It looks like Volkswagen's new up! mini-car will be a little bit less of a modern incarnation of the Beetle than originally planned. The original three concept versions of VW's “new small family” (NSF) featured a rear-mounted engine and drive to the…

Nissan will be joining Mitsubishi in providing electric vehicles the sunny principality of Monaco. The Nissan-Renault alliance and officials of the Riviera enclave have signed a deal that will see the automakers supplying battery-powered vehicles by…

2011 Renault Megane Coupe-Convertible – Click above for high-res image gallery
For 2011, Renault is launching an all-new version of its Megane coupe-convertible. Like the last generation model and most of its European market competitors, the Megane…

Allowing customers to customize colors and materials has become a popular and profitable option for many automakers in the last several years. Most offer customers the opportunity to pick up their new ride at the factory and even watch it being…

Traditionally, diesel engines haven't been thought of as performance alternatives but for the past decade Gale Banks has worked hard to disprove that perception. Now in his fiftieth year of building high-performance powerplants, Banks has been…

Saab will be debuting a new concept at the Geneva Motor Show in just a couple of weeks and most people are expecting it to be a new mini-car. We already showed you what Motor Trend thinks Saab has cooking in Trollhättan. Now a teaser image has turned…

1972 BMW 3.0 CSi – Click above for high-res image gallery
An increasing portion of BMW's revenue in recent years has come from dealing in older cars. The Munich brand's certified pre-owned program that reconditions and sells warranted used cars has…

Click the photo for a high res gallery of the new VW Tiguan
After teasing a few weeks ago with photos of the new Tiguan undergoing final testing in Africa, sans badges, Volkswagen has now given us official photos of the production model. The world at…

A Trabi-Safari in Berlin – click above for high-res image gallery
For all the high tech engineering wizardry that symbolizes the modern German car industry, the Trabant 601 was the absolute antithesis of it all. The slow, smoky Trabi was a perfect…

Porsche's CEO may be threating to shutdown production of his vehicles in Europe if new mandatory CO2 emissions standards come into force, but BMW is ready to push ahead. In spite of their reputation as a builder of performance cars, BMW already sells…