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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.

AIAG, SAE team to give auto engineers enhanced training
By Hawke Fracassa on
The AIAG nonprofit performance-enhancement group for manufacturers is partnering with SAE International to launch a joint global sourcing engineering certificate program to benefit the automotive industry, the groups announced Wednesday.
Nissan drops the Altima Hybrid for the 2012 model year
By Patrick Rall on
Nissan recently released their press package for the 2012 model year and one interesting omission from next year’s lineup is the Nissan Altima Hybrid.
Buick Regal GS to have 270 horsepower
By Gordon Block on
The Buick Regal GS, the highest-performance version of the luxury brand's smallest sedan, will have 270hp and 295ft-lbs of torque from a 2.0L turbocharged Ecotec 4cyl engine.
The 2012 BMW M5 pictures hit the internet
By Patrick Rall on
The high performance sedan crowd has been dreaming of the 2012 BMW M5 with the help of spyshots and company-provided videos of the car flexing its muscle but today, we have our first real look at the new super sedan – and it is just as spectacular as the spyshots and videos suggested.
Fiat refuses to buy out Chrysler completely
By Gordon Block on
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says he is not willing to risk the Italian automaker's credit rating to take over ownership of Chrysler.
Jayco Pinnacle luxury RV raises the bar
By Hawke Fracassa on
A video of the Jayco Pinnacle 36REQS fifth wheel is now live on the Internet TV show RVBuddies. The 36REQS features a large living area with a pop-up HDTV and fireplace, sofa and two large recliners. The kitchen has a convection microwave and double-door refrigerator. There is a lot of counter space, too.
Dodge Journey becomes Fiat Freemont; first Fiat-branded Chrysler Group vehicle
By John Matras on
The first Chrysler Group product to wear the Fiat badge is a Dodge Journey, though with a Fiat face and a pair of diesel engines and renamed the Fiat Freemont.
Visually-impaired inspectors show skills on Media Day for EyesOn Design
By Frank Sherosky on
The EyesOn Design Car Show is known worldwide for its creative focus on design themes. Aside from the usual cars and interviews, a special segment on Media Preview Day showed two visually-impaired inspectors feeling gaps, fits and finishes with white gloves a 1948 Fiat Topolino 500.
Media Day Preview a success for 2011 EyesOn Design
By Frank Sherosky on
The EyesOn Design Car Show is known worldwide for its creative focus on design themes. In preparation for the 24th annual event, which takes place on Father’s Day, this Sunday, June 19, 2011 on the grounds of the historic Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, the media was given insight into the upcoming events plus a view of some auto displays.
America will spend $6 billion again to subsidize ethanol
By Hawke Fracassa on
A Republican senator from Oklahoma and a Democratic senator from California sought Tuesday to end a $6-billion, 30-year-old subsidy of ethanol by July 1, but the proposal was resoundingly defeated by the U.S. Senate, 59-40.
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster now in country
By Don Bain on
Few things are as pleasurable as an open air drive on a warm summer evening, with the lights of the city spreading across the valley like the stars in the heavens above. Few vehicles deliver that feeling like the Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster. The 2012 model, the third generation of the car that launched the move to automatic hardtops, in now arriving at dealerships in the U.S.
2012 Chevrolet Corvette
The 2012 Corvette to see price increases
By Patrick Rall on
The Chevrolet Corvette has seen better days with regards to sales even with no real competition in the current American market but that’s not stopping GM from hiking the price for the 2012 model year.
Ford’s 2012 Focus Electric to have one cool battery
By Don Bain on
When Ford’s new Electric 2012 Focus hits the streets later this year, it will have one cool battery thanks to a liquid temperature control system that will maintain the optimal thermal range for both charging or powering the motor, whatever the weather. The Electric Focus is the first all-electric, gasoline-free vehicle in the brand’s line, with four more models yet to be released during the next year and a half.
Chevrolet Camaro computer may just be the best Father's Day gift ever
By Gordon Block on
This computer, shaped and styled to look like a new Chevrolet Camaro, would make your car-loving father or grandfather the envy of the neighborhood as it can serve as a very unique Father's Day gift idea for a car loving father.
BMW 1- and 3-Series 2-door coupe and vert to become 2- and 4-Series
By Patrick Rall on
Just last week we reported that BMW had filed for the trademarks to “BMW M2” and “M2” and now we have a clearer idea of what those could be as several sources suggest that what we know now as the BMW 1-Series and 3-Series Coupe and Convertible will be known next year as the new BMW 2-Series and 4-Series.
Congressmen drive hard to extend autogas spiffs
By Hawke Fracassa on
ROUSH CleanTech, the suburban Detroit company in the forefront of the American autogas movement, is lauding Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Congressman Dan Boren (D-OK) for their support of the Propane Green Autogas Solutions Act of 2011, which will put a significant number of clean-burning propane autogas vehicles on American roads by extending tax credits.
Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) expands patent protection
By Frank Sherosky on
Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it is seeking international patent protection for its scalable waste energy recycling engine known as the WHE which stands for waste heat engine.
Awesome video of 240hp motorcycle racing up Pikes Peak
By Roman Rosa on
Watch the awesome onboard video of Chip Yates riding a 240hp electric (yes, electric!) motorcycle up Pikes Peak on a practice run this weekend.
Opel and Vauxhall not for sale, according to GM CEO Akerson
By Gordon Block on
Opel and Vauxhall were rumored to be up for sale by German media sources, but GM CEO Daniel Akerson has reassured Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke they will remain under GM ownership.
GM to invest $47 million In Defiance casting facility
By Patrick Rall on
General Motors has announced that they intend to invest $47 million in their Defiance, Ohio casting facility to prepare the plant for increased output of components of the popular 1.4L 4-cylinder Ecotec and the next generation small block V8.
AMSOIL introduces OE 15W-40 synthetic diesel oil
By Hawke Fracassa on
AMSOIL Inc. today introduced its new OE 15W-40 synthetic diesel oil to its family of lubricants for vehicles.
General Motors Venture LLC to invest $6 million in Protera Inc.
By Frank Sherosky on
As part of a $30 million package to commercialize technology, including a rapid-charging transit system and other next-generation technologies that support innovation in the global transportation industry, General Motors Ventures LLC will inject $6 million, a 20 percent of the total stake in Proterra Inc., a leading maker of zero-emission commercial transit buses.
Subaru WRX STI breaks 21-year record on Isle of Man track
By Don Bain on
Race driver Mark Higgins logged an all-time fastest lap by averaging 115.356 mph June 10 on the iconic Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. Higgins was driving a US spec 2011 Subaru WRX STI. The former record of 100 mph remained unchallenged for 21 years. His lap took 19 minutes 37 seconds with the WRX STI hitting speeds in excess of 162 MPH on the varied elevation course.
US production of Nissan LEAF electric car may be postponed due to Japan earthquake
By Gordon Block on
The Nissan LEAF electric car is currently scheduled to start US production in December of 2012, but the Japan earthquake may cause a delay.
2012 Beetle
VW announces special 2012 Beetle Black Turbo Launch Edition
By Patrick Rall on
Volkswagen announced today that orders are now being taken on the 2012 Beetle via a new online Vehicle Pre-Order (VPO) system and to add some incentive for hopeful consumers to use this system, VW is offering the special 2012 Beetle Black Turbo Launch Edition to the first 600 buyers.
Renault-Nissan Alliance to open second research office in Silicon Valley
By Gordon Block on
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will be developing user-interface and smart-grid technology for future electric cars for both brands at the new facility located in Silicon Valley in California.
GM to offer an auto trans, performance traction system on Camaro ZL1
By Patrick Rall on
While speaking at the Camaro homecoming at the Oshawa production facility, the lead man for the Camaro offered a few choice comments on the upcoming 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, including the fact that the super muscle car will feature the performance traction management system from the Corvette ZR- along with an automatic transmission and even more horsepower.
Toyota nurtures science in schools with cash
By Hawke Fracassa on
Toyota today awarded $500,000 in 2011 TAPESTRY grants to 50 U.S. science teachers, furthering a 21-year-old program that to date has given out more than $10 million to almost 1,200 teachers in America.
Lincoln dealerships to invest $1 million in showroom renovations
By Gordon Block on
Lincoln dealerships will be required by Ford to do up to $1 million in renovations to their showrooms in two years as Ford makes big plans for the luxury brand's future.
Saab joins forces with a second Chinese group
By Patrick Rall on
Saab and parent company Spyker Cars NV have announced that the group has entered into a second memorandum of understanding with a Chinese automotive firm – this time partnering with Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co. as the Swedish automaker works to climb out of its recent cash crunch.
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