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Growing pressures over CO2 emissions in the EU are threatening to force powerful luxury cars into extinction, but Mercedes’ SLK update shows it has what it takes to survive. Adding more power and torque while decreasing emissions is a real engineering feat, and that’s just what Mercedes...

Modern automotive technology is getting so advanced, and the timeline for development so short that an item exclusive to the sacred province of the upper echelon of motorsport a few years ago can be found in economical hatchbacks today - quite literally. Volkswagen’s seven-speed Direct Shift...

Dutch car designer Michiel van den Brink has just unveiled his next project after the stunning 599/630 GTO – a hardtop convertible based on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Ferrari itself has not managed to produce a convertible version of its most powerful production car, however there’s...

After months of negotiations it seems that Ford’s sale of Jaguar and Land Rover is finally coming to an end, with Indian conglomerate Tata Motors tipped to win the bidding war. Ford previously announced that it wished to close the deal by September 2007, but delays have kept the bidding...

The U.S. is the luckiest nation on earth when it comes to cars. Aside from a few models here and there (the Euro-spec Focus RS being a real sticking point) Americans can buy pretty much every car worth having within their borders. Today America gets a whole lot luckier - Mercedes’ SLR McLaren...

Poised to purchase Jaguar and Land Rover, the Indian conglomerate Tata Motors is also eyeing a very different segment of the car market. Previous reports had placed the price of Tata’s ‘1 lakh car‘ around $2,200, but reports today indicate the price will be closer to $2,500. The...

Honda has recently confirmed speculation that its next-gen Acura NSX will arrive over a year later than the expected 2008-2009 timeframe earlier suggested by CEO Takeo Fukui. The news comes after president of Honda America Tetsuo Iwamura let slip that the car will arrive in 2010 and said “we...

Elegance, discreet sportiness and understatement have always been characteristics of British cars. However German tuning house Arden hasn’t quite taken these into consideration while tuning Land Rover’s Range Rover LM. Not only does this SUV look aggressive and intimidating, it also...

Hennessey Performance is best known for its Viper upgrades, and its latest upgrade for the 2008 Viper SRT10 is designed to be an opening salvo against the upcoming Chevy Corvette ‘Blue Devil’. Dubbed the Venom 650R, the package includes upgrades to the exhaust system and catalytic...

Small cars are the future of automotive transport, at least as long as fuel consumption and traffic are a concern. To that end, Chrysler decided to team up with Chery, a Chinese car manufacturer, to save on development costs. The first car to come of the trans-pacific union will be a re-badged...

After failed co-development talks with Fiat, it seems now that negotiations with BMW as well have come to an end for Mercedes-Benz. Daimler chief Dieter Zetsche has reportedly suggested that it would be hard to interlink the smaller Mercedes models with other lines, which has made it hard to find a...

The Bugatti Veyron’s monstrous W16 engine is one of the most sophisticated powerplants currently in production, integrating two narrow-angle V8 engines on a single crankshaft and feeding this with no less than four turbochargers. This latest video gives us an inside look at the processes that...

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has been caught speeding on a French highway. The 22-year-old rookie was clocked by radar on the A26 motorway, linking the towns of Calais and Reims, at 196kmh at the wheel of a Mercedes CLK, the news agency EFE reported. It is claimed that French police suspended the...

Buyers of European luxury brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz may face a €3500 premium on new car purchases if the European Commission has its way and introduces tough new emission caps by 2012. Currently average car emission figures are at 162g of CO2 per kilometer but the EC is aiming to...

Last month Chrysler announced four of its models would be dropped from its lineup and today the first of those ill-fated vehicles has been given the axe. The last Chrysler Crossfire to ever be built rolled out of its German factory today after nearly five years of production and almost 80,000 units...

The FIA’s recent announcement of a ten-year engine freeze on F1 engine development is just the first of a whole range of new cost cutting measures the motorsport governing body has planned. The World Motor Sport Council has now agreed to several other major changes, including limiting the...

In keeping with its naming practice of labeling all its cars with names that start with the letter C, Mini will be calling its latest model the ‘Crossman.’ The fourth model in Mini’s lineup will be a new SUV variant and will arrive on the market in 2010, according to Mini CEO Kay...

To this day hybrid vehicles still don’t offer sufficient improvements in fuel-economy, performance and reliability to justify their cost over regular petrol and more efficient diesel powertrains, a factor that’s made Porsche execs more wary of launching petrol-electric versions of its...

Volvo has long been recognized as one of the leaders in automotive safety technology, and this is a reputation its likely to keep thanks to a raft of new technologies the carmaker will be rolling out in coming years. Collision warning with automatic braking for pedestrians, collision avoidance by...

Hyundai, like many other carmakers seeking ways to increase performance of their engines without dramatically increasing fuel consumption, will be offering a turbo option on its upcoming Genesis coupe. The new RWD coupe will also be available with a naturally aspirated V6 but it appears the rumored...