The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen.

VW 1.4 TSI engine - Overall best engine of the year

The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in categories that featured sizes from sub 1 liter three cylinders to a 6.2 liter V8 and go from

Having been premiered to the world, the four-door sedan version of the 2011 Impreza WRX STI at the New York Auto Show in April and the Impreza XV crossover at the Geneva Motor Show back in March, Subaru has just made another important announcement.

Japanese add from Subaru

Both of these models have been officially confirmed for availability in Japan and sales of the two are scheduled to begin this

The North American branch of Saab Cars has recently launched its first sales event as a new company in the form of a leasing program built around the 2010 Saab 9-3.

2010 SAAB 9-3

The lease program will enable you to put a brand new Saab 9-3 in your driveway with a two liter engine and an automatic transmission if you’ve got a down payment of $3,374 and can later on afford to pay $399 a month.

Yesterday the Swedes over at Volvo made an unfortunate announcement concerning a recall of some 2010 and 2011 model year vehicles that have been sold worldwide.

Volvo V50

The recall concerns 29,299 cars worldwide of which 536 have been sold in the U.S. and around 6,700 finding home in the U.K.

The large number of cars of such recent make is possible due to the fact that a pretty wide variety of models is concerned. The list includes all 2010-2011MY C30s and 2010MY S40 and V50

BMW have just announced a few details on the future generation of their X3, and a small number of “spy shots” prior to the car’s debut, scheduled for the Paris Auto Show this year.

2011 BMW X3

The Bavarians are hoping that the new design and the new engineering that is going to be found on this car will continue the market success the first generation (E83) had as since its launch in 2003 there have been more than 600.000 sold.

Moving on from the

It would seem that people who were waiting for the small diesel pickups made in India will have to keep on waiting as their launch date has been pushed back to December 2010.

Mahindra Pickup

This is the fourth time these pickups are postponed and the original American launch date has now grown past an year’s delay as mid 2009 was the alleged time frame for these trucks to hit one of the

Honda‘s special division, Acura will be recalling a whopping 167.255 TSX Sedans produced between 2004 and 2008 due to a fire hazard issue.

2007 Acura TSX Sedan

The guilty party is the power steering hose as it can potentially deteriorate prematurely thus leaking fluid which could cause a fire under the bonnet.

Honda said in a notice on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The sad day has ended, General Motor’s Hummer brand has finally closed up shop and turned off the lights for the last time.

Hummer H3

You may recall that GM actually closed down the plant before but resumed activities in order to complete a special order of 849 Hummer H3′s.

The last production moment for the Hummer brand was recorded yesterday, Monday May 24, 2010 in Shreveport, Louisiana as one last Hummer H3 rolled of the line and headed