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GreenGT H2 to mess with the big boys at Le Mans

GreenGT H2 to mess with the big boys at Le Mans

The GreenGT H2 is the first prototype electric/hydrogen competition car. The GreenGT H2 project was selected in June 2011 by the French Automobile Club de

Cadifiat or Fiadillac ?

Cadifiat or Fiadillac ?

Specially meant for Europe, here is the Cadillac BLS. Imitating the angular styling of the CTS, this compact sedan will offer diesel engines, a prerequisite for success in Europe. Guess what? Its 1.9 diesel unit is called JTD in Italy! [...]

General Motors
Hot Focus

Hot Focus

After the Fiesta ST, the Mondeo ST, here is the Focus ST. It inaugurates the first 5-cylinder engine ever in a Ford, probably inherited from Volvo. This turbocharged 2.5 litre Duratec engine develops 220bhp and is coupled with a 6-speed [...]

Ford
Get sun-tanned in a Ferrari F430

Get sun-tanned in a Ferrari F430

The convertible version of the Ferrari F430 is now available : you’ll be able to show off next summer on the French Riviera. Ferrari remains faithful to the good old canvas roof, for reasons of space and weight. It will [...]

Ferrari
Back to the future in a brand-new Dodge

Back to the future in a brand-new Dodge

Dodge sought inspiration in its past and was damn right! Remember the time of those terrific muscle-cars? Dodge has dug out a famous name: Charger. So, the Dodge Charger is back, with a suggestive fast-back body built on a Chrysler [...]

Dodge
Rover carved up

Rover carved up

PriceWaterhouseCoopers’s administrators have announced that before the deadline of May 13 th, 12 companies had made serious offers for taking over parts of the Rover Group. Iranian Secretary of Sate for Trade and Industry Es-Hagh Jahanguiri made it clear that [...]

MG Rover
5 millionth 206

5 millionth 206

The French carmaker Peugeot’s factory of Mulhouse has just released the 5 millionth 206. Launched in 1998, to replace the enormously successful 205, the 206 is in a good position to surpass its predecessor’s record-braking production figure of 5.278 million [...]

Peugeot
Smart recalls 58,000 Fortwo models

Smart recalls 58,000 Fortwo models

A problem in the front suspension has led the German carmaker Smart to recall 58,000 of its Fortwo models built between 1998 and 2000. A few Smart drivers involved in accidents alerted the company owned by Daimler-Chrysler AG, which has [...]

Daimler Chrysler
New Mitsubishi L 200

New Mitsubishi L 200

The new Mitsubishi L 200 seems to be ready to roll out of Mitsu’s Thai factory. Its new 2.5 and 3.2 litres diesel engines will be fitted with the latest common-rail technology. In August, the customer will be given the [...]

Mitsubishi
New Punto expected in September

New Punto expected in September

The long-awaited Punto III (possibly called Uno) should be launched in continental Europe next September. Still financially challenged, Fiat cannot mess up with this model which is to become its best-seller. Following the new trend, the Mk III Punto should [...]

Fiat
Heidfeld in the big boys club

Heidfeld in the big boys club

Nick Heidfeld who was once Ron Dennis’ star of the futre has had a tough time in F1 compared to his previous days in F3000. A podium in Monaco was a good sign of better times coming, a pole position [...]

Motorsport