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Corvette Stingray wins North American Car of the Year

The 2014 Detroit Motor Show has got off to a cracking start for General Motors, with the company winning TWO top North American awards. With the new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray scooping the North American Car of the Year award, and the Chevrolet Silverado bringing home the Truck of the Year honour, it’s the first time GM has swept the board since 2007. New 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray in pictures at Detroit Motor Show The best new cars coming in 2014: Chevrolet C7 Corvette Stingray The awards – which are based on the thoughts of a panel of automotive critics – are amongst the most respected in the industry and are said to have a direct influence on a car’s fortunes.

Channel 4′s 4Car to close

Car website 4Car is to close at the end of the year. Despite the British love of cars, there really aren’t a huge number of car web sites that make an impact. And certainly not car websites that aren’t linked to either classified ads or existing car magazines.

VW Golf Blue-e-Motion revealed

Germany's Transport Minister and VW's Development Director with the VW Golf Blue-e-Motion In a new take on the BlueMotion moniker Volkswagen has revealed the VW Golf Blue-e-Motion which is – you’ll never guess – an electric Golf. Quelle surprise. The Golf Blue-e-Motion is a foretaste of VW’s aims to launch the electric Golf on an unsuspecting public in 2013 and was revealed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (who managed not to get herself in the photo-op above).