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2011 Volkswagen Jetta
VW

Volkswagen Jetta U.S. engine to be replaced

Volkswagen is doing great pretty much all over the world, but the U.S. market is rather trickier than predicted and their Achilles' heel for a number of reasons. One of these seems to be an issue with fuel economy. Despite plenty of efforts with clean diesel, gasoline powered models are still most popular in North America. Though they make some...

2012 Opel Astra OPC
Opel

2012 Opel Astra OPC unveiled

One of the less popular hot hatches around has just been unveiled together with a 2012 face, a lot more heat under the bonnet and still wearing a pretty dress. Hot versions of Opel / Vauxhall products have always had no problem in producing high performance levels from their turbocharged engines and the new one is no exception. Where they've...

2012 Range Rover Evoque
Land Rover

Range Rover Evoque is about to get faster

Land Rover isn't exactly known for making cars that scream efficiency but with the introduction of the Freelander and, more recently, the Evoque, they've changed their ways. Or have they? They may have used a small inline four cylinder engine but they couldn't resist having a turbocharger stuck on top of it. And it is in one of the future...

2012 Volkswagen Golf R
VW

Volkswagen Golf R gets U.S. pricing

Volkswagen's greatest version of the Golf, the R, sees the light of day in its current iteration on U.S. soil and that means it finally gets an eagerly awaited price list. Naturally, sold as a 2012 model year car, the Volkswagen Golf R is the special, mental edition of the very popular hatchback and it teams up a very powerful...

2012 Ford Focus ST
Ford

2012 Ford Focus ST spied in testing

The 2012 Ford Focus ST model is being tested seriously and spy photographers just can't seem to get enough of it so here's another sampling. As we can see, the car is still wearing camouflage and even if it's the lightest of versions a manufacturer imposes on soon to be released models it is still somewhat disturbing. Perhaps the choice...

Opel Astra GTC
Buick

Astra GTC to soon become a Buick

Globalization, gotta love it, this why we can see more and more models from one continent popping up on others. As recently the trend seems to focus on how European models get rebadged and sold off dealer lots in the United States and what's happening with the Opel Astra GTC. There's a rumor that started going round about how the...