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Automotive News

This section of Torque News provides the latest auto news and updates from the car manufacturers. Every day number of news stories and editorials are published here that give our readers an overview of what is happening in the automotive industry. Read this section daily to find out about new cars, vehicle reviews and car pictures. Torque News is an automotive news website by Hareyan Publishing, LLC, dedicated to covering the latest news, reviews and opinions about the car industry.

By Aaron Turpen on July 16, 2012 - 12:15PM
Italians love three things: espresso, pasta, and movies with severed horses heads in them. Now Fiat is offering one of those, built-in.
By Denis Flierl on July 16, 2012 - 7:36AM
The Lexus LF-LC Concept that made its debut in Detroit will become a production model within three years say Lexus insiders.
By Anthony Faccenda on July 15, 2012 - 9:24PM
The Capone-owned vehicle is set to go to auction on July 28 in Michigan.

By Denis Flierl on July 15, 2012 - 7:15PM
BMW will be offering two new diesel options in the U.S. beginning in the 2013 model year.
By Don Bain on July 15, 2012 - 6:54PM
Of course, that’s in addition to more music storage, extended radio features and high speed Internet, among other aspects.
By David Herron on July 15, 2012 - 6:34PM
Danish electric car maker ECOmove is developing a 500 mile range electric car based on the company's QBEAK electric city car, a car that already has an impressive 180 mile electric driving range.
By Nicolas Zart on July 15, 2012 - 6:31PM
The Lightening GT has been a long time coming and the incredible full-performance electric car, EV has never shied away from top performance.
By Aaron Turpen on July 15, 2012 - 6:43AM
Toyota has announced North American pricing for several of its most popular models, including two under the Scion nameplate. Most are seeing slight increases from 2012, but several are still under $20,000.
By David Herron on July 15, 2012 - 12:21AM
Building your own electric car and learning electric vehicle technology could become real easy next year when the Pius electric car kit goes on sale in Japan.
By Don Bain on July 14, 2012 - 9:09PM
BMW has long been a leader in automotive connectivity and now their updated navigation and telematics system can record short texts, emails and notes to self, behind the wheel safely via voice command.
By Anthony Faccenda on July 14, 2012 - 8:14PM
The recall affects over 8,000 models in the U.S. and more than 10,000 total in North America.


By David Herron on July 14, 2012 - 5:27PM
An appearance of the Toyota 2000GT SEV at the Goodwood Festival of Speed has sparked rumors of Toyota "going after Tesla" with an electric sports car.
By Nicolas Zart on July 14, 2012 - 5:26PM
Mitsubishi has forged a serious reputation over the years with its sports cars, coupe and sedans. MOD2012 was a reminder of the loyal following the company has.
By David Herron on July 13, 2012 - 8:36PM
For months some in the punditry have claimed Fisker's woes were about to doom the company, but continued expansion of the company's dealer network, sales of the Karma, and success at raising private investment capital, are signs not of a collapsing company, but a growing one.
By Anthony Faccenda on July 13, 2012 - 6:37PM
The rapper purchased the vehicle for $200,000 while in France.

By Nicolas Zart on July 13, 2012 - 6:23PM
Public charging is about to take a simple business model and make it unaffordable for many with the consequence that it will deter electric car drivers from charging on the go.
By Denis Flierl on July 13, 2012 - 6:15PM
The 2013 SRT GTS-R is set to return to competition at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug 4 in the American Le Mans Series.
By Denis Flierl on July 13, 2012 - 3:38PM
A team of Nissan designers paid a visit to an unlikely place to get inspiration for a future sports car.
By Nicolas Zart on July 13, 2012 - 3:01PM
Finding the careful balance between lowering pollution and making electric cars even more efficient is a tricky deal but companies, such as Continental find intelligent designs and systems that lower the burden on our planet Earth and still manage to raise performance.
By Denis Flierl on July 13, 2012 - 10:51AM
Mazda has released the second Mazda Mazda6 teaser video that shows even more of the all-new redesigned sedan.
By John Goreham on July 13, 2012 - 9:42AM
One lucky winner will take home A 2013 Mustang Boss Laguna Seca for $10.
By Denis Flierl on July 13, 2012 - 8:48AM
Hyundai unveiled their Walking Dead Zombie Survival Machine last night at San Diego’s Comic-Con.
By Denis Flierl on July 13, 2012 - 7:32AM
Mazda releases the first teaser video of the completely redesigned 2014 Mazda6
By Aaron Turpen on July 13, 2012 - 2:48AM
Saturday, July 14th is Mitsubishi Owners Day (MOD) with celebrations and events happening all day, free to the public. Several production and prototype vehicles will be on display. Awards to attendees will include a hi-def, big screen television, race driving school tickets, and much more.
By David Herron on July 12, 2012 - 8:01PM
Ignoring the existing electric car charging payments processing network ChargePoint, GE makes an agreement with PayPal to provide payment processing for the company's WattStation electric car charging stations.
By Patrick Rall on July 12, 2012 - 6:46PM
Just days after it was announced that the current incarnation of the DeTomaso brand had declared bankruptcy, reports have come out of Italy today that DeTomaso chairman Gian Mario Rossignolo and two other chief executives from DeTomaso have been arrested to determine whether the three misused $9.2 million dollars in public funding.
By Patrick Rall on July 12, 2012 - 6:12PM
Yesterday after, the DriveSRT Facebook page posted a picture of a 2013 SRT Viper sitting under a canopy at what looks to be a race track and today, thanks to a reader from Car and Driver – we have video footage of the new Viper GTS tearing around Gingerman Raceway in Michigan.
By David Herron on July 12, 2012 - 5:28PM
China is aggressively developing clean energy technologies, electric vehicles, and the necessary supporting infrastructure, as demonstrated by a large electric car leasing and smart grid project in Hangzhou.
By Nicolas Zart on July 12, 2012 - 5:07PM
When it comes to electric car apps that facilitate your trips and charging, a few stand out and have matured of the years. The problem is which one do you choose?
By Patrick Rall on July 12, 2012 - 4:36PM
Toyota Motor Co has announced that the next generation of their Lexus LS full sized luxury sedan will make its formal debut on July 30th at an invite-only event n San Francisco – introducing the new flagship with four trimlines including an F Sport package and a hybrid option.