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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 G+ Jan 11 2016 - 8:42am

If you want to stand out don’t buy the BMW 3 Series

BMW 3 Series is the most researched car for 2015. If you want to stand out it’s not the car for you.

2016 Toyota Tacoma Beats Chevy Colorado Duramax Diesel

By John Goreham G+ Jan 11 2016 - 8:34am

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Just Beat Chevy Colorado for 4X4 of the Year

Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off-Road 4X4 puts Toyota Tacoma ahead of Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Duramax Diesel.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 11 2016 - 8:15am

Subaru settles in oil consumption lawsuit

Subaru has agreed to settle in the oil consumption lawsuit filed against them in 2014. What will Forester, Outback and Crosstrek owners get in return?

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 10 2016 - 3:37pm

TorqueNews Best of 2015 - The List

Over the past six days, the writers here at TorqueNews have offered up their favorite vehicles from 2015 including the BMW M4, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, the VW Golf GTI, the Acura RLX Sport Hybrid, the Alfa Romeo 4C and the new Mazda Miata.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 10 2016 - 7:50am

First BMW M2 images emerge ahead of NAIAS

On the eve of the 2016 BMW M2 world debut, the first photo of the performance coupe is here.

By Shannon Harris Jan 9 2016 - 9:13am

Meeting up with Ford Mustangs at the Coast

One of my Mustang friends, Whit Clark, had this to share about our time at the coast:

"If you live in the southern most parts of Louisiana and Mississippi you know all to well that each year there's one car event you plan your whole year around and can't wait to indulge yourself in the fine colors and sounds of Cruisin the Coast. Especially if your a Ford Mustang fan. Our Facebook group Stang Driven created by Shannon and Wendy decided to experience this event among a few other members as well.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 9 2016 - 6:18am

TorqueNews Best of 2015 - BMW M4: 4 reasons you shouldn’t buy one

The Torque News Best Cars of the Year are all about getting your heart rate up. The BMW M4 will give you a heart attack.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 8 2016 - 4:22pm

Hennessey Adds Power to the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang without Adding Weight

The 2015/2016 Ford Shelby GT350 was designed to be the ultimate road racing muscle car so when building up the new Shelby Mustang, the folks at Hennessey aimed to add power without adding weight over the front end and they succeeded – lifting the output to 575 horsepower and 511lb-ft of torque through exhaust and tuning efforts.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 8 2016 - 12:57pm

#4 Corvette Bursts into Flames on Track in Daytona

The first practice session for the Roar Before the Rolex 24 kicked off this morning, but the #4 Corvette driven by Tommy Milner didn’t get off to the start that the team had hoped – with the car being carted off of the track on the wrecker after the car burst into flames on the track.

By Will Maley Jan 8 2016 - 12:30pm

North American Introduction of Next Audi A4 To Happen In Detroit

Audi has been keeping quiet on the details for the next-generation A4 for North America since introducing it last summer. But the German automaker is spilling the beans next week at the Detroit Auto Show.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 8 2016 - 10:22am

TorqueNews Best of 2015: The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat

After driving scores of new cars, trucks and SUVs in 2015, my top vehicle of the year was the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 8 2016 - 8:29am

Video: 8 reasons why the E92 will forever be the classic BMW M3

The fourth generation BMW M3 E92 was the most powerful to date. Why will the E92 forever be the classic in the M3 family?

Following GM's Bolt Reveal Tesla says "Model 3 On Track"

By John Goreham G+ Jan 7 2016 - 6:17pm

Following Chevy's Bolt Reveal Tesla says "Model 3 On Track"

Tesla wants you to remember this was their idea.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 7 2016 - 5:18pm

Viper ACR Stomps Corvette Z06 at Laguna Seca

The Dodge Viper ACR and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 recently went head to head thanks to the crew at Motor Trend and not surprisingly, the most track capable Dodge of all time absolutely destroyed the most track capable Corvette of all time – with the Viper beating the Vette by almost 3 seconds around Laguna Seca Raceway.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 7 2016 - 3:08pm

Cherokee Leads Best Jeep Sales Year Ever

The Jeep brand posted its best sales year ever in 2015, with more than 865,000 new sport utility vehicles sold across the United States leading the way for the entire Chrysler Group – and the controversial Cherokee was the top seller within the brand.

By Will Maley Jan 7 2016 - 2:23pm

Kia Readies A New Sub-Brand For Their Autonomous Technologies

Whether or not you are prepared for it, the age of the autonomous car is coming. Kia is preparing itself for it by announcing a new sub-brand that will deal exclusively in autonomous tech.

By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 7 2016 - 1:39pm

No, this lightning strike wasn't edited into the picture of this 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8

It was a stormy day in West Texas in the outskirts of Odessa and I was driving around in my 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8. Normally I would catch myself driving around for fun always capturing great pictures of my car with beautiful sunset's in the background.

Well this day happened to be very cloudy and dark with no sunset visible but there was a big storm rolling in so I knew I had to capture a few pictures with those dark mean clouds.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 7 2016 - 1:14pm

Ford Mustang Tops 2015's 20 Bestselling Sporty Coupes and Convertibles

We reported earlier this week that the Ford Mustang had claimed the bestselling muscle car title for 2015 and now that we have had time to dig through the numbers from around the industry, we can officially say that the mighty Mustang leads all 2-door sporty cars sold in the good ol’ USA.

By Parks McCants G+ Jan 7 2016 - 12:54pm

2016 NAIAS Detroit: Kia steps up to the task with stunning SUV teaser

After viewing Kia’s automotive entourage of cutting edge, light-truck-based concepts at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, we would expect nothing less from the Korean upstart.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 7 2016 - 11:35am

Chevrolet Corvette Dominates Premium Sports Car Segment in 2015

The Chevrolet Camaro fell short of beating the Ford Mustang in the 2015 muscle car sales race, but the Chevrolet Corvette had no problems running away with the title of America’s bestselling premium sports car once again – selling more than twice as many cars as the runner-up Lexus RC.

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By Will Maley Jan 7 2016 - 9:30am

Torque News Best Cars of the Year - 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI Is A Jack of All Trades

Volkswagen's iconic hot hatch stole this writer's heart. Here's how it did it.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 7 2016 - 8:28am

How Subaru Forester, Outback, Crosstrek, WRX/STI achieve the unthinkable

It's another record year for Subaru. The 2016 Forester, Outback, Crosstrek and WRX/STI have pulled off the unthinkable.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 7 2016 - 6:28am

Watch shocking dash cam video as Subaru Forester drives off a cliff

The driver of a Subaru Forester XT posts a shocking video of himself driving off a cliff. It’s amazing he survives the incredible ordeal.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 6 2016 - 1:32pm

Ford F150 Drives 34th Bestselling Vehicle Title, Toyota Takes Top Car

The sales figures from around the industry for 2015 are in and for the 34th consecutive year, the Ford F-Series lineup led by the 2015 F150 combined to be the bestselling vehicle in America – beating the Chevrolet Silverado, the Ram Pickup, the Toyota Camry and everyone else.

By Parks McCants G+ Jan 6 2016 - 1:14pm

Torque News Best Cars of the Year-2016 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid

With 14,000 miles driven in the seat of new Honda and Acura Division cars for 2015, narrowing our choice down to one Honda Motor Company offering was a difficult if not impossible task.

By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 6 2016 - 1:07pm

VW Budd-e Concept Looks Promising, But Also Looks Like Kia Soul's Bigger Cousin

Budd-e is unveiled on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It promises to have 373 mile of all-electric range. But since it looks similar to Kia Soul, there is an interesting discussion at Kia Sould EV Facebook page and here are some of the interesting opinions from this public forum.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 6 2016 - 12:35pm

Monster Mustang Sales Prove Need for Dodge Challenger Down Under

The Dodge Challenger is not offered in the Australian market but based on the massive popularity of the new Ford Mustang coupled with the large local Mopar enthusiast crowd – there certainly seems to be a strong business case for Dodge shipping the industry’s most powerful muscle car Down Under.

By Patrick Rall G+ Jan 6 2016 - 11:32am

The Quickest 2016 Camaro in the Country Tickles the 9s

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro has only been available for roughly two months, but RPM Motorsports has already gotten one of the 6th gen Camaro SS coupes very near the 9-second quarter mile range – running a 10.00 at 137 miles per hour and turning in what I believe to be the quickest quarter mile run by the new Chevy muscle car.

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By Will Maley Jan 6 2016 - 9:43am

Audi Drops $28 Million On A Rental Agency

You might think it a bit odd that an automaker like Audi is investing a fair amount of money on a rental car company. There must be something special to this company.

By Denis Flierl G+ Jan 6 2016 - 8:06am

One key reason why BMW will remain the top performance brand

BMW sees record sales for 2015. With the new BMW M2 and M4 GTS coming, the future is even brighter.

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