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2010 Audi S4 Sedan Price cuts are the name of the game this year as carmakers fight to keep or gain market share in a highly compressed sales atmosphere. Audi in particular is fighting hard to remain competitive, today releasing pricing for the 2010 S4, A5 Cabrio and S5 Cabrio. The S4 gets a major [...]
A law prohibiting front-mounted entertainment systems could interfere with Jaguar’s plans Dual-view displays have been billed as the hottest new technology to hit the automobile since GPS, and though the hype might be overdone, there’s a lot of merit to the idea. Americans might not get to find out, however, due to a law prohibiting [...]
Tales of the financial success of a carmaker are rare enough these days, much less tales of an upstart electric vehicle maker. But according to Tesla’s latest news, the company has reached profitability against all odds. Fulfilling a promise made back in June, the company’s claims of profitability come on the back of strong sales [...]
BMW has added another model to its armored ‘Security’ division with the announcement today of the all-new 2010 7-Series High Security. The beefed up limo comes in two different flavors, with the V8 750Li and V12 760Li on offer, and both are the first models in the world to be certified to BRV 2009 as [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to own a stake in an illustrious Italian luxury automotive design house, now may be the perfect time with reports emerging that Italy’s Pininfarina family will be selling off their majority stake in the company. Reportedly, the family owners of Pininfarina have already engaged the services of an Italian bank to [...]
Ilmor Engineering 5-stroke engine With the automotive world striving for smaller, more efficient engines in a bid to be seen as environmentally-conscious and attract customers, scientists and engineers are coming out of the woodwork with new combustion engines, electric powertrains and other systems that they tout as the future of automotive technology – just this [...]
Rumors about what Cadillac is planning for its next-generation flagship sedan have been flying around the web for years now. Guesses have ranged from a Zeta-based vehicle sharing Pontiac G8 heritage to the most recent reports of a still-murky XTS-badged AWD sedan. This week, a new report confirms the program to build a new flagship [...]
The Ralliart variant gets some of the same bits as the range-topping Evo X MR With Subaru’s defection from sedan to hatch-only status for the WRX STI, some fans lost their love for the rally-bred monster and started eying the heretic’s choice: the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. But fans of the Lancer have so [...]
The German carmaker says the car shown here is actually a five-year-old concept Along with the recent shock announcement that BMW was quitting F1 after the 2009 season, the automaker also announced a new focus on “sustainability and environmental compatibility”. This doesn’t mean that BMW’s future model range will be limited to unexciting fuel misers. [...]
The extra funding bill will keep the popular program going for at least a few more weeks That was quick. Just a month after President Obama signed in the $1 billion ‘cash for clunkers’ bill, and less than a week of it running, the program has already run out of money once and received approval [...]