’s Spanish subsuidary Seat may go under the hammer are “absolute nonsense” said a spokesman for the Audi brand group. German newspaper Automobilwoche had based the statement on inside sources and used the recent decision by VW not to build the new A1 in Spain as...

Don’t you hate it when you’re stuck in a traffic jam, only to move further up and see that it was caused by a couple of drivers that weren’t paying attention? Volvo’s just developed a system that aims to minimize exactly that by forcing the car to brake when it senses an...

Volkswagen has finally unveiled the long expected CrossTouran, a “lifestyle” version of its popular Touran compact van, to be unveiled at the upcoming Bologna Motor Show. Being a true lifestyle vehicle, there are not many mechanical differences between the standard Touran and...

We have to admit we were a little bit shocked to get this press release. After much whiskey-tango-foxtrot’ing around the office we decided to publish it anyway. Brabus claims that the goal for this modification was to turn a “carrier van into a powerful luxury sedan,” and to do so...

Major shareholders in DaimlerChrysler are asking for Chrysler to be removed from the DCX group, stating that the company has basically zero value on its own and that the synergies expected from the two groups have failed to materialize. In a scathing news report from Reuters many well known...

We first reported that VW was going to release a new variant of cars dubbed “R-line,” which would draw styling and interior cues from VW performance cars such as the R32. Well, VW has finally released images of the updated Touareg, Touran, Golf, and Passat models, and our first...

GM’s Australian arm, Holden, will be helping develop the Chevrolet Camaro before its official release in 2008. Holden has had experience developing the Pontiac GTO (called the Monaro downunder) for the US market, and will be finetuning the chassis that underpins the Camaro. The Camaro is...

Porsche’s Cayman S is one of our favorite cars around despite the obvious marketing-over-engineering decisions that went into its construction. A number of tuners have offered kits for the Cayman that turn it into a true 911 beater, but this widebody setup from TechArt has to go down as the...

Kirk Kerkorian’s troubled relationship with GM has finally come to an end with reports coming through that his investment firm Tracinda selling off all stock owned in GM. The Wall Street Journal cited anonymous sources “familiar with the matter” as claiming that Tracinda had sold...

The company that runs Aston Martin’s racing program, Prodrive, has launched its own tuning kit for the V8 Vantage that sees improvements in power, handling, and design. Prodrive modified the 4.3 litre V8 engine to raise peak power from 283 kW (380 bhp) to 317 kW (425 bhp), as well as...

Though there’s no shortage of modified Corvettes around, Callaway’s C16 is one such car that’ll make you do a double take. Callaway has tweaked the 6L LS2 V8 engine to develop a massive 616hp and 582 lb-ft of twist, allowing it to run 0-60 times of around 3.3 seconds. The standing...

General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner conceded that there’s no one solution to providing fuel-efficient cars during his speech at the L.A. Auto Show on Wednesday. However, the GM boss is backing vehicles that could be charged by plugging it into a standard electrical outlet. In fact, GM wants to be...

The Lotus Sport Exige Cup is a track-ready edition of the Exige roadster that runs a more powerful version of the engine from the supercharged Exige S. Power is up to 252hp at a lofty 8000rpm and torque is 179lb-ft at 7000rpm. Those rpm figures may seem high, but the Toyota sourced four-cylinder...