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It might not look like it, but the Scion FR-S (and its twin the Subaru BRZ) has been on sale for the last 4 years. While sales were initially good, they steadily declined; today, the small coupe isn’t doing as well as it should. In an effort to remedy to …

Italian manufacturer De Tomaso has had financial troubles for a number of years. They went under in 2004, and then again in 2008. After a Fiat executive bought them in 2009, a new lineup was announced; weirdly it included a crossover and a limousine. This did not sound promising, and …

GM just announced that it will invest a considerable sum of money in its North American assembly plants. In the next 3 years, 5.4 billion dollars will be injected all over the continent, which will create up to 650 new jobs. The total repartition of said amount hasn’t been disclosed, …

The latest manufacturer to have to send out recall notices is Ford; instead of drawing them out one by one, they decided to get it over with by sending out 4 of them at the same time: The first is the biggest and targets around 520,000 vehicles including 2013-2015 Lincoln …

New info from Sweden: the brand’s next SUV, the XC90, will not only be modern and nice to look at, it will also be frugal (which is pretty rare in this segment!). The Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine is a plug-in hybrid equipped with a 2-litre turbocharged AND supercharged four-cylinder.

It seems that Lotus will finally have to relent and build mass-appeal vehicles: in a recent interview, Jean-Marc Gales, CEO of Lotus, confirmed that the English automaker was indeed working on a crossover. That shuffling sound you just heard? That was Colin Chapman rolling over in his grave. So far, …

Recently, Volvo unveiled their next-gen powertrain that will be installed in all their future vehicles: the Drive-E mills are all four-cylinder units equipped with both a turbocharger and a supercharger. This unusual configuration enables them to offer minimal lag, impressive fuel economy and a lot of power: in the S60, …

GM is a big fan of special editions; most of their vehicles can be ordered with sticker packages, special paints and unique accents. Recently, the trend seems to be gravitating toward black vehicles: the Silverado and a few other models can be ordered with a Midnight Edition package, which gives …

If you like delirious statistics, prepare for the next Bugatti: English magazine CAR supposedly got some information on the Veyron’s replacement. When the Bugatti Veyron was announced, it simply relegated every other supercar to second place. It was the fastest, most powerful and most expensive car ever created. Now though, …

Everything isn’t perfect in Golf land. While the small car is one of the most engaging to drive in its price range, it seems that it’s not impervious to recalls: a problem supposedly arose with the fuel pump that could lead to more damage. On said pump, the nickel plating …