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Johnson Controls, Inc. could be the most famous automotive company you've never heard of. And chances are, when you drive your car, you're sitting on a JCI seat, or looking at a JCI instrument panel, or using JCI technology in some way. If you open your garage door using Homelink, you've got JCI components in your car.

Toyota tests the waters for a hybrid sports car. Not quite a revived Supra, a production FT-HS could boost Toyota's sports car credibility.

Volkswagen set to add Tiguan small SUV to its lineup.

Audi A4 3.2 Quattro S-Line is where form really meets function with finesse. Audi has built a great car that would stack up very well next to the BMW 3-Series, Lexus IS 250, Subaru Legacy 3.0R, or Acura TSX, now if we could just get them to lower the price...

The second installment in Mazda's Nagare development arrives in Detroit.

Carver One is a new driving experience. What is it? A car? A motorcycle. You decide.

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BMW was one of the more fascinating exhibitors at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month, mainly because of it’s schizophrenic display. In one section, lined up in all their Teutonic beauty, were the M models. Few cars go faster and with more muscular style than BMW’s Motorsport line. And in another section of the booth, BMW’s breakthrough Hydrogen 7 – truly a great advancement in alternative drivetrains. So, in one moment, you’re looking at nothing but raw speed – MPG be damned – and the next, you’re contemplating hydrogen fuel stations and water vapor emissions. Only BMW could make both ends of the spectrum look so [...]

Audi's Johan de Nysschen clearly stated the objectives for Audi of America in an Automotive News World Congress speech given in Detroit last week. de Nysschen is the Executive Vice President of Audi of America Inc. and has plans to make the brand much more aggressive in the United States.

The Forenza does not provide a bunch of gee whiz gizmos. It calmly displays the other side of technology … lowering the cost of high quality products for the masses.

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The more things change the more they stay the same. If there was ever a saying the sums up the launch of the brand new Mini, that would be it. Some might joke, “Where’s the new Mini?” while standing right next to it, but it’s important to remember that there is hardly a more difficult task for a automotive design team than creating an entirely new car, that looks the same as the old model.
That was the challenge put before cheif Mini designer Bert Hildebrand. When David Barrett met him for an exclusive interview at the North American Auto Show in Detroit this month, you couldn’t tell [...]