2008

BMW will soon update its still new baby 1-series small hatch. Most of the changes are merely cosmetic but a slight increase in power across the four-cylinder engine range is also expected. Visual changes include revised head and tail lights and more compact bumpers as well. The big news is that the...

Volkswagen has released details on the updated version of its Touareg SUV, which is set for a public debut at next week’s 2006 Paris Auto Show. Changes for the 2008 model include the new front and rear styling plus an upgraded interior featuring new seats and premium sound options. A new...

Following up from our previous pictures of the Dodge Avenger concept, originally released by LeftLaneNews, we have come across images of the production version of the Avenger, due to be shown at the Paris Motor Show. The car will share the front-wheel drive platform from the Chrysler Sebring and...

Though it’s not the upgraded Gallardo we were all hoping for, Lamborghini will be showing off a special edition Gallardo called the Nera at this month’s Paris Motor Show. The Nera is designed to showcase the customization options available to customers. This particular model comes with...

We’ve all been tempted by motorbikes – after all, they offer supercar performance for the same price that you’d pay for a mid-range family car. But is a superbike as quick as a supercar around a track? Tiff Needell of Fifth Gear decided to settle the issue with a race. In one...

This 22 minute long video outlines the entire history of the BMW 3-series - from its beginnings as a mid-sized sedan for the upper crust to its meteoric rise in becoming more ubiquitous than the Ford Mondeo in some countries. In just 22 minutes you can see how the Germans managed to create and...

Images of the new Avenger, which will make its official debut at this month’s Paris Auto Show, have leaked onto the web. The Avenger is positioned below the Charger sedan from which it shares many of its styling cues, and will replace the aging Stratus. The car is likely to share the...

Honda has done very well with the CRV. So well, in fact, that Chinese companies are now copying the car almost verbatim and selling the fakes at less than half the price of the original. Despite appearances, the models are actually inferior to the original. The Huabei RV, for example, only has a...

One of the world’s most elegant brands may be bought out by a company that specialises in building agricultural and earth moving equipment. The chairman of JCB, Sir Anthony Bamford, has expressed his interest in buying the ailing cat from Ford if they agree to separate it from Land Rover. In...

Here’s an interesting video of what it’s like to chase down car development teams as they’re testing in the desert. The uncredited spy photographer catches the M3 team while they’ve stopped at the side of the road and gets the one-fingered salute from one angry German. More...

After driving a new BMW 335i, Jason Cammisa of Automobile Magazine felt the car was more powerful then the quoted 302hp from BMW. The car in question, a brand new 335i was dyno-tested and the results proved his theory correct. On the dyno, the 335i made 275hp and 406Nm torque at the wheels...

It seems the boys and girls over at Pininfarina are as busy as ever. Their latest creation is a one-off, customised 612 Scaglietti built for billionaire auto enthusiast Peter S Kalikow. Adopting a “K” designation in its title, the new Ferrari was designed with the intention of retaining...

Ford, like GM can no longer afford to keep loosing money from its subsidiaries. After a recent second-quarter loss of $123 million, Ford has called in the bean-counters to slash and burn away unprofitable assets. Leading the charge is former Goldman Sachs man Kenneth Leet, who will start at one of...

Audi’s entrance in to the burgeoning supercar market is the R8, a two-seater coupe with a V-10 engine and a 0-62 mph time of around 4 seconds. It’ll be built by Audi subsidiary Quattro and will go on sale next year for upwards of $200,000. The R8 is based heavily on the Le Mans quattro...

What’s worse than seeing a smashed 5-Series? The Murcielago that hit it. There seems to be no end to the number of wrecked exotics that are cropping up in the middle-east. All we can say is “that’s gotta hurt…” More images after the jump.