Fiat to revive the Fiat Topolino!
Fiat has picked Serbia to be the production base for its new low-cost car. It will use Zastava's former plant in Kragujevac, Serbia, with an initial capacity of 200,000 units a year, …
Proton to make Turkey European production center
According to a report by Turkish paper Today's Zaman, Proton intends to make Turkey its European production center. Proton's Turkish distributor is Ulu Motor, part of the Ulubaslar Group. The Turkish automotive …
Volkswagen Scirocco to enter Nürburgring 24 Hours
Click to enlarge Volkswagen will enter a factory-developed racing version of the new Volkswagen Scirocco in the upcoming Nürburgring 24 Hours race to be held from May 24 to 25 2008. The …
Facelifted Ford Focus ST
The new facelifted Ford Focus ST goes on sale in the UK beginning from today, and gets Ford's new kinetic design styling that was applied to the base Ford Focus. Making a …
B8 Audi S4 will come with supercharged V6
German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports that Audi will be replacing it's 344 horsepower 4.2 litre V8 found in the Audi S4 and other cars with a forced inducted V6 …
Audi unveils facelifted Audi A3
Audi has unveiled a facelifted version of the Audi A3 for the 2009 model year. It receives an updated front end, with the headlamps getting the new LED running lights for the …
Stiffer Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version-R “Special”
Mitsubishi has launched a new special edition of the Colt Ralliart in Japan called the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version-R Special, which has a special chassis that is 10% stiffer than the standard …
Honda announces new China-only sub-brand: Li Nian
Honda's joint venture company in China Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. has announced a new car brand called Li Nian, which is positioned much alike to what Toyota is doing with its …
Porsche launches Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S has been revived for this new facelifted model and puts out 550 horsepower from its 4.8 litre twin turbocharged V8 gasoline engine, compared to the 520 horsepower …
Volkswagen Lavida for the Chinese domestic market
The car above is the Volkswagen Lavida, a Chinese domestic market model that has been developed and set to be sold only in the China market as it was developed for domestic …
International Engine of the Year Awards 2008 results coming in May!
The results for the 2008 International Engine the Year Awards 2008 will be announced on the 7th of May 2008. Personally I can't wait to see if BMW retains its engine throne …
Ajanta planning sub-1 lakh Oreva electric car
The Ajanta group in India currently produces electric scooters and bikes under the Oreva brand, but in the works is a new electric car which Ajanta aims to price at Rs 85,000, …
Limited edition 194hp Toyota Hilux in the UK
Toyota has launched a limited 500 unit run of the UK market Toyota Hilux Invincible. The special edition features a unique look and a more powerful engine. The Hilux's 3.0 litre D4-D …
Minimum sound level for US cars
While our motoring-related laws remain relatively stagnant (road tax calculated based on engine displacement in this age of engine downsizing with turbocharging, for example), the US has been actively shaping its laws …
First ever speed limit imposed on Autobahn!
It's official - the autobahn now has a speed limit! Well, just one 60km stretch of it anyway. A 60km stretch of the legendary unrestricted German motorway that goes through the northern …
RS*R Scion tC: turbocharged with rear wheel drive!
Ken Gushi's car for the Formula Drift championship in the US is an interesting one. The Scion tC is based on a transverse engine front wheel drive platform, but all-wheel drive derivatives …
Fiat to develop new low cost car: new Palio? Uno?
The latest automaker to jump onto the low cost car bandwagon is Fiat. The company plans to reveal its low cost car somewhere in 2010. According to Fiat R&D Chief Harald Wester, …
Toyota power window recall in the US
Toyota and General Motors will be recalling over 662,000 vehicles sold in the US due to defective power windows. The affected vehicles are the 2003-2004 production year Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix and …
New Toyota-Subaru boxer-powered RWD sports car to arrive in 2011
Toyota has officially revealed plans for its upcoming sports car co-development program with Fuji Heavy Industries, who owns the Subaru brand. The compact rear wheel drive car will feature a Subaru boxer …
Proton launches the Proton Persona in Brunei
Proton has launched the Proton Persona in the Brunei market, priced at BND$20,771 (RM47.636.50) for the 1.6 litre medium line manual and BND$22,495 (RM51,590.35) for the 1.6 litre medium line automatic. It …
