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Two seats and plenty of style - the sportiest MINI ever has landed and we have all the details.

The car market in Germany increased by 22% in May from the same month of last year, according to figures released by the VDA.

Kia Motors is to increase production of its new Optima model with the expansion of its US manufacturing plant in Georgia from September 2011 to cater for American demand for the D-segment saloon.

Shell has just announced it is to build the world's first floating liquefied natural gas facility (FLNG) 200km off North-West Australia's coast. As well as that mammoth project, the energy giant is also heavily involved with the huge gas potential in Qatar with the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) project - the world's largest GTL plant. Shell downstream director Mark Williams outlined some of his alternative fuels and transport thinking at the recent Challenge Bibendum sustainable mobility event in Berlin.

All-new third-generation MINI hatchback caught testing ahead of debut next year

Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) provider HaloIPT has announced two new strategic relationships that will start volume production of IPT charging technology.

Figures released by the SMMT show that the UK car market in May was 1.7% off last year's pace.

Johnson Controls is to develop a lightweight automotive design concept to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy.

Sales of Mercedes-Benz Cars rose 7.4 percent to 118,931 vehicles in May, the automaker said Monday.

Turkey's car and light commercial vehicle sales increased 35.52 percent year-on-year to 80,468 units in May, Automotive Distributors' Association data showed on Monday. The data also showed sales grew by 56.

A customer at Rockland Toyota in suburban New York recently asked why he couldn't recharge his cell phone through the USB port built into the otherwise sophisticated Toyota Venza crossover.

It's your chance to make a difference as a motorist - the Governmnent wants to know what you would change, and so do we.

Entry-level BMW launches, line-up includes sub-100g/km version.

Daimler and engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Group said they now held a 60 percent stake in Tognum following the expiry of their tender offer for the industrial diesel engine maker.

Jim O'Donnell took over as CEO of BMW of North America in July 2008, just as the country was plunging into recession. Three years later, as the market recovers and luxury buyers open their wallets, O'Donnell is feeling optimistic.

Unless the factories break out big advertising and incentive programs -- and don't look for that anytime soon -- the slow sales of May are likely to continue well into summer.

Politicians and business leaders in Detroit are high-fiving each other nowadays for the success of the bankruptcy process and auto bailouts, which saved General Motors, Chrysler Group and tens of thousands of jobs.

Charles Gassenheimer is not your typical green-car entrepreneur. He's not a garage tinkerer or a Silicon Valley mogul.

Smart phones, iPads, antenna-equipped laptops, MP3 players and the wide world of Internet connectivity have become so core to American society that automakers are struggling to keep up with the challenge.

First it was the global recession. Then a safety crisis. Now Toyota is battling back from Japan's earthquake and tsunami. Leading the company's recovery in the United States is Yoshi Inaba, brought back in 2009 for his second tour as head of U.S.