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The winner will not be announced until March

The European Car of the Year has released its nominees for 2014. It selected 30 cars from a provisional list of all of the new cars that would be on sale by the end of 2013. The cars had to be all new generations, not refreshed models To be no...

The winner will be announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March

The Car of the Year organization that selects the European Car of the Year has selected its short list of seven nominees for car of the year 2014. The winner will not be announced until March at the Geneva Motor Show.  The list started wi...

Honda will add a performance-oriented, 1.6-liter Earth Dreams diesel engine to the European Civic in early 2013. Later in the year, the CR-V will also get the engine.  It produces 120hp, 300Nm of torque, makes 94g/km of CO2 and uses 3.6l/...

Five models already offered with full LED lights and more coming.

Audi's LED headlights have received certification from the European Commission, and they will be added to more models in the near future.   The commission says that cars using LED lights for the headlights, taillights and license plat...

It will work with Germany's testing organization to insure impartiality

The European Commission is stepping in to reconcile the dispute between France and Mercedes-Benz on the refrigerant that Mercedes is using in some of its cars.  The conflict is that Mercedes shipped A-Class, B-Class and CLA-Class models t...

Rules not likely to be changed until 2016

A new report by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, AEA Ricardo and IHS Global Insight that was commissioned by the European Commission indicates that automakers have found loopholes in the CO2 test to make thei...

European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard toured the Ford's Cologne Factory to view its green cars including the 1.0 Ecoboost engine, 1.6 TDCi ECOnetic Technology engine and Focus Electric.  “We are delighted the...

New cars coming from Ford, Kia, Toyota, Honda and more.

There have been few market segments growing faster in Europe than the compact crossover. The segment has grown by 6% in the first half of the year, while the European auto market in general has contracted by 6%. The cars combine the platforms of B...

Two weeks ago we headed to Canada and had a showering Grand Prix with lots emotions, lots of safety cars and a little bit more of the same. Wouldn’t that last lap mistake make him give away yet another victory and now we would have everyone say...

Bernd Bohr, the chairman of Bosch's automotive group, predicted in a press conference that electric vehicles will become mainstream around 2025. “After 2020, the share of electric vehicles will rise as battery costs go down year after year. By...