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Australia's new prime minister has personally told Bernie Ecclestone that the country will not be funding a night F1 race. "I've spoken to Kevin Rudd and he's told me it would cost too much to re-stage the race, so I guess that's it. We won't be going to Australia for too much longer," the F1 chief...

It’s hard to believe that one of the most expensive cars in the world has racked up 220 sales in a little over two years but when you factor in that it’s also the fastest production car ever sold then it becomes a little more fathomable. Bugatti has received 220 confirmed orders for its...

As governments around the world get tougher on emissions levels carmakers are being forced to downsize their engines and implement more fuel saving technologies. Fiat, along with a number of other carmakers, has set itself a target of reducing its emissions by 7% and to do this it’s looking...

The entire first year production of the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe, which equates to more than 200 cars, was already allocated for long before the car made its debut at the recent Geneva Motor Show, boasts CEO Ian Robertson. And a majority of those orders, two-thirds to be in fact, were sold to...

From the same designer that brought us the edgy Ferrari F250 design study comes the new Fireblade GT coupe. Featuring a new front engine rear wheel drive setup, designer Idries Noah used cars like the Corvette Stingray, Gillet Vertigo and Shelby Daytona for inspiration for his latest work. Noah...

Ferrari and David Wiener Ventures license has created the ultimate gift for the Ferrari fan that has everything. Developed by the partnership is a new tower speaker designed and engineered by Ferrari called the Art.Engine. The single contained unit features a number of vertically stacked speakers...

Not content with its previous 656hp twin-supercharged F430, German tuner and Ferrari specialist Novitec Rosso has now upgraded the car to ‘Race’ spec. Power is up by an additional 51hp, giving it an Enzo-beating 707hp and decimating the standard F430 which makes do with just 490hp. At...

First Volvo unveiled a new driver-distraction warning system, now the company is presenting a fully integrated in-car alcolock system called Alcoguard. Scheduled to be introduced as an option for the XC60 to begin with, and then the S80, V70 and XC70 models early next year, the new system will...

We recently reported that Infiniti may be developing a four-door GT-R to form a new halo model for the brand. Today we got further evidence of such a plan when Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told reporters at a press presentation at this week’s Geneva Motor Show that "a car like this at Infiniti"...

With the press days for this week’s Geneva Motor Show approaching its end, attention now turns towards the upcoming New York Show falling at the end of this month. Toyota’s youth-oriented brand Scion has now released a teaser of one of its new concept cars planned for the show but...

Saab’s 9-X BioHybrid concept has been a big hit at Geneva, not only for its unique and interesting design, but because of its cues to a possibly entry-level Saab compact car. Bearing similarity to the previous Aero-X and 9-X concepts, the car managed to turn heads at the show and may just...

When Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said he would work for free until the company was profitable, he really meant it. In fact, since 2005 he has foregone his salary and bonus payments, which are estimated to be worth somewhere around $25 - $33 million. Bill Jr. could soon be eligible to...

Volkswagen has consistently dismissed rumors the new Scirocco would be sold in North America and now the carmaker’s sales and marketing chief has confirmed the bad news. Despite the high level of interest in the car, VW has decided against selling the Scirocco in the world’s biggest car...

Ferrari officials have consistently denied rumors of a new entry-level Ferrari but recent spy shots of a heavily camouflaged car caught testing in Fiorano last month and the registration of the ‘GT California’ name back in October suggest otherwise. Latest reports claim the car will be...

KTM’s X-Bow first appeared in production trim close to a year ago, debuting at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, and now a year later at the 2008 Geneva Show KTM has finally been launched. He first cars to be delivered is a batch of 100 ‘Dallara Series’ cars that were manufactured with...

Aston Martin has updated its DB9 GT and Volante convertible for the 2009 model year, giving the cars slight styling tweaks inside and out plus several performance upgrades to the V12 engine and six-speed transmission. The 6.0L mill now produces a peak output of 470hp, 20hp more than the previous...

Some might argue the Jaguar brand has already done serious damage to itself under Ford's tenure as owner. Land Rover's most recent decade hasn't been nearly as off-putting as the leaping cat's but neither has it been especially memorable. With new concepts and production models just around the...

General Motors has announced plans for a new hybrid system that’s set to debut in North America in 2010. The new system will feature lithium-ion batteries sourced from Hitachi and will be significantly cheaper than current hybrid systems while also improving fuel economy by up to 20%. Some of...

Kia is presenting three new concept cars at this week’s Geneva Motor Show, which were developed under the guidance of chief designer Peter Schreyer at the carmaker’s new European design center. All three cars carry the ‘SOUL’ title and are closely related to an upcoming...

Following the reveal of the three-door Fiesta hatch last month, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has introduced the new five-door version of the car at the Geneva Motor Show today. Both variants share the same dimensions and will arrive in showrooms in Western Europe in the second half of the year. The...