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Style will be inspired by Emerg-E and Essense

Nissan head of product planning Andy Palmer says that Infiniti is working on an electrified halo GT car that will be aimed at wealthy Asian buyers in 2016. The style of the car will borrow elements from the Emerg-E and Essence concepts.  ...

To celebrate Roger Becker’s, former Director of Vehicle Engineering, 44 years of service, Lotus is launching two special limited editions of the Lotus Elise and Lotus Exige sports cars. Both cars receive the name RGB Special edition which stand...

The Opel Astra Sports Tourer has passed the 100,000 units mark inside its first year of production. Alain Visser, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales says “the response to the Sports Tourer has exceeded our expectations.” T...

He says that he will put a Tesla powertrain in it

Tesla Founder Elon Musk has been revealed as the secret buyer of the Lotus Esprit submarine from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. At RM's London sale on September 8 and 9, it sold for £616,000. Jalopnik confirmed t...

Elon Musk says that he will stay on as Tesla CEO for at least the next several years. There had been some speculation that Musk might leave to work more intently on his rocket company SpaceX.  Musk also said that he does the final inspect...

The car's closest competitor would be the Leaf

Tesla has been riding high recently after paying back its US Government loan early, and the company's stock price exceeded $100 per share for the first time in its history this month. Its next car, the Model X crossover, has already been ...

One of the 28 cars that were previously in John's collection

Singer Elton John used to have quite a collection of classic cars, but he sold away most of his collection in a 2001 Christie's auction that got rid of 28 of his cars. One of those cars is about to cross the auction block again - a 1991 Ferrar...

It looks like Infiniti might use the launch of its Emerg-e hybrid sports car at the Geneva Motor Show as the first step in the transition to a greener image.  "Technology makes it easier to marry environment and performance and we wa...

Volkswagen and Renault-Nissan leading the pack

What do you as an automaker when traditionally strong markets start to slip in sales? There are two options, either reduce capacity or find a new place to sell cars. GM and PSA Peugeot-Citroën are working with the first strategy, and Volkswag...

Volkswagen has presented at the Hanover Trade Show the Milano Taxi concept an extension of the German brand electric vehicle strategy from the individual mobility also to the public transportation. The Milano Taxi is a MPV developed to answer to the ...