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Nissan has taken the wraps off its new entrant to the compact crossover market, the 2008 Rogue. Despite the “x-treme marketing” billing, the Rogue is actually a relatively small crossover, fitting in above the Honda CR-V but below the Hyundai Santa Fe. It has front-wheel drive as...

The Dodge Viper has never been short of power, but the latest iteration due as a 2008 model gives buyers an additional 90hp, to make a total of 600hp. To achieve this, Dodge has had to tweak the engine by increasing bore size by 1-millimeter, raising the displacement to 8.4L from 8.3L. The SRT10...

These are the first photos of the new convertible that Rolls-Royce will show at the upcoming 2007 Detroit auto show. The new car is essentially a production version of the 100EX concept shown two years ago and retains many of the same features such as LED headlights and a teak roof cover...

Despite the funny name, Dutch company Donkervoort has been building some pretty serious sports cars, and their latest model is just about to be revealed. They’ve been working on a fixed-roof version of the D8 roadster by adding a carbon fiber roof and wing mirrors. The D8 also has a...

Toyota is known for its bland and economical offerings, but the Blade is at least one indication it’s trying to improve its image. Compared with other hatchbacks, it gets a stylish exterior, improved interior, and a 2.4L engine with 7-speed Sports Sequential Shiftmatic CVT transmission. Also...

The convertibles of today are generally known as little two-seat roadsters like the MX-5 and S2000. But it wasn’t long ago that a different kind of beast cruised the ocean promenades - the four door luxury convertible. Now, with barely any signs of life in this sector, Mercedes has designed a...

About a month and a half ago, Cadillac released a teaser-to-a-teaser, telling us that the new CTS would debut at the upcoming Detroit Show. Well, they’ve now released an image to go along with the announcement, which you can see above. As you can see, it’s nothing new in terms of...

Well, that didn't take long. Just a couple of hours after GM released a teaser image for the new Malibu front-end, an low-resolution image of the whole car was accidentally posted on Detroit Motor Show website. There's not much more to see, except for a very clean design that looks slightly...

Car and truck drivers in seven states have filed a lawsuit against Big Oil alleging that service stations charge more for fuel that’s hotter than the industry standard. The class action lawsuit claims it’s a problem the oil companies are aware of and overcharge consumers by $2b per...

The days of using of test dummies for crash simulations may be over if Toyota and GM have their way. The two fierce rivals are actually working together on a proposal that would allow all the tests to be done using a computer simulation. The benefit this system would have is telling companies the...

As if the Ferrari 599GTB wasn’t already perfect enough, Hamann has decided to offer a power upgrade and bodykit for the V12 powered car that makes it even better. The extra power is produced by fitting an Hamann high-performance sports header, including racing catalytic converters, to...

If you can’t want a few more years for the rumoured Bugatti sedan, LEW Design of Germany will build the next best thing – out of a Bentley Continental GT. The LEW “Big Bang” (silly name, that) gains a front design with the famous Bugatti grille, Touareg-esque headlights, and...

After months of ‘will-they-won’t-they’ between McLaren and Daimler Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz, it appears that a merger is finally close to taking place. F1 Racing magazine is claiming to have sources that are “absolutely certain that a sale is taking place.” The...

With only a few weeks left to go until the world premiere of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the last W203 series sedan is rolling off the assembly line today at the Sindelfingen plant. The milestone vehicle, an iridium silver C230 sedan, is destined for a customer in the U.S. Since the series was...

It’s rare for us to get two stories about Australian sports cars in the same month, let alone the same day, but today we got news that the Joss supercar is for sale, and now we can report that Elfin has been bought by Walkinshaw Performance. The company is run by Scotsman Tom Walkinshaw and...

What happens when you put a V12 engine developing more than 880hp in a car that weighs less than a ton? If you want to find out, the owner is now selling his one-of-a-kind Speed 12 on eBay, and available for dispatch anywhere in the UK. Only five Speed 12s were ever built, with this one being the...

A Chinese property developer has snapped up the most expensive Rolls Royce ever made, coming in at a whopping $2.2m. The stretch limo comes with cutting-edge technology in the rear seat, while retaining the traditional look that Rolls is most famous for. The stretch extension has made it large...

Mazda will be exhibiting several cars of interest at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon, including both wacky concept cars as well as current production models that are customised and tuned. Mazda’s CX-7 Bright Stylish (come on, what else were you expecting it to be called?) Concept is expected to be...

Volkswagen is tired of Toyota getting all the glory for its Prius petrol-hybrid vehicles, so will be introducing one of its own in 2009. The first model will be a Jetta and will achieve better economy than the normal TDI versions currently available on the market. The current Jetta gets a fuel...

Our sick fascination with damaged exotic supercars continues, this time featuring a Lamborghini Murcielago that was involved in an accident with two other cars. The big bull was involved in a smash with three other cars and a bus and the ensuing chaos shut down part of Wolverhampton, a city in the...