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Toyota gave us a preview of Japanese domestic market Crown flagship at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show when it rolled out the Crown Luxury Hybrid concept car. The carmaker has now taken the wraps off the final production version of the regular petrol models as well as a new hybrid range topper...

Dealerships around the world have been taking in pre-orders of the model that many hope will revive Jaguar's ailing sales and reputation. The XF, designed as a replacement to the S-Type, goes on sale March 10, but already 10,000 people have reserved their seat behind the wheel. With the replacement...

Just last month Gemballa dropped the 850hp GTR 800 EVO-R modified Porsche 911 Turbo on the world and since it would be nearly impossible to top that, Gemballa has made February Cayman S month, with the Gemballa GT and GT 4.0L RS packages offering enhanced performance and more aggressive looks to...

Although Honda was first to the mass-market with its Insight hybrid in the U.S., the tiny form-factor made it less than practical for most buyers. Consequently, Toyota's Prius ran off with the hybrid crown when it came along with seating for five. The Honda Civic hybrid has been making some...

Although it purchased the Lotus brand in 1996, the Proton name still isn't easily recognizable in many markets where Lotus is legendary. But in the markets where it is known, it has won a bit of a cult following with the previous Satria hot hatch, the GTi. Taking a page from subsidiary Lotus's...

Spyker’s unsuccessful attempt at fielding an F1 race team during last year’s season proved to be a monumental disaster for the niche sports carmaker and ended up pushing it near the edge of bankruptcy. CEO Victor Muller has now revealed how devastating competing in F1 was and how it...

Mercedes-Benz has decided to settle in a lawsuit filed against it in the U.S., which claims the carmaker and several of its dealers in New York are guilty of price fixing. The case, which was first filed nearly nine years ago, has come to an end with Mercedes America agreeing to a $9.5 million...

Tesla delivered its first roadster only this month but already the electric car company is looking to raise $250 million in capital to help fund the development of even more models including an all-new sedan. Tesla wants to build a sporty electric sedan to rival midrange luxury models like the BMW...

Wagons and crossover SUVs accounted for almost half of Volvo’s sales in the United States last year, so it comes as little surprise the carmaker will be adding even more of these models to its lineup in the near future. With the all-new XC60 crossover debuting at the 2008 Geneva auto show...

Fiat first displayed its rejuvenated Abarth brand at last year’s Geneva Motor Show with the unveiling of the Grande Punto Abarth S2000 racer concept. It quickly followed this up with another concept, the Punto Abarth SS (Super Sport) at the Frankfurt Motor Show that same year, and now we have...

This open top racer is a road-legal sports car developed in Australia and is set to be unveiled at the upcoming Melbourne Motor Show in full production trim. The new model is called the E-Vade and the first production cars have already undergone initial shakedown trials at Port Melbourne’s...

Ralf Schumacher has now signed a contract to race with Mercedes-Benz in the German touring car series (DTM) in 2008, according to a German newspaper. Bild reports that 32-year-old Schumacher, who lost his Toyota seat at the end of last season, has travelled to Stuttgart to formalise the $1 million...

Production of the Audi A4 convertible by independent carmaker Karmann is scheduled to come to an end later this year and to mark the occasion Audi will launch a new limited edition ‘Advance’ series of the car. Karmann has built the A4 Convertible since 2002 and has seen close to 200,000...

At the start of last year Renault announced an ambitious target of launching 26 new models by the end of 2009, but apart from the introduction of the new Laguna there hasn’t been much of a buzz from Renault at recent major car shows. Things won’t be quiet for long because at next...

Honda is investigating ways of recapturing heat energy lost through a car’s exhaust to help generate electricity and power an electric motor for a new generation of ultra-efficient hybrid cars. Conventional internal combustion engines waste a lot of energy in creating heat, but by applying a...

Although we know next to nothing about it and a second-hand sketch from a few days ago is the only idea we have as to its appearance aside from the vague outline in the picture above, the Saab 9-1x is coming to Geneva. Presumably a competitor to the likes of Volvo's C30 hatchback and the BMW...

A new world record for the highest amount ever paid for a car license plate was set this weekend when an Emirati businessman placed a bid of Dh52.2 million, about $14.5 million, for the number "1" at an auction in Abu Dhabi. This almost doubles the previous record of Dh25.2 million that was paid...

We’ve seen Ferrari auction off a number of its previous F1 race cars in the past as well as Porsche sell some of its Le Mans racers. Now Mercedes-Benz is set to sell one of its past race cars with the announcement this weekend of an auction for one of its original C-Class DTM German touring...

Ford has finally taken the covers off its long awaited Falcon sedan, the first all-new version of the popular family hauler since 1998. This is the car that competes with Holden’s VE Commodore sedan in the Australian market, a car most readers would recognize as the Pontiac G8, and like its...

Rolls Royce first teased us with the idea of a lavish two-door based on its Phantom saloon back in 2006 with the unveiling of the stunning 101EX Concept. Almost a year after the debut of the original concept, Rolls Royce announced that a convertible version of the 101EX, dubbed the Phantom Drophead...