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The Chicago Motor Show, which begins on February 8 for the press and usually is it an uneventful show, but this year there are actually a few debuts happening there. Volkswagen will debut the Beetle TDI at the show that will go on sale this summer...

Two data points do not make a trend but can be a cause for intriguing speculation. Sales of diesel fuel were up 6.6% in California in the third quarter of  2011, while gasoline sales were down 2%.  The reason for the drop is gas use ...

Equipped with a 2.2 liter, four-cylinder diesel engine, Jaguar is setting off across the US in a XF sedan to evaluate the engine. Jaguar plans the 2,800 mile journey from New York to Los Angeles to take seven days.  This is not the first ...

Sales will begin in first quarter of 2012

For a brand so identified with off-roading, it is surprising that Jeep has never really used many diesels at least in the US. That will change in a big way at the North American International Auto Show when the brand will unveil a diesel version o...

BMW will begin delivering the 640d xDrive this spring that combines a twin-turbocharged, 3.0 liter diesel with all-wheel drive as either a coupe or convertible.  Despite being a big, all-wheel drive coupe, the 640d xDrive has performance ...

A German study suggests that they produce more particulates

The independent vehicle testing agency TÜV Nord in Germany has completed a curious study regarding modern direct injected petrol engines. It found that direct injected petrol engines emit about 1,000 times more particles than non-direct injec...

Vehicle features a great amount of Land Rover advanced technologies

In anticipation to the official debut at the New York Auto Show, Land Rover introduced the Discovery Vision Concept next to a scale model of Virgin Galactic ship in an event in Manhattan aboard the USS Intrepid, a center of experience of the sea, ...

The researchers at Ford’s Human Machine Interface Verification Laboratory, also known as the “Distraction Lab”, are making use of the modern occlusion goggles in order to try and reduce distracted driving. Their study, which is in i...

Body kit entirely made from carbon fiber

A Lamborghini Aventador starts at €255,00 ($387,000) for a base car, but for an extra €200,500 ten buyers can upgrade their Aventador to the DMC LP900 SV with 900hp and a complete carbon fiber body kit. What is more, DMC says that it can...

German luxury car tuner DMC has a new all carbon fiber kit available for the Lamborghini Aventador that costs a mere €125,000. It calls the kit Molto Volce and it includes a front diffuser, side flaps, center lip, side skirt diffusers, re...