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• 2011 BMW 1 Series – Astonishingly Refined and Viciously Fun Car
• P-plate legislation fatally flawed
• Polo sedan to join hatchback later this year
• Highway Fees to be Lowered This Year
• Geely preping Emgrand EC7 with a 1.5L
• Open Race Thread: NASCAR Nationwide Series Bubba Burger 250 | Richmond International Raceway
• Today’s News From the Cars.com Family
• The Continental: Time in Detroit and Some Premium-Brand Tidbits
• 2013 Ford Fusion Spy Photos – Future Cars
• Decade of Delays: A Timeline of Alfa Romeo’s U.S. Relaunch

2011 BMW 1 Series – Astonishingly Refined and Viciously Fun Car Posted: First Look: The 2011 BMW 1 Series probably won't get the same appreciation and accolades from the market that the other BMW's get and the simple reason for that being the fact that it's considered as an alternative for the BMW 3 Series, for the people who actually can't afford a 3 Series. Some people [...]

P-plate legislation fatally flawed Posted: Most of Australia's P-platers are prevented from driving some of the safest cars on the road because transport departments have fundamental misunderstandings of automotive technology. Even more disturbingly, perhaps, bureaucratic ineptitude means probationary drivers remain allowed behind the wheel of some extreme high performance vehicles without any form of restriction whatsoever. Other fatal flaws in [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. P-plate legislation fatally flawed

Polo sedan to join hatchback later this year Posted: China’s love for luxury cars if often talked about, but what about China’s love for mini sedans? Practically every hatchback that has launched in China has come in both sedan and hatch version at some date, see the Ford Fiesta, Mazda2, Citroen C4 and of course the VW Polo – thankfully there has been no [...]

Highway Fees to be Lowered This Year Posted: The Chinese highway system is second only to the USA’s in terms of size and it is only getting bigger, the roads are largely used by truckers to take goods in and out of cities, due to China’s large public rail system that mixes bullet trains with old style trains its easier and more comfortable [...]

Geely preping Emgrand EC7 with a 1.5L Posted: The EC7 series of cars under the Emgrand brand have been a major success for Geely in the past year they have been on the market, the EC7 initially launched with a 1.8L in sedan form, but the EC7-RV, a hatchback, came later. Now Geely are preparing a 1.5L version to gain access to a [...]

Open Race Thread: NASCAR Nationwide Series Bubba Burger 250 | Richmond International Raceway Posted: Wow, we're at Richmond already - this season is just flying by. I'm sort of looking forward to see how SPEED does with this race.  I'm thinking that when the television contracts come up for negotiation again SPEED just might get...

Today’s News From the Cars.com Family Posted: The 2011 Ford F-150 with the EcoBoost V-6 engine is taking over a sizable proportion of Ford truck sales, according to PickupTrucks.com. So far, about 35% of April sales have been for the turbocharged six-cylinder model. Continue reading more at...

The Continental: Time in Detroit and Some Premium-Brand Tidbits Posted: Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. This edition of The Continental is brought to you from Detroit, where I spent a week [...]

2013 Ford Fusion Spy Photos – Future Cars Posted: Somewhere beneath the Mondeo parts and camouflage, the next-gen Fusion is taking shape. More than five years after its introduction, the Ford Fusion remains one of the Blue Oval's most popular models, but the end is in sight for the current car. Ford is hard at work on the next generation of its mid-size sedan, [...]

Decade of Delays: A Timeline of Alfa Romeo’s U.S. Relaunch Posted: Fiat recently announced that the relaunch of the storied, sporting Alfa Romeo marque in the U.S. would be delayed—again—until roughly 2013. This postponement was attributed to Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, expressing dissatisfaction with the design of the upcoming Alfa Romeo models, including a new mid-size sedan. Whether you're an Alfista or not, though, you probably [...]

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