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Automotive supplier ZF has created a new torque vectoring rear axle drive system that has been designed to distribute drive torque individually between a car's rear wheels. This is said to improve agility and stabilize the vehicle, while also providing better handling in critical situations. When...

The Gibbs Aquada is a three-seater amphibious vehicle developed by the UK’s Neil Jenkins and New Zealander Alan Gibbs. After years of financial difficulties in getting the project off the groud, the Aquada is reported to be ready for production and is set to be joined by a new amphibious...

When Nanjing Automobile bought the MG Rover brand back in 2005 it also picked up the rights to many of MG’s ‘heritage brands,’ including the Austin Motor Company. Now it’s reported that the Chinese carmaker has reached deal with Healey Automobile Consultants Limited to...

Saab enthusiasts from all over the world are gathering in the Swedish town of Trollhättan this weekend, to celebrate Saab’s 60th anniversary as a carmaker. Saab was originally just an aircraft manufacturer, hence the famous ‘born from jets’ tagline, but in 1947 it launched its...

Influential auto resource Kelley Blue Book and its marketing research team have compiled a list of the brands with the best interior styling according to the results of its consumer automotive perceptions study. Toyota brands have topped the rankings for four vehicle segments, with two of...

Production of the W203 series Mercedes-Benz C-class wagon, referred to as the T-Modell, has finally come to an end after a six year run. Mercedes has built more than 360,000 C-class wagons since 2001, with the last vehicle being a right-hand-drive model to be delivered to a customer in the UK. In...

The 30th of May marks the 40th anniversary of the sale of the first Mazda powered by a rotary engine. The Cosmo Sport, which debuted in the Japanese market in 1967, was the world’s first dual-rotar, rotary powered vehicle and one of the first mass produced cars of its type. The motor put out...

A car that runs on nothing but compressed air is about to start production in India by the nation’s largest carmaker, Tata Motors. Known as the Air Car, the small runabout was developed with by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre and is capable of traveling up to 68mph with a range of 125...

This year is definitely shaping up to be the year of cross-continental challenges. Already we’ve been touched by Ferrari’s 60th anniversary drive, an epic journey taking Ferraris from all over the world across 50 different countries, Mercedes’ Paris to Beijing challenge for its...

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...

Free from its ties with German parent Daimler, Chrysler will be making major strides to show that it is returning to its American roots. Latest reports suggest that the classic Pentastar logo will make a comeback as Chrysler's official logo after a nine year hiatus. The iconic logo was originally...

Ferrari will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the “largest parade of Ferraris” at a special event it’s hosting at Silverstone on the 8th of June. Labeled the Ferrari Racing Days, the event will see UK Ferrari owners take to the track for the three day meet, which...

We’ve seen plenty of performance vehicles decked out with police livery and crime-fighting gear but this has got to be the first time we’ve seen a sports-ambulance. Porsche called on 15 interns to transform one its original Cayenne S SUVs into a prototype ambulance that will eventually...

For the first time in its history, Ferrari will be auctioning off original Ferrari Formula One components from its winning race cars. The auction will take place at www.FerrariStore.com from tomorrow onwards with a total of five items set to go under the hammer. Most of the lots will be components...

Updated: The winning bidder who pledged $9,900,500 to buy the replica 1969 Dodge “General Lee” on eBay last Friday has apparently failed to pay up. The seller, John Schneider, who goes by the screen name ‘johnsebiz’, posted negative feedback on the buyer...

This weekend saw Spyker’s F8-VII Formula One racecar pitted against an F16 jet-fighter from the Royal Netherlands Air Force in a drag race. The event, named 'Full Throttle', saw Dutch driver Christijan Albers race his F1 car side by side against Captain Ralph Aarts in the high-tech aircraft...

BMW is the manufacturer of some of the most dynamic vehicles on the market today, but most buyers won’t have the skills or confidence to fully exploit their car’s performance. The German carmaker offers some solace with its Performance Center and Driving School near its Spartanburg...

In an odd turn of events, a stolen BMW X5 that was owned by David Beckham while he was living in Madrid, is rumored to have ended up with Macedonia’s interior minister. This is in fact the second X5 to be stolen from the soccer star, which was recovered in Macedonia and is claimed to have...

Research firm Team Velozzi has presented these initial images of a car it hopes to enter into the Automotive X-Prize. Looking more like an exotic supercar than an enviro-friendly X-Prize entrant, the Velozzi design shares a striking resemblance with Ferrari’s F430 but the final car is said to...

Proteus Cars, a company made famous by its replicas of classic Jaguars, has been acquired by one of its rivals, Enduro Cars. Under the deal, the sale of any fully-built, factory-warranted cars will carry the Proteus name, while the sale of any separate mechanical components will fall under the...