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  Prime Minister of the UK David Cameron was on hand at the McLaren factory for the opening of its new production facility.  While opening the facility McLaren said that it aim to be, "a homegrown sports car manufacturer to ...

They also want to introduce road congestion charges to regions

UK political party the Liberal Democrats are debating introducing a plank to their platform that petrol and diesel cars should be banned from British roads by 2040. They are also debating charging drivers for each trip depending on distance and lo...

She sold £13m of Veyrons in 2012

Anita Krizsan might be the best car salesperson in the world. She sold 11 Bugatti Veyrons last year worth about £13 million ($19.8 million or €15 million). Volkswagen has not released its full annual sales for Bugatti yet, but last ...

A UK Seat dealer in Cornwall have created a special pink Mii for breast cancer awareness. It calls the car the Miinx.  Dales Seat in Cornwall took a Mii Sport and covered it in a gloss pink vinyl wrap and added a dark, transluscent film t...

It plans to build two of them

The world will not stop until every Nissan vehicle has had the GT-R’s drivetrain stuffed into it. Nissan built the Juke-R by cramming the GT-R’s powertrain into the Juke compact crossover, and now Severnvalley Motorsport in the UK is c...

UK research firm ICM Research surveyed 2017 adults in the UK and found that 52% of women surveyed said that they were most impressed by a man with a well-maintained car. The survey was sponsored by UK car service business Kwik Fit.  ...

It offers strong welds and predictable quality

The Cadillac ELR takes the concept of the Chevrolet Volt and adds a dose of luxury and style. It will go on sale in early 2014 in North America, but Cadillac is already preparing pre-production examples. Cadillac is introducing ultrasonic welding ...

Uma Thurman has been chosen by Alfa Romeo to star on the advertising campaign of the new Giulietta. Together with Shakespeare’s verses “We are such stuff as dreams are made on” the famous actress will be featuring in the internation...

Began with introduction of Prius in 2000

Toyota has announced that it has just sold its five millionth Lexus or Toyota hybrid vehicle worldwide, and it is 50,000 vehicles away from having sold two million hybrids in the US alone. That means that the US has been responsible for 40% of Toy...

Powered by 2.0 diesel with 148hp and 42mpg economy

Chevrolet has debuted the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel to the North American market at the Chicago Auto Show. It will use a 2.0l turbocharged diesel engine in the Cruze sedan.  Chevrolet claims that the engine will produce 148hp and 258lb-ft ...