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Here's one for the "what not to do" files. Turns out that a speeder posted a video on YouTube of his escapades, namely taking his car up to 150mph on public roads where the limits only reach about 62mph. Police in Norway found the video and managed to track him down following an electronic trail he...

We first reported that VW was going to release a new variant of cars dubbed “R-line,” which would draw styling and interior cues from VW performance cars such as the R32. Well, VW has finally released images of the updated Touareg, Touran, Golf, and Passat models, and our first...

Porsche’s Cayman S is one of our favorite cars around despite the obvious marketing-over-engineering decisions that went into its construction. A number of tuners have offered kits for the Cayman that turn it into a true 911 beater, but this widebody setup from TechArt has to go down as the...

Though there’s no shortage of modified Corvettes around, Callaway’s C16 is one such car that’ll make you do a double take. Callaway has tweaked the 6L LS2 V8 engine to develop a massive 616hp and 582 lb-ft of twist, allowing it to run 0-60 times of around 3.3 seconds. The standing...

Mazda’s Nagare concept is just the latest in a string of recent concept cars from the Japanese brand, which includes its Sassou from Frankfurt in 2005, the Senku at Tokyo also in 2005 and the Kabura in Detroit this year. Their latest effort is the first of a new series of design concepts that...

Volkswagen has unveiled its new performance packages for its Golf, Touran, Passat and Touareg models. Similar to Audi’s S line range of performance accessories, VW’s R line includes several different exterior and interior accessories for owners who want to customize their cars. Until...

Geoff Upex, the man who penned the Range Rover, Discovery and new LR2 (Freelander for overseas readers), is stepping down from the automotive design world vowing never to design another car again. The U.K.’s AutoExpress reports that Upex will retire at Christmas after a 23-year stint at Land...

The L.A. Auto Show is one of our favorite calendar events of the year, and this year’s show is pegged to be the biggest ever with a record 21 world debuts planned. The decision to shift the date back to November instead of January has given organizers as well as the motoring press a buffer...

To help boost morale and initiative of its workers, Ford has displayed its future lineup of production models and concepts at the Cobo Arena in Detroit on Monday. Attendees were required to sign confidentiality agreements, but The Detroit News still managed to gather some key details. Some of the...

Yes, we know we have a car crash fetish, but according to the page view statistics, so do you. This time the accident involved a silver Porsche Carrera GT that ran off a road and crashed head-on into a telegrapgh pole. Images of the crash site have been posted on a North American Lotus Elise forum...

Next year’s Formula One season will see 21-year old GP2 champion Lewis Hamilton join Fernando Alonso as McLaren’s second driver. Hamilton has followed the guidance of McLaren chief Ron Dennis since the age of 13 and now the Brit moves into motorsports’ top echelon. It was...

An almost production ready version of the upcoming M3 coupe was caught recently, and shows us almost completely what the new car will look like. Unlike previous test mules, this one had a factory paint-job, new 18in M-spec alloys and color-coded bumpers. Though disguised under heavy black tape, we...

Tracinda Corp led by Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has cut its stake in General Motors from 9.9% to 7.4%, a month after Kerkorian's ally Jerry York resigned from GM’s board. Tracinda sold $462 million worth of the carmaker’s stock, which equates to roughly 14 million shares...

Automotive entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s latest venture to bring budget cars from China’s Chery brand to the US has come to an end. His company, Visionary Vehicles, was planning to import up to 250,000 Chery-produced cars to North America, with a long-term plan of even greater...

Foreign vehicles have taken top honors in a survey of the safest 2007 models for the US, which was conducted by an influential insurance industry group. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety group mandated that all entrants must be equipped with stability control systems, a move that saw the...

The subscription-based OnStar monitoring and tracking system, best recognized for its ability to bail out motorists in traffic accidents via an automatic call to emergency agencies, is about to leave millions of customers out on their own. Operators will soon be signing off for some of...

General Motors will unveil a new concept for its successful Hummer brand at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Even smaller than the current H3, the new concept will be called the H4 and follow in the lines of the Jeep Wrangler. Autoweek reports that a production version is likely to hit showrooms...

Here’s an interesting video of one of Alfa Romeo’s engineers behind the wheel of the GT coupe outlining the way its Q2 differential works and how it affects the car’s on road dynamics. The video includes ghost frames of a car without the Q2 versus a car equipped with the...

Toyota will mark the end of its production of the MR-S (MR-2 Spyder) with a run of 1000 limited “V Edition” vehicles. The cars will go on sale from the 9th of January 2007 in Japan only, with actual production expected to end at the end of that same month. The current model MR-S was...

The Vision concept car from China’s Jianghuai Auto epitomises everything that’s wrong with some of the country’s carmakers. Not only is the styling lifted from some Toyota models, the badge on the car is just the reverse of Lexus’ “L” logo. The concept comes from...