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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 Denis Flierl on
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini Gallardo was found by authorities more than a year after it was stolen when investigating a teen suspected of a drive-by shooting.
By David Herron on
As the Ford Focus Electric prepares to enter dealer show-rooms, Ford is requiring prospective dealers to become certified as being ready to sell electric cars.
By Adam Yamada-Hanff on
Toyota has succeeded in its aim of recapturing the minds of gearheads with the amazing new Toyota GT86 (aka Subaru BRZ). Now the new sports car has also captured the minds of expert international judges since it was just given a prestigious award, the 2012 Vehicle Dynamics International “Car of the Year” Award.
By Don Bain on
Attendees to EVS26 next week can experience Plugless Power EV recharging on site, thanks to the developer of the technology, Evatran, who will field a booth at the annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in the Los Angeles Convention Center May 6 to 9.
By David Herron on
The new Toyota RAV4 EV is the result of the Tesla-Toyota partnership, features a Tesla-provided electric drive train, and is an all-electric SUV built on a RAV4 chassis, manufactured by Toyota, specifications to be unveiled next week, and launch expected in July 2012.
By John Goreham on
Infiniti has come late to the party in China, but has a make-up plan to try to catch Buick and head off Cadillac at the pass
By Aaron Turpen on
The supercharger will be based on Fallbrook's continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology called NuVinci and could help automakers downsize engines and increase fuel efficiency in a big way.
By Patrick Rall on
General Motors has loosely discussed the possibility of building a production version of the Cadillac Converj – a luxury coupe based on the hybrid electric drivetrain of the Chevrolet Volt – but reports now indicate that the electric Cadillac will be named the ELR and it will arrive late in 2013 as a 2014 model year vehicle.
By Patrick Rall on
The Chrysler Group may root their headquarters in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills but as a part of the automaker’s commitment to the city of Detroit, Chrysler is opening a new business center in the new Chrysler House building in Detroit – while will include a new office for Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.
By Denis Flierl on
Lamborghini has recently filed an application to trademark the Huracan name for future use.
By Keith Griffin on
General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $31 million by the U.S. Army to begin upgrading 24 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and 22 M1A2 System Enhance Package (SEP) Version One (V1) tanks to the M1A2 SEP V2 configuration. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics.
By Anthony Faccenda on
A man has filed a lawsuit against BMW North America claiming that a four-hour ride on his 1993 BMW bike has caused him to have an erection for 20 months.

By David Herron on
When California and NRG agreed to build new electric car charging infrastructure, it meant new jobs, new careers, and new job training programs, geared to training the workforce required to build and maintain infrastructure to support electric cars.
By Keith Griffin on
Get your bid in to own a one-of-a-kind Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang through a live auction at the SAE Foundation's 25th anniversary celebration.
By Keith Griffin on
Jeep is making it great to be a kid with a new creative contest with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
By Nicolas Zart on
The world of electric cars is an exciting one where almost every week brings you a new chapter of this great adventure. With each new day, better ways of extracting more efficiency of a battery pack and an electric drivetrain is being discovered.
By Denis Flierl on
Aston Martin will end the current DBS Production with 100 Ultimate Edition models.
By Denis Flierl on
Bugatti has just released a video teaser of the 16C Galibier four-door concept car that could be making it to production in the next few years.
By Adam Yamada-Hanff on
It seems the Nissan Leaf in Norway is quite popular as 1000 Nissan Leafs, an electric car, have been sold in the country in just six months.
By David Herron on
Noting that car drivers influence other car drivers into traffic congestion, Honda has developed a technological aid that notifies car drivers about rapid acceleration and deceleration, coaching drivers into "smooth driving" patterns.
By Don Bain on
Healy Biodiesel is a Wichita company that has been producing refined biodiesel fuel for cars and trucks for five years and is now moving into a new 12,000 sq. ft. facility to allow a significant increase in their output.
By Nicolas Zart on
There’s no denying stepping into a hybrid, HEV, a plug-in hybrid, PHEV or a pure electric car, EV for the first time can be a little disconcerting at first. Then it all makes sense, if the right environment has been intelligently thought of.
By John Goreham on
The 2013 Audi Q5 is thoroughly updated to stay ahead in the ultra-competitive luxury crossover market
By Denis Flierl on
Take what Jon Olsson does on skis, add in an Audi R8, and give it a big dose of PPI Automotive design, and you’ve got one incredible ride.
By Patrick Rall on
The formal entry of the 2013 Dodge Dart is rapidly approaching and last night, the folks from the Chrysler Group announced the fuel economy figures for the first models that will arrive in showrooms this summer with very good news – as the 2013 Dart will offer better fuel economy than comparable C segment models from Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota.
By Aaron Turpen on
With passage of Senate Bill 1813 (aka Map-21) and its likely passage through the House, automakers will be required to install EDRs into cars starting in 2015.
By Aaron Turpen on
Toyota has unveiled a unique new coupe concept at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show as a car designed both inside and out to appeal to the Chinese market. Its flowing good looks, however, would look good on any nation's streets.
By Anthony Faccenda on
Nashville car buyers can earn $500 back on 2012 Altima models.

By David Herron on
Today the CPUC and NRG released the finalized settlement of the decade-old legal battle over the 2000-1 California Energy Crisis, revealing details of the planned electric car charging station network to be built in California.
By Patrick Rall on
The Mazda RX-8 has failed to live up to the high performance reputation of the RX-7 but since announcing that the RX-8 would end its production run this year with a special edition model – the company has received so much interest in the last of this generation of the rotary powered sports car that they have extended the production run by 1,000 units.