(January 5, 2013) There are limited production cars, there are rare cars and there are concept cars that never find their way to the showroom. A fleet of Cadillac's rare and mythic Motorama and Detroit Auto Show Concept Cars will take to the field at the 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on Sunday, March 10.

(January 5, 2013) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated the stylish Fiat 500e's highway-cycle performance at 108 MPGe, which is unsurpassed by any electric vehicle (EV) on the U.S. market.

MPGe is the EPA-devised measure for determining how many miles an EV can travel on a quantity of battery-generated electricity that has same energy content as a gallon of gasoline.

(January 5, 2013) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford has sold 239 acres of the former Wixom Assembly Plant to Trident Barrow Management, a unit of Barrow Development.
 
“We’re very pleased with the sale of the property and look forward to watching new development in the Wixom area,” said Donna Inch, Ford Land chairman and CEO. “Both the mayor and city officials have been diligent and steadfast on assisting with repurposing the property and working with the new owners on demolition permitting.”

(January 5, 2013) In order to demonstrate the class-leading towing ability of the all-new Range Rover, Land Rover teamed up with an American icon to take part in the ultimate road-trip to one of the highest points in Africa.

With a newly-launched Airstream 684 Series 2 aluminum travel trailer hitched to its electrically-deployable tow bar, a Range Rover Autobiography with the 334-horsepower V8 engine was chosen for the challenge — to drive from Airstream's European home in the English Lake District, UK, to the top of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco — and back.

(January 4, 2013) LONDON — A leading real estate agency has decided to switch its entire fleet of sales consultants’ vehicles to Fiat 500 city cars. Orchards of London, a specialist estate agency with offices in Ealing and Chiswick, West London, took delivery this week of 15 new Fiat 500s.

(January 4, 2012) General Motors is recalling nearly 55,000 pickup trucks, SUVs and vans because they can roll away unexpectedly. The recall affects certain 2013 models of the Chevrolet Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe, Avalanche and Express. Also included are the GMC Sierra, Savana and Yukon as well as the Cadillac Escalade.

(January 4, 2013) MONTVALE, N.J. — Mercedes-Benz has restyled the E-Class coupe and cabriolet for the 2014 model year and the new vehicles will make their debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 14.

The new styling is combined with sophisticated new assistance systems which are part of Mercedes-Benz "intelligent drive." These new systems include technology that can help prevent accidents with crossing vehicles or pedestrians as well as an enhanced version of Active Lane Keeping Assist.

(January 4, 2013)  — Subaru is recalling vehicles in the United States for potential lighting problems that could lead to smoke or fire, according to U.S. safety regulators.

The recall potentially affects some Forester vehicles from model years 2009 through 2012, all Legacy and Outback vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011, and some Tribeca vehicles from model years 2006 through 2012, according to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

(January 4, 2013) Audi has announced that 2012 was the best year, and that December 2012 was the best month, in its history of selling new vehicles in the U.S. market. For the full year, Audi sold 139,310 new cars and SUVs to eclipse the previous sales record set a year earlier by 18.5%. Audi sales in the U.S. have increased 68.4% just since 2009.

(January 4, 2013) OAKVILLE, Ont. — Ford finished the year as the best-selling automaker in Canada for the third consecutive year led by  the  F-Series, which sold more than 100,000 units. Ford sold 276,068 vehicles in 2012, neary the same number as 2011 when it sold 275,978 units.

The F-Series was Canada’s top selling truck for the 47th year in a row.