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• Spontaneous Combusting Nanos? Another Tata Goes up in Flames
• Saab Restarts Production at Trollhättan, First Cars Under Spyker Ownership Roll Off the Line
• Chrysler's 1993 300C Concept Car up for Sale
• Chevrolet Cruze to Enter the British Touring Car Championship
• Human Ad Boards: Fernando Alonso's New Ride
• New Alfa Romeo Giulietta: The Official Promo Video
• The Russian Connection: Chevrolet's Sales Across the Pond Fall Flat

Spontaneous Combusting Nanos? Another Tata Goes up in Flames Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:04 PM PDT Tata Motors' Nano city car is once again making headlines in India, but not for the reasons you might think. Following three separate cases in 2009 when owners of the Nano in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Delhi reported seeing smoke and flames coming out of their vehicles' dashboard, another Nano caught fire. Only this time, Tata's much-vaunted 'world's...

Saab Restarts Production at Trollhättan, First Cars Under Spyker Ownership Roll Off the Line Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PDT Heralding a new era for Saab as an independent company freed from the shackles of General Motors, the first cars of the Swedish automaker under the loving arms of Spyker Cars and its CEO Victor Muller rolled off the production line today at the firm's Trollhättan plant. During the talks between General Motors and the Dutch supercar-maker, the...

Chrysler's 1993 300C Concept Car up for Sale Posted: 22 Mar 2010 11:16 AM PDT With the glitzy Chrysler Thunderbolt taking the spotlight at the at the 1993 Detroit Motor Show, we seriously doubt that anyone even vaguely remembers the company's second concept car at Motown, the 300C sedan. Important or not, fact is that the 300C prototype model is up for grabs at Volocars. The one-of-a-kind concept features a customized...

Chevrolet Cruze to Enter the British Touring Car Championship Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:07 AM PDT Chevrolet's European arm announced today that it will enter the 2010 season of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) with two manufacturer-backed Cruze sedans. The Silverline Chevrolet team cars will be prepared by the Wellingborough-based RML team, which also looks after Chevy's WTCC Cruzes. The first car will be driven by former BTCC...

Human Ad Boards: Fernando Alonso's New Ride Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:42 AM PDT Wearing his full suite of commercial armor, two-times Formula 1 World Champion and current driver of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, Fernando Alonso, proudly presented his newest ride in Fiorano, the Maserati GranCabrio. "Fernando Alonso was particularly impressed with the roominess offered by the GranCabrio, perfect for four adult passengers," says...

New Alfa Romeo Giulietta: The Official Promo Video Posted: 22 Mar 2010 07:34 AM PDT A couple of weeks after the Giulietta's world premiere at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo has released a two-and-a-half-minute long promotional video of its new sporty hatchback. The spot nods at the past by shadowing previous generations of the Giulietta in the background but also embraces the future by touting some of the Giulietta's...

The Russian Connection: Chevrolet's Sales Across the Pond Fall Flat Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:56 AM PDT Chevrolet's European sales figures are hoping to be 425,000 units in 2010; far from bad, but nowhere close to the million units GM is looking for over the next decade. For reference, Chevrolet Europe's sales dropped from an all-time high of 500,000 units in 2008. A major problem in GM's planning is Russia, which was predicted to overtake Germany...

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