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Volkswagen is replacing the existing Golf Sport and GT models with a single all-new model – the Golf GT Sport. The latest addition gets several unique features and is equipped with extra equipment over the models it replaces. An all-new darkened grille section has been revised to match the...

FIA president Max Mosley insisted in Monaco that F1's governing body has not yet sanctioned Bernie Ecclestone's plans for night racing. Ecclestone, the F1 supremo, has busily been organising floodlit events in Singapore and possibly Malaysia and Australia for as soon as next year, but Mosley said...

We previously reported that it would take BMW 6 months to add fuel saving technologies to the Mini MK2, but today the company announced that all Mini models would get the changes by August, only three months away. With the changes, the MINI Cooper D will be capable of returning an astonishing...

Pictured here is Peugeot’s latest compact hatch, the 308, which replaces the 307 and is rumored to include a two-door variant for the first time. Official details haven’t been released as yet but word on the street is that the new model has grown by about an inch in length, while height...

Audi’s current A6 has been on sale for almost two years now, but we’re still at least a year away from the release of the potent RS 6 super-sedan and Avant wagon. Originally thought to debut at September’s 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, latest reports suggest that its release date has...

The prospects for future grands prix in Australia continue to wane, but organisers of the F1 event in Malaysia insist that they are not also baulking at the thought of night racing. Like the race at Albert Park, Malaysia's current GP contract expires in 2010. But Sepang organisers have already...

Now that Daimler is on its own and no longer suffering the financial setback of the loss-making Chrysler brand, the luxury German carmaker will be very tempting as a possible takeover target in the eyes of cash-rich private equity investors. Until recently, most takeovers in the auto industry were...

Porsche has produced a small production run of 26 Cayenne S Transsyberias at its Leipzig plant, two months ahead of the long-distance rally in which they'll compete. Scheduled to start the journey on August the 2nd, the drivers were given the chance to get acquainted with the 385hp SUVs during a...

The sale of four modern formula one Ferraris contributed a further $6m to the Italian team's budget at the weekend. The famous marque held a Sotheby's auction at its Maranello headquarters on Sunday, where the more expensive of the red race cars - the last single seater raced by Michael Schumacher...

After the disastrous turn of events surrounding the troubled merger between Daimler and Chrysler and the subsequent split last week, the German division won’t be attempting any more tie-ups in the future and will reportedly go-it-alone from now on. Following the strategy of BMW, which learned...

General Motors [NYSE:GM] might sell a new model in the United States that it’s planning to launch in China by early 2009. The compact Buick sedan is designed to replace the current Excelle, a rebadged version of the Daewoo Lacetti that’s sold in China. Execs are still considering if the...

BMW will soon be adding its fuel-saving technology to its Mini brand when an updated range is released in about six months time. Some of the features will include brake regeneration technology and automatic stop-start, items shared with BMW’s 1-series hatch. Other technologies that will carry...

It's been well documented that BMW’s new twin-turbo inline six from the 335i produces significantly more power than its official 302hp rating suggests. We reported earlier about a test of a brand new 335i Coupe on a dyno, which resulted in outputs from the motor ranging from 282 to 300hp at...

The Hamann Black Miracle Ferrari F430 is the tuner’s latest edition to a long line of modified Italian exotics, and once again shows that the German tuner is not one to play it on the safe side. Ditching the F430’s shiny gloss finish in favor of this velvety matt black surface, Hamann...

Audi wasn’t the only carmaker showing off an official tuner special at this week’s Wörthersee 2007 Auto Show. Sister brand Volkswagen has unveiled its hotted up Golf GTI W12 650 concept car, a race inspired hot hatch packing a Biturbo W12 engine developing peak power of 650hp (477kW)...

Victor Muller, the CEO and founder of Dutch sports car company Spyker Cars has officially retired from his post and will be replaced in the meantime by his colleague and Spyker’s F1 director Michiel Mol. This latest announcement ends months of speculation that Muller was preparing to leave...

Updated: General Motors is likely to have fuel-cell vehicles in showrooms by 2012, according to its vice president of R&D Larry Burns. "I don't know how many of them we'll make at the time, but we should have them in showrooms by early next decade, around 2011 or 2012," he said during an interview...

When it comes to armored cars we’ve seen everything from Rolls Royce Phantoms to Range Rover SUVs, but the most recognized armored vehicle is the Mercedes Benz S600 Guard. That’s fine if you just want protection, but Renntech boss Hartmut Feyhl soon realized that the heavy bulk of the...

Chrysler dropped its ties with its foreign parent this week but the future will see it seek out other global partners in a quest to build its international presence. The split from Daimler won’t have any effect on previous plans to co-develop a small car with China’s Chery Auto and...

Brabus has taken the wraps off its latest mega-Mercedes with the introduction of the CL-based SV12 S Biturbo Coupe. Taking a donor Mercedes-Benz CL600 as their starting point, engineers then got to work on turning the standard car into what its makers claim is the world's fastest and most powerful...