The Holden VF Commodore that will go racing in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship has been unveiled, following the VF Commodore reveal by only a day and beating the debut of the Holden Commodore SS production car, on which the racecar is ...
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German carmaker BMW has unveiled the new 3 Series Gran Turismo ahead of its global debut at the upcoming 83rd Geneva Motor Show to be held between 05 March 2013 and 17 March 2013 in Switzerland. To be offered in modern, luxury and ...
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Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles Scania has obtained an order to supply 709 buses to Mostransavto, the public transport operator in Moscow, Russia in collaboration with the GAZ Group. Under the collaboration the company will ...
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Images purportedly revealing the planned design of the never-released 2013 Saab 9-3 have been leaked by a Swedish automotive website. Three low-resolution screenshots of the next-generation Saab 9-3 were published by Auto Motor und Sport, ...
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One of the more popular small SUVs, the RAV4 has been a top performer in Consumer Reports tests for years. To see how the new model compares against fresh competitors, we just purchased a typically equipped RAV4 for testing. With the ...
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Renowned world wide for its highly successful diesel-hybrid Le Mans racecars, Audi is planning to introduce a road-going diesel-hybrid supercar in 2017, codenamed the Audi R20. Audi development chief Wolfgang Durheimer has previously ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda is planning to invest about JPY26bn ($285.5m) to build a new automatic transmission manufacturing plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand. The new Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT) facility, with ...
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General Motors (GM) will invest $200m to construct a new test wing in its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters located at Pontiac in Michigan, US. The new test wing, which is expected to complete in second half of 2014, will have a ...
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Mazda has announced it will build a new transmission plant in Thailand, with operations set to begin between April and September 2015. At a cost of $273 million (26 billion yen) and with an annual production capacity of approximately ...
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The entry-level Volkswagen Golf 77TSI will be ditched when the all-new seventh-generation small car arrives here in late April. “We’ve created a new entry model [and] added a lot of equipment,” confirmed Volkswagen ...
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German carmaker Opel has unveiled the new diesel-powered seven-seater Zafira Tourer, which is claimed to be the fastest of all variants in the carmaker’s compact van segment. The van is powered by a 2.0 CDTI BiTurbo engine that ...
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Chrysler is planning to manufacture a new 2.4L engine at the Dundee plant, Michigan in the US to replace the old 1.4L FIRE engine in the Dodge Dart. The company said that the 1.4L FIRE engine would be replaced due to its low power, which ...
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It would seem Subaru has matured nicely as the marque celebrates its 40th anniversary in Australia – the launch of the new Subaru Forester XT is distinguished by the fact that, for the first time, the Forester turbo doesn’t get ...
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The Ford Atlas concept has stormed onto the scene in Detroit, with the intimidating ute giving us an insight into the Blue Oval’s vision for the next-generation Ford F-150 pick-up. Stealing the limelight from rival General ...
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The world premiere of the Nissan Resonance concept in Detroit has given us an early look at how the next-generation Nissan Murano crossover may appear when it launches in 2014. Possessing a futuristic design and a fuel-efficient hybrid ...
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