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Tracinda Corp led by Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has cut its stake in General Motors from 9.9% to 7.4%, a month after Kerkorian's ally Jerry York resigned from GM’s board. Tracinda sold $462 million worth of the carmaker’s stock, which equates to roughly 14 million shares...

Cadillac has confirmed that its next-generation CTS sedan will spawn several other body styles including a coupe and wagon-crossover, and now we have a possible rendering of what the CTS coupe may look like. Picking up the tag CTC, short for Cadillac touring coupe, a concept version is expected to...

Yet another cool video with a Eurotrash/techno background. For more information about the Neeza concept, check our previous post by clicking here.

McLaren has adamantly denied rumors of the return of 38 year old Hakkinen to Formula One, but there’s mounting evidence that suggests he could be racing for McLaren by as early as next year’s season. This would see the Finn pairing up with Fernando Alonso, and would make McLaren a very...

Alfa Romeo is rumored to be working on a high-end luxury saloon to be based on the next-generation of the stunning Maserati Quattroporte. The new car would slot in as the 167 replacement and will definitely be sold in the US upon Alfa's return. Original plans had Alfa using the same platform as the...

Three out of every four Chinese built cars have developed at least one defect within the first six months of use, according to a survey conducted by the Chinese Association for Quality. Worse still, for every 100 vehicles sold in the first nine months of the year, there were 338 defects found, up...

Italy’s famous Nardo circuit saw three world records for high-speed runs broken on a single day. The event saw highly modified cars, with a combined output of 9506hp, battle for the world’s fastest car in each its own category. Run by Germany’s Autobild, 12 of the world’s...

Toyota will utilize its new found partnership with Isuzu to release its first ever diesel hybrid vehicle by 2010. Diesel engines by themselves already offer extremely frugal motoring, and when combined with an electric motor will offer even better mileage rates in addition to reduced emission...

Automotive entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s latest venture to bring budget cars from China’s Chery brand to the US has come to an end. His company, Visionary Vehicles, was planning to import up to 250,000 Chery-produced cars to North America, with a long-term plan of even greater...

BMW has started seeding Hydrogen 7's to celebs all around the world so they can get a first hand trial of one of the fuel technologies that will power future cars. They're planning to place hydrogen fueling stations near the drivers' locations to ease the process of using the car on a daily basis...

Maserati will reveal its MC12 Versione Corse for the first time at next month’s Bologna Motor Show. The Versione Corse is a track-only car derived from Maserati's MC12 GT1 race car, and is aimed at well-heeled track enthusiasts. The Versione Corse features a modified version of the 6.0-liter...

German tuner Brabus has earned several records for the world’s fastest sedan since it first won the title back in 1996 with the 330km/h Biturbo V12 E-Class. In 2003, the same car took the record to 350.2km/h and even this was bettered in 2006 with the Brabus Rocket and its pass at 362.4km/h...

Foreign vehicles have taken top honors in a survey of the safest 2007 models for the US, which was conducted by an influential insurance industry group. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety group mandated that all entrants must be equipped with stability control systems, a move that saw the...

Toyota has already launched its new Corolla for the Japanese domestic market, but the European version of everyone's favorite car/appliance will make its premiere at Helsinki Motor Show at the end of this month. The car will be offered in sedan versions initially, but will arrive in hatch and wagon...

A new diesel engine currently being developed by Mitsubishi for the European market may eventually end up in cars sold in the US also. The introduction of the new cleaner diesel fuel across America may spark other manufacturers to offer diesel fueled cars in the US for the first time as well. The...

Ferrari’s Panamerican 20,000 has come to an end with the two cars, a pair of 599 GTB Fioranos, crossing the finish line at the New York Stock Exchange. The cars started off on the 24th of August in Brazil and completed the trek in 15 stages and with 50 different international journalists...

General Motors will unveil a new concept for its successful Hummer brand at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Even smaller than the current H3, the new concept will be called the H4 and follow in the lines of the Jeep Wrangler. Autoweek reports that a production version is likely to hit showrooms...

China's car industry is maturing very quickly, and the Beijing Auto Exhibition is Ground Zero for the most important new product launches and announcements. Check out this video featuring some of the highlights from the show.

Officials from DaimlerChrysler have confirmed that the company is in talks with other carmakers, including China’s Chery Automobile, over a possible deal to supply small cars sourced from China or other low-cost producers to the US. Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda also told reporters at the Beijing...

Here’s an interesting video of one of Alfa Romeo’s engineers behind the wheel of the GT coupe outlining the way its Q2 differential works and how it affects the car’s on road dynamics. The video includes ghost frames of a car without the Q2 versus a car equipped with the...