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A year-long crash-avoidance pilot project involving nearly 3,000 'connected' vehicles has been launched in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The new Ford Fusion equipped with the 2.0-litre EcoBoost turbo engine includes technology shared with NASA's Space Shuttle.

Videos 23 Aug, 2012

Highlights from rounds 16, 17 and 18 of the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton

UK sports car maker Morgan opened a dealership this week in the southwest China city of Chengdu. The automaker now has three stores in the country.

Car sharing - or car club - schemes across Europe are expected to grow from using around 21,000 vehicles at the end of last year to more than 240,000 by 2020 with the number of subscribers increasing from 0.7m to nearly 15m in the same time.

German supplier Robert Bosch GmbH says it plans to form a joint venture with Chinese company Ningbo Polaris Technology to produce wheel hub motors for electric scooters.

Stars, seminars and sales will captivate automotive enthusiasts this Labor Day weekend at Auctions America by RM's annual Auburn Fall collector car weekend, Aug. 29and#8211;Sept. 2, at the historic Auburn Auction Park in Indiana.

Videos 23 Aug, 2012

BMW M-Power performance brand celebrates its 40th anniversary

Global deliveries of Volkswagen's core VW-brand vehicles increased by 11.9 percent to 468,300 in July, extending the year-to-date gain by 10.4 percent to 3.26 million, the automaker said in a statement today.

Chrysler boosted its rating in Consumer Reports' testing of large sedans as its 300 topped offerings by General Motors and Ford. The 300 scored an 83, behind only the Hyundai Genesis at 92.

News 22 Aug, 2012

Seven-seat Grand Picasso has been spotted ahead of its arrival next year

Pictures 22 Aug, 2012

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) is supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Model Deployment.

Pictures 28 Aug, 2012

News 28 Aug, 2012

Bentley has unveiled its fastest ever model at the Moscow Motor Show

Fiat has given the fifteen year old Siena another facelift. This follows the launch of the eventual replacement model, the Grand Siena, back in April.

The 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is behind us.

GKN Sinter Metals is to invest US$4m with Indiana in an expansion that has seen it buy compaction presses, sintering furnaces and automation for the furnaces and presses.

News 22 Aug, 2012

The clock’s ticking if you want to reject a car, as one SEAT Alhambra owner discovered to his cost

News 22 Aug, 2012

Our spies have spotted the new Vauxhall Astra Cabriolet with its roof down for the first time