According to the official details, the new Volkswagen Beetle is scheduled to hit the British showrooms in the first months of 2012 with a starting price of £16,490 OTR. The UK-spec Volkswagen Beetle will be available with two petrol units, a 1.2-liter TSI engine offering 105 horsepower and a 1.4-liter TSI with 160 horsepower. If the entry-level model is fitted...

The Japanese people from Mazda inaugurated a new factory in Vietnam, a facility which will produce exclusively the new Mazda2. Until now, Mazda imported models such as Mazda2, Mazda3 and Mazda6 from Japan but the new plant built by Vina Mazda Automobile Manufacturing in the Nui Thanh district of Quang Nam province in Vietnam will take care of the local...

Top Gear's James May will not exactly be thrilled by this but it seems that modern Britain just took a hit to the kidneys as history came back to haunt it. Land Rover just announced that their Defender model will live on and will still be produced for another six years on top of the nearly thirty years it already...

Remember the Cadillac XTS Concept we saw a couple of years back; well, according to the luxury brand, come the L.A. Motor Show, something considerable is going to change about it. It's not the look, it's not the size, it's not many of the gadgets that are going to disappear from the 2013 Cadillac XTS Concept but the last word...

The Chinese market receives today a new model bearing Peugeot's badge, namely the new 308 Sedan, a car unveiled at the Chengdu Motor Show few weeks ago. The new Peugeot 308 dedicated to the Chinese market will be build locally in partnership with Dongfend Motor Corporation. The new Peugeot 308 Sedan will be available in China with only two gasoline...

It seems that the South Korean manufacturer decided to build the new Kia Venga at their Slovak plant in Zilina. Until now, the small MPV model was produced in the Czech Republic at one of Hyundai's plants. However, the company will move the entire car production to Slovakia, the Venga MPV following to be built at the same factory along...

The Japanese people from Mitsubishi decided to unveil a new 1.8-liter gasoline engine which is the first to get the company's new version of the MIVEC variable valve timing system. The new four-cylinder petrol unit is also known as 4J10 and is able to produce 140 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 172 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm. As we...

Less than a week from today, a chap whose pockets are bigger than the trunks of our cars will be at a very special auction where he can get himself one of these. It's a very rare, 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV, the supercar that paved the way for mid engined designs and also one of the best looking machines ever...

After hearing about countless problems and delays regarding the Fisker Karma, its production and market availability fans and customers can finally breathe easy. This is because this little piece of news about the Fisker Karma is actually positive and stands for one less hurdle to overcome on its way to the market. The Fisker Karma finally got through its EPA...

After an initial thrill from GM as there was word of the Chevrolet Malibu getting a new Coupe version that idea seemed to fade away. Today however, General Motors buried that idea and rumor as they've said that the Chevrolet Malibu Coupe is no longer happening. Further more, GM's vice president of global design said that he thinks the Malibu...