Video: Audi teases next Super Bowl spot

Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Audi We’ve entered a new age of advertising , friends. One where manufacturers gleefully shill for their own ads instead of actual products. We’ve seen it with the teaser as for the Volkswagen Super Bowl spot, and now Audi has jumped into the game

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Report: GM CEO stands up for Chevy Volt in D.C. hearing; Issa tells NHTSA: "I don’t believe you"

Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Safety , Hatchback , Chevrolet , Electric What a surprise. Today’s Congressional hearing over the Chevrolet Volt fire and the resulting investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned out to be contentious. The hearing took place in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending. Just from the title of the event – “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA Know and When Did They Know It?” – it was plain to see that chairman Darrell Issa was not looking to mess around

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Deep Dive: Mini’s Big Plans

Deep Dive: Mini’s Big Plans The third-generation Mini will spawn four new models. In early 2013, the Mini Paceman crossover coupe — the seventh and final body style of the current Mini — will arrive. Just six months later, the third-generation new Mini is set to debut.

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Report: Trollhättan buys entire classic Saab collection to preserve museum

Filed under: Classics , Europe , Saab , Earnings/Financials Despite the popular saying, history cannot simply repeated. So, when faced with the possibility of losing the entire classic collection of cars that had made up the official Saab museum in Trollh

Details of 2012 Ferrari F1 car emerge in Italian press

Details of Ferrari’s unlaunched 2012 car have emerged in the pages of Italian specialist publications.On Tuesday, Autosprint publishes drawings by technical illustrator Giorgio Piola of Maranello’s…

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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #266 LIVE

Filed under: Auctions , Etc. , Chevrolet , Ford , GM , Earnings/Financials We record Episode #266 of the Autoblog Podcast tonight, and you can drop us your questions via our Q&A module below. Check out our discussion topics or chime in to help determine what else the crew chats about this evening. Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven’t already done so, and if you want to take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight

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