For those of you out there who thought Sweden was only home to quirky car brands such as Volvo and Saab, have we got news for you:

Earlier today, Volkswagen of America unveiled the all-new 2011 Jetta at what it called an "urban oasis" in Times Square and the news is big, in more ways than one.

Those of us here who grew up on the sixties can well remember when the James Bond movie Goldfinger came out in 1964. And apart from the beautiful women in it (Misses Masterson and, ahem, Galore), one of the real attractions was 007's car - a 1963 Aston Martin DB5.

At least Bill Shakespeare got it right. In one of his most well-known plays, Juliet tries to convince Romeo that what something is called hardly matters. What does matter is what it is. This also holds true in the auto industry, a case in point being the current Chevrolet Aveo.

Small on the outside, big on the inside and extremely fuel efficient for its time, the original VW Microbus became the automotive symbol of the 1960's counterculture.

One of the highlights of last week's SEMA show for motorsports enthusiasts has to be Ford's announcement that it will be bringing the Fiesta R2 rally kit to this side of the pond.

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It all began 22 years ago this month in Chicago, when the first generation Mazda Miata was unveiled to the world at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show.

The year was 1969. Barely five years after the first Mustangs had hit the streets, then-president of Ford, "Bunkie" Knudsen ordered Ford engineers to "build absolutely the best-handling street car available on the American market." The result was the 1969 Mustang Boss 302.

Earlier today (just past midnight, to be exact), Chevrolet released a teaser image of its Malibu Show Car, a thinly-disguised version of what is to be the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu.