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19 Aug, 2012
New two-wheel-drive version of the BMW X3 will go on sale in October, priced from £28,580
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17 Aug, 2012
The SEAT Mii city car is now available with a new efficient automatic gearbox
A challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency regulation allowing higher concentrations of corn-based ethanol in gasoline was thrown out by the federal Appeals Court in Washington on grounds that the groups pressing the case had no right to sue.
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17 Aug, 2012
BMW and Zagato have unveiled the Roadster concept at the Pebble Beach Concours
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson is auctioning off his 1958 Regal turquoise Chevrolet Corvette for Habitat for Humanity Detroit.
SsangYong Motor has told just-auto that its third design study for a future small crossover will be revealed at the Paris motor show next month. The production model, a rival for the Chevrolet Trax, should follow in 2013.
Fiat is adding a midlevel model, the 500 Turbo, to its U.S. lineup for 2013.
Continental is planning to open a new research and development site for advanced driver assistance systems (DAS) early next year in Ulm.
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17 Aug, 2012
One-off 850bhp Shelby GT500 Cobra has been built as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby
Looking to recapture some of its past luster, Cadillac showed renderings of a concept car that will appear at a 2013 auto show.
Struggling US battery maker A123 Systems has signed an agreement to receive a US$465m financial injection from Chinese parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp.
Just as National Electric Vehicle Sweden's self-imposed - and continuously expressed - deadline of the 'end of summer' for its mooted takeover of bankrupt Saab was about to expire - along comes a huge bucket of cold water in the shape of Scania to liberally douse those flames of expectation
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17 Aug, 2012
A one-off McLaren 12C-based X-1 has been unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours
European wagons have rarely enjoyed much success in the United States. But that hasn't deterred BMW, which will continue selling the
Toyota Motor Europe said its Prius hybrid was tops in the new and more stringent EcoTest by ADAC, Germany's largest automobile club, ahead of 55 other vehicles tested under the same new conditions.
Delphi has started operations at a new wire harness plant in Durango, Mexico, which is expected to create 3,000 new jobs and a further 6,000 indirect openings.
The Racer Trust, which holds plants that General Motors unloaded during its bankruptcy procedings, is to sell the Mansfield-Ontario stamping plant in Ohio to Brownfield Communities Development for an undisclosed amount.