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170hp Land Rover Defender goes rallying

Well, this is the most brilliantly bonkers idea we’ve seen in a while – Land Rover has gotten together with Bowler, noted tuner of Land Rover products, and concocted a one-make rally series. For the Defender. No, seriously.

Sources: GM in talks with two potential buyers of Hummer

General Motors is in talks with two potential buyers of its Hummer brand as the automaker continues to sell assets to raise cash, said two sources familiar with the matter. The negotiations are with a private-equity firm and a Chinese company, said the sources, who declined to be named. The sources declined to name the potential buyers because the effort is private.

Ford’s 1.0 litre EcoBoost engine now going in to 1 in 5 new Fords

Half the Ford B-Max (pictured) sold get the 1.0 litre EcoBoost engine Who’d have thought, just a few years ago, that a 1.0 litre, 3-cylinder engine would become one of the most popular engines in a new car in Europe? But that’s exactly what’s happened with the increasingly impressive 1.0 litre EcoBoost from Ford which, as its power output has increased, has become a more and more popular engine of choice. The little Ford EcoBoost even seems to have persuaded buyers that they should forsake dirty diesel engines for it, and Ford has fitted 120,000 in the first six months of 2014 with almost half B-Max models, a third of Focus and 30 per cent of Fiestas getting the little wonder.