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McLaren and Forza Motorsport 5 Collaboration Will Give Competition Winner the Ride of a Lifetime

McLaren and Forza Motorsport 5 Collaboration Will Give Competition Winner the Ride of a Lifetime

McLaren Automotive has teamed up with Xbox to offer one of the best seats of the summer at the 2013 Festival of Speed: the passenger seat of the McLaren P1 while it makes its global dynamic debut at the world famous event. ... Continue reading

BYD e6 Electric Cars Arrive in the UK

BYD e6 Electric Cars Arrive in the UK

More than 50 of BYD e6 pure electric cars have arrived in the UK and will be going on trial with a number of fleet operators in the coming months. The right-hand drive cars were offloaded at Southampton docks and are in the process of being registered. ... Continue reading

MG Increase Investing in British Design

MG Increase Investing in British Design

SAIC Motor's European Design Centre at the MG Birmingham site was opened. It has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened. ... Continue reading

Henny Hemmes The Auto Channel's Senior European Editor Appointed World Car of the Year Jurist

Henny Hemmes The Auto Channel's Senior European Editor Appointed World Car of the Year Jurist

Henny Hemmes, the Auto Channel’s senior European editor, has been installed as a juror for the World Car Awards. The WCA is a program initiated by, organized by, and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world for the election of the World Car of the Year (WCOTY). Henny is part of the 7-member inte ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading

GAZ Group's New Generation LCV Premieres at Moscow International Automobile Salon

GAZ Group's New Generation LCV Premieres at Moscow International Automobile Salon

GAZ Group - part of Basic Element, one of Russia's largest diversified industrial groups, presented its 'GAZelle NEXT' new generation light commercial vehicle for the first time at the Moscow International Automobile Salon. Fearing similar to that of a passenger car, state-of-the-art safety systems, excellent reliabili ... Continue reading

Total Quality Report - Volkswagen Has Best Total Quality, Toyota Fewest Problems, See Complete List Of Winners

Total Quality Report - Volkswagen Has Best Total Quality, Toyota Fewest Problems, See Complete List Of Winners

San Diego August 27, 2012; Strategic Vision announces results of its 2012 Total Quality Index™ (TQI) study. With the industry best of only 17% of owners reporting problems, Toyota Motor Sales corporation had the lowest reported problems, resulting in Strategic Vision's lowest “Problem Impact Measure” (PI ... Continue reading

2012 JD Power Initial Quality Study Close-up Look

2012 JD Power Initial Quality Study Close-up Look

</p><p>By Steve Purdy <br>TheAutoChannel.com <br>Michigan Bureau </p><P>Detroit MI June 19, 2012; The U.S. auto industry posted the best improvement in performance since 2009 in this year’s important Initial Quality Survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. In the IQS’ 26 year history the average new car ... Continue reading

More Than 10,000 Picnickers Registered to Celebrate Dacia's Eighth Anniversary: A Full House for the Brand's Annual Picnic

More Than 10,000 Picnickers Registered to Celebrate Dacia's Eighth Anniversary: A Full House for the Brand's Annual Picnic

In the space of just a short period of time, the Dacia brand has developed a thriving community of owners who never miss an opportunity to be together or communicate. Its web forums are twice as busy as those of other brands, while 'word of mouth' sharing of news is a characteristic of the 'Dacia spirit' and, again, tw ... Continue reading

New-Look Astra and Hot GTC Diesel Join Vauxhall's Ranks

New-Look Astra and Hot GTC Diesel Join Vauxhall's Ranks

Available to order now, with first deliveries in September, the refreshed design of the Astra Hatch and Sports Tourer - both of which are built at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire - gives the cars a more bold and aggressive appearance. Both body styles get a new front grille, with repositioned logo-bar in th ... Continue reading

Webasto Takes Over Diavia Cooling System Business For Off-highway and Special Applications From Delphi

Webasto Takes Over Diavia Cooling System Business For Off-highway and Special Applications From Delphi

Webasto, Germany based automotive supplier, announced the signature of a share purchase agreement to buy from Delphi Italia Automotive Systems its Diavia cooling system business for off-highway and special applications. ... Continue reading

New Models and New Ideas Attract Visitors to EV Show in United Kingdom

New Models and New Ideas Attract Visitors to EV Show in United Kingdom

A host of new models will line up alongside a panel of industry experts to provide visitors to this year's EV & Low CO2 Fleet Show at Silverstone with plenty of reasons to attend the event. ... Continue reading

Drive It Day - Vauxhall Opens Its Doors To All Classic Car Owners in UK

Drive It Day - Vauxhall Opens Its Doors To All Classic Car Owners in UK

Vauxhall is again supporting this year's annual classic car celebration and will open its Heritage Centre to mark "Drive it Day". ... Continue reading

Pininfarina Cambiano Luxury Electric Sports Saloon Launched Today

Pininfarina Cambiano Luxury Electric Sports Saloon Launched Today

It is a new approach to luxury in the car, according to Pininfarina’s school of thought. The Cambiano is launched today, a concept car that is elegant and sporty, refined and comfortable. An enticing combination of pure, cutting edge design and uncompromising engineering that respects the environment in both in th ... Continue reading

PG Proudly Presents: the PG Elektrus - Made By Michael Frohlich

PG Proudly Presents: the PG Elektrus - Made By Michael Frohlich

Fast, wild and extravagant: on January 17, 2012, PG and Dusseldorf-based automobile designer Michael Frohlich presented the PG Elektrus in Berlin – an exclusive urbane e-Roadster with a powerful uniqueness factor. ... Continue reading

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