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Dubai adds Ferrari FF to police fleet

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just days after adding a Lamborghini Aventador to their police car lineup, the city of Dubai has added yet another awesome sports car to its fleet of police vehicles. On top of the Aventador, the Ferrari FF is being added to the roster as well. While it's only a three-door shooting-brake, it can still haul up to two bad guys off to jail. Read The Full Story

GM begins manufacturing Spark EV electric motor in Baltimore

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

General Motors has become the first domestic automaker to build electric motors and drive units in the United States. GM has announced that the manufacturing of the electric motors for its coming Spark EV have begun in Baltimore. The electric motors and drive units were imported from foreign manufacturers before GM kicked off production in the US. Read The Full Story

Toyota and Lexus hybrids make up 70% of total hybrid sales in the US

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus announced this week that combined the two automotive brands have sold nearly 2,000,000 hybrid vehicles in the United States. The specific number according to Toyota is 1,951,243 hybrid vehicles sold. Toyota also recently announced that it has sold 5 million hybrid vehicles globally. Read The Full Story

AAA: It costs $9,122 a year to own a car

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

The price tag fixed to a car is only part of what you'll spend for the vehicle, with the sale being followed shortly by licensing fees and taxes. Beyond that, there's the cost associated with properly maintaining the vehicle and fixing the occassional problem that arises, and then there's the daily cost, primarily in the form of filling the tank up. Most of these costs were used in AAA's "Your Driving Costs" report, which pegs the yearly price of owning a car at $9,122. Read The Full Story

Ford Focus named best-selling car in 2012

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Having the crown for the best car of the year is certainly something, but claiming the top spot for the best-selling car is just plain good for business. It's turns out that the Ford Focus is the world's top-selling vehicle of 2012, with a close second going to the Toyota Corolla, and third place going to Ford's F-series of trucks. Read The Full Story

Scout for Cars: Built In brings Telenav’s newest built-in GPS system bid

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Telenav have revealed their next-generation in-car personalized navigation system expansion with "Scout for Cars: Built In:, bringing on in-dash navigation for a whole new generation of smart vehicles. You'll find Scout for Cars bringing on real-time personalized information the likes of which you've only otherwise been able to access with Scout for Phones before this week, this time in an iteration that carmakers are able to make all their own with custom branding! And what's more - you'll be able to connect to your Scout for Phones service to share the information between your car and your phone for one great learning system that remembers your preferences. Read The Full Story

Protean debuts production in-wheel electric motor

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Protean Electric is a company that performs a lot of research and development in the in-wheel electric drive market. In-wheel electric motors are exactly what they sound like, small electric propulsion units that fit within the wheels of an automobile. Protean Electric has unveiled its production in-wheel motor at the 2013 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress. Read The Full Story

Edison2 shows off next-gen Very Light Car

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in 2010, Edison2 won the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE in the Mainstream class for its Very Light Car four-seater vehicle. Fast forward three years, and the Edison2 is back with the next generation of that winning vehicle, once again called the Very Light Car, but this time featuring an extra-sparse frame. You can check out a gallery of its prototype rendering, as well as pictures of its frame, after the break. Read The Full Story

GRID 2 trailer shows off multiplayer and YouTube uploads

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

We've mentioned GRID 2 before, and it's scheduled to release on May 28, which is just a month-and-a-half away. In the meantime, Codemasters is teasing us by revealing some of the features that we can expect to show up in the game once it's released, including all the goodies that we'll get in the game's multiplayer. Read The Full Story

Ford unveils “Video Snacks” to educate buyers about vehicle features

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Anyone who has ever purchased a new vehicle directly from a dealership knows how tedious the process can be. Very rarely can you just walk in, sign the papers, and drive away. Typically, you end up having to sit there during the long finance process while they try to sell you a number of things you don't really want and then the dealership wants to put somebody in the car with you to train you to use certain features of the vehicle. Read The Full Story

Ford and GM team up to develop advanced nine and 10-speed transmissions

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Automotive manufacturers are using every trick in the book to squeeze more fuel efficiency of their vehicles to help buyers at the pump and to meet looming federal mandates for efficiency. One of the ways many manufacturers are doing this is by going to automatic transmissions that have more forward speeds. Having a transmission with more speeds allows lower engine RPMs on the highway leading to less fuel consumption. Read The Full Story

Lamborghini Pregunta prototype on sale for $2.1M

, Apr 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Lamborghini Pregunta, which made its debut at the 1998 Paris Auto Show, is now up for sale for 1.6 million euros, or $2.1 million. It was acquired by Autodrome, a French seller of rare and classic cars, who retrieved the Pregunta from the Italian branch of the French specialist of prototype cars, Carrosserie Hueliez. The Pregunta was the result of an order placed back in the 90's with Hueliez for an one-off concept car that was based off a Diablo development car donated by Lamborghini. Read The Full Story
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