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UK car manufacturing to hit record high by 2015

Britain is on track to hit a new all-time car manufacturing high by the end of 2015. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders forecasts that car production is set to top 2 million a year in three years' time. That's enough to eclipse the 1.92m record set forty years ago in 1972.

Victorious Mercedes debuts at Amelia Island

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance brings out some of the rarest and most beautiful cars on the planet. We'll be keeping our eye on one particular gem at this year's show: a 1914 French Grand Prix-winning Mercedes. The rugged racer will be the centerpiece of Mercedes-Benz's display along with the car's owner, George Wingard.

2011/2012 Kia Rio Revealed

2011 / 2012 Kia Rio With the inexorable move by Hyundai and Kia to higher quality, Euro-centric cars the Kia Rio is overdue to be Euro-fied. After all, it’s two years since the Hyundai Getz got brought in to the 21st century by morphing in to the i20. So after a tease for the new Kia Rio last month, the bland (albeit it cheap) Kia Rio makes way for the Kia version of the i20 – the 2012 Kia Rio – which will make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in a couple of weeks, with the five door Kia going on sale in September and the three door on sale in early 2012.