Nearing the Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) is teasing a car which is claimed to lap the Tsukuba circuit in 1 minute and 1.872 seconds called the GT86 Griffon Concept, which just so happened to beat the time set by a Ferrari 458 Italia.
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Marking its second straight year topping the 2-million mark, being the only brand in America to do so, Ford is on track to sell 2.2 million vehicles in the U.S. this year. In addition to this feat, Ford’s Fiesta is on pace to being the best-selling global B-Car, and this year’s best-selling global nameplate with the Ford Focus. What this means is that Ford would be the owners of the best-selling B- and C-segment cars in the world.
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Nissan decided to take action after some Leaf owners located in hot-weather climates complained to Nissan about their car’s lithium-ion battery losing performance. Nissan is going to bolster its warranty program that will apply retroactively on all 2011 and 2012 models; the new 2013 version starting from next spring as also included in the warranty program.

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Employed by Bentley for the past 10 years was Reverend Francis Cook. He visited the VW Group-owned luxury automaker’s factory in Crewe, England once a week and chatted to its employees, run Christian courses, and wrote messages in the companies newsletter. He was told that his services were no longer required and he should vacate the premises only a few days before Christmas.
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Being able to lock and unlock the doors using your cell phone is part of the range of technologies that Hyundai is working on for there cars, which they say may be available on its production models by 2015.
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Ford Motor Company is increasing and maintaining jobs while upgrading its equipment and manufacturing capacity by investing more than $773 million across six manufacturing facilities. This investment proves that American automaker is delivering on its commitment to invest a total of $6.2 billion in American plants by 2015.
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By renaming it as the Lincoln Motor Company and adding its own design and engineering team, Ford is hoping to give its luxury brand, Lincoln, a new start. Automotive enthusiasts have been demanding for Lincoln to launch a rear-wheel drive model and their calls have been answered, kind of.
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Ahead of a rumored world premiere at next month’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, official pictures of the new Bentley Continental GTC Speed model have been dripped on to the web. There is no other information available on this vehicle other than these photos, but what we can tell from the photos is that the GTC Speed’s styling cues are identical to the coupe model of the series.
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