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- 2015 Subaru WRX STI is "The Most Technically Specialized Car" for Under $40,000
- MINI Releases Mega Gallery with the 2015 Countryman with 243 Photos
- GM Expects Cadillac Sales to Rise 40 Percent in China This Year
- Sibling Rivalry: SEAT Leon Cupra vs. VW Golf R on Track
- Yet Another Rumor Foretelling Possible Arrival of new MG Sports Car
- Next-Generation BMW X1 May Get an M Version
- This is The First Purpose-Built Porsche 911 Rally Car
- BMW's New Special Edition Z4 sDrive 20i GT Limited to 60 Copies for Japan
- Automotive Grade Linux Shows a Lot of Open Source Promise for In-Car Infotainment
- Is Somerville Police Using an Undercover Pedestrian Cop to Catch Drivers?
- Toyota's i-ROAD and COMS Vehicles Now Part of Public Transport Scheme in France
- Mazda Expects European Sales to Exceed Target in 2014
| 2015 Subaru WRX STI is "The Most Technically Specialized Car" for Under $40,000 Posted: 07 Jul 2014 07:55 PM PDT  Think of a car that provides more performance and capability in one single fairly-affordable package than the Subaru WRX STI. In Europe, there may be some alternatives, but for US buyers it really is the most technically specialized car for under $40,000, as CNET's Brian Cooley points out in this review. Read more »    |
| MINI Releases Mega Gallery with the 2015 Countryman with 243 Photos Posted: 07 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT  As it did with the 2015 Paceman, Mini released a huge photo gallery of its mildly facelifted Countryman, which gets a revised grille, new alloy wheels and new colors, as well as a power increase for the Cooper S Countryman and optimized fuel consumption. Read more »   |
| GM Expects Cadillac Sales to Rise 40 Percent in China This Year Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:48 AM PDT  General Motors forecasts Cadillac sales in China will increase by at least 40 percent this year, as the carmaker accelerates local production in the world's largest car market. Read more »   |
| Sibling Rivalry: SEAT Leon Cupra vs. VW Golf R on Track Posted: 07 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT  A dry twisty track is not the ideal place to prove that the more powerful, four-wheel drive VW Golf R is faster than a lesser powered front-wheel drive SEAT Leon Cupra. In fact, it would prove the above statement completely false, as the Autocar video posted below illustrates. Read more »   |
| Yet Another Rumor Foretelling Possible Arrival of new MG Sports Car Posted: 07 Jul 2014 08:22 AM PDT  While we previously quoted an American source that suggested MG was looking at creating a sports car/roadster, now a UK-based publication is confirming that it may be more than just an unfounded rumor. Read more »   |
| Next-Generation BMW X1 May Get an M Version Posted: 07 Jul 2014 07:52 AM PDT  BMW M sales boss Jörg Bartels said nothing is off the table for the performance division, despite the fact that an M4 Gran Coupe model is not seen as possible at the moment. Read more »   |
| This is The First Purpose-Built Porsche 911 Rally Car Posted: 07 Jul 2014 07:09 AM PDT  With a motorsport history that arguably shames any other car manufacturer on the planet when it comes to the number of overall race wins, Porsche has been present over the years in just about any type of racing there is, including some fields which normally wouldn't be exactly appropriate for a sports car manufacturer. Read more »   |
| BMW's New Special Edition Z4 sDrive 20i GT Limited to 60 Copies for Japan Posted: 07 Jul 2014 06:40 AM PDT  BMW has given Japan another special edition version named the Z4 sDrive 20i GT, which was made to commemorate the Z4 GT3's 1-2 finish in the opening round of the 2014 Super GT racing series. Read more »   |
| Automotive Grade Linux Shows a Lot of Open Source Promise for In-Car Infotainment Posted: 07 Jul 2014 06:07 AM PDT  Let's face it: most automakers are notoriously bad at creating competent infotainment and navigation systems. This really is the case, with the few good ones out there representing the exception. A number of factors make this true, and in short, it's basically down to costs, allocated development budgets and a general lack of deep knowledge and experience in the field on their part. Read more »   |
| Is Somerville Police Using an Undercover Pedestrian Cop to Catch Drivers? Posted: 07 Jul 2014 05:37 AM PDT  If anything, there's something fishy going on in Somerville, Massachusetts, where an unidentified Facebook user recorded a man who he claims is an undercover cop for the local police department, walking back and forth across an intersection to catch drivers who fail to stop. Read more »   |
| Toyota's i-ROAD and COMS Vehicles Now Part of Public Transport Scheme in France Posted: 07 Jul 2014 05:05 AM PDT  Following in the footsteps of Daimler's car2go car-sharing service, which mostly uses Smart Fortwos, Toyota is contributing no less than 70 of its two Lilliputian personal mobility electric vehicles to a car sharing and public transport test project in France. Read more »   |
| Mazda Expects European Sales to Exceed Target in 2014 Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:42 AM PDT  Mazda expects to beat its sales target for Europe this year as the car market in the region has been seeing a revival in recent months. Mazda's European deliveries rose 24 percent in the first five months of 2014, more than triple the 6.9 percent full-year growth rate that the Japanese automaker plans in the region. For this year, Mazda is targeting sales of 170,000 vehicles in the region. Read more »   |
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