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Why should a company have to compete by building a better a car when they can keep foreign competition out with the help of the government? That is the opinion of French automakers at least because they are lobbying the French government to ask th...

There are some major shakeups at the Williams Formula 1 Team today. Founder and team patriarch Frank Williams will step down from the team's board. Williams will start divorcing himself from the team and handing control over to the next genera...

Autoviva has traveled to Frankfurt to attend the 64th IAA to bring live content to all members of this community. Over the next two days we will be updating this photo gallery with fresh new pictures from the show in Germany just for you. Stay tuned....

Since yesterday electric vehicles in Madrid may use freely public parking lots in the Spanish capital. This is a measure that has the objective to promote and to incentivate people to buy and drive this kind of vehicles. Madrid’s mayor R...

Low displacement turbocharged engines are becoming increasingly common on cars on both sides of the Atlantic. Ford has its Ecoboost engines that are as small as a 1.0-liter three-cylinder than can make as much as 125ps. Volkswagen really populariz...

The Freelander will use a lengthened version of the Evoque platform

Land Rover divides its model line into three categories – Luxury, Leisure and Dual Purpose. With the Range Rover line defining the Luxury line, it is time to move on to the brand’s other two pillars. The next focus is the Leisure line,...

The prototype of the Mercedes-Benz Vito with battery-electric drive has been recently undergone handling tests in freezing conditions. The prototype faced temperatures of up to minus 30 degrees but managed to pass a series of the harshest winter test...

French sales down 19.2 for November; Italy down 20.1%

There is no good news coming from Italy or France in terms of auto sales this year. Both countries are reporting some of the worst sales all year.  In France, the French Automotive Manufacturers Committee (CCFA) reported that French auto ...

French automakers PSA and Renault continue to criticize the free trade agreement between the EU and South Korea. The latest row deals with allegations from PSA and Renault that Hyundai and Kia are selling cars in France at below cost to take a bit...

German plan enacts lower CO2 rules more gradually

The German automakers had been fighting tooth and nail against the EU lowering CO2 emissions limits, and after months of fighting the EU, the Renault and Peugeot-Citroën are joining with the German automakers to fight against the EU. Germ...