With its T.27, a diminutive, 100% electric city runabout, Gordon Murray Design has accomplished a major breakthrough in automotive safety. When submitted to a high-speed frontal impact crash test, the T.27 came out with a nearly intact cabin suffering zero intrusion.
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Mazda released the first few pictures of the MINAGI Concept, which is rumoured to become the Japanese company's future compact CUV, the CX-5. The vehicle will debut at the 81st Geneva Motor Show as the forerunner to the launch of Mazda's upcoming next-generation products. It also symbolizes the evolution of the Mazda brand.
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Porsche's outgoing chief of R&D, Wolfgang Durheimer, confirmed that the German automaker is developing a four-cylinder engine that will power their next roadster and possibly the Boxster and Cayman.
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Here's a short video of the launch of the new Le Mans car produced by German manufacturer Audi, the stunning turbo diesel R18.
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Ever wanted to read the newspaper or stretch your legs while driving on the highway? Well, it now seems closer to reality than fiction. The first vehicle platooning tests were performed by Volvo in Sweden and the automaker is reporting a success.
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BMW has revealed details of a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine earmarked to appear in a wide range of North American models.
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China's Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. has opened a technical center in suburban Detroit to conduct chassis RandD for its own brands in China.
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Christopher Preuss, the public relations executive who was tapped last year to steer GM's Onstar, is stepping down as president of the telematics unit.
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Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne vowed to keep the automaker on top of the minivan segment in the North American market and said the company will develop a new type of minivan by 2014.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by a Ford Motor unit for a $16 million refund on its Michigan taxes in a dispute over the power of states to impose levies retroactively.
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WITH VIDEO -- Pagani Automobili's ongoing tease of the replacement for the Zonda sports car continued on Tuesday with the release of the third of five teaser videos.
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Jaguar will take center stage in August as the featured marque at the 2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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Chrysler orders up an eight-speed transmission for the 300 sedan, NASCAR aims to shake up the points system, and we give our take on the 2011 Honda Accord sedan.
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A month after taking over General Motors' global marketing, Joel Ewanick named a new U.S. marketing chief and shuffled his leadership at other GM brands. Chris Perry, Chevrolet's marketing boss, will become vice president of U.S.
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The Obama administration improperly created a state-by-state patchwork of auto emissions standards by allowing California to impose its own greenhouse gas rules, a lawyer for business groups told a U.S. appeals court today. The U.S.
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Allan Gilmour, former CFO and vice chairman of Ford Motor Co., was named president of Wayne State University in Detroit today.
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Ford plans to invest $400 million to build a new vehicle at its Kansas City, Mo., assembly plant when production of the Ford Escape is shifted to the automaker's Louisville, Ky., factory.
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Mitsubishi will unveil its latest concept at the Geneva motor show in early March, a small car that it intends to sell in global markets.
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