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For the remake of the Knight Rider series, an updated sequel that will air as a two-hour movie on NBC, a Ford Mustang will star as the famous car KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). In fact, there will be three different versions of KITT, all based around the Shelby GT500KR muscle car. The...

Safety systems and materials developed for Formula One make the Caparo T1 one of the world’s safest vehicles on the road. Already dubbed the world’s fastest ever track-biased production car, the T1 features a carbon composite tub and an energy-absorbing carbon nosecone for improved...

Stretching the meaning of the word ‘used’ to its most technical limits, Japanese car auction firm Aucnet has sold a barely-driven GT-R at auction. The pearl-white GT-R sold for 10.4 million Japanese yen, which works out to roughly US$94,000 or €63,945 - about US$25,000 over the...

The North American Car of the Year (NACOTY) finalists were named today, and the winner will be revealed at the NAIAS in Detroit January 13th, 2008. Not surprisingly the re-worked American entries are climbing to the forefront this year, beating out German and Japanese competition to make the list...

Suzuki and its Indian partner Maruti will use the upcoming Auto Expo in New Delhi to launch a new concept car dubbed the A-Star. The concept was developed jointly by Maruti and Suzuki and is the precursor to a new global compact model. Concept cars often do not become production models, being more...

America’s Factory Five Racing has created a do-it-yourself kit car, which owners can build with the powerplant of their choice. The GTM is a ready-to-drive, V-8 powered, mid-engined supercar with a composite body shell and an aluminum and steel tube frame chassis. The car’s final curb...

Porsche’s ultimate Carrera GT may no longer be in production but that hasn’t stopped one of Germany’s most reputable aftermarket tuners developing a range of performance upgrades for the uber Porsche. Edo Competition now offers three power stages for the Carrera GT, with 670, 715...

Interior car design has historically been relegated by exterior design, possibly because most people only get to see other people’s cars from outside. But that seems to be changing, and a clue of that is the Nissan Forum minivan concept car, to be displayed at the next Detroit Motor Show. The...

A prototype of the next-generation Honda Pilot will be unveiled at next month’s Detroit Auto Show, the carmaker revealed today. The prototype will convey design features of the next-generation Pilot, including improved interior packaging and advanced technologies for safety, fuel efficiency...

A leading UAE-based magazine, CAR Middle East, has named the Chevrolet Lumina SS as the ‘Best Sports Saloon’ for 2007 as part of its annual ‘Car of the Year’ awards. This is the same car that will be arriving in the U.S. as the Pontiac G8 GT, so it’s good to see the...

Along with the Bullitt Mustang and the new Shelby GT500KR, Ford will be offering a new version of its coupe with a factory-installed glass roof as part of its Mustang 45th anniversary year. This means the Mustang is now available with three different roof choices: traditional coupe, convertible and...

Aston Martin announced today that its new flagship model, the DBS, will once again be driven by James Bond in the next 007 film set for release in November next year. This is the same car used in the most recent Bond flick, Casino Royale, with actor Daniel Craig starring as the famous secret agent...

Recently, many carmakers have formed alliances with companies from other lines of business to keep updated with technical progress, decrease costs and/or improve their image. Following the trend, Aston Martin has signed a partnership with Danish electronic equipment manufacturer Bang & Olufsen...

Skoda is going to present the successor to its flagship model at next year’s Geneva Motor Show in March - the long awaited second-generation Superb sedan. For those readers not familiar with the Superb, the car is an executive saloon manufactured by Czech carmaker Skoda, and shares its...

General Motors is opening a new studio dedicated to the carmaker’s next generation of electrically-driven vehicles. The newly renovated studio is located within GM’s Advanced Design Center, which was responsible for the Chevrolet Volt concept (pictured) revealed back at January’s...

We all like to think that given the chance to race around a track we’d be pretty capable right from the first lap. The reality is that most drivers would be time wasting mistakes on nearly every corner. Here’s a video with none other than Fifth Gear’s Tiff Needle showing us the...

Following this week’s resignation of 42-year old Antonio Baravalle, 40-year old Luca De Meo has been appointed as the new CEO of Alfa Romeo. De Meo will also maintain his current position as the chief marketing officer of Fiat Group, which he started back in September. As CEO of Alfa Romeo...

Earlier this month we showed you a video of the production line for Nissan’s mighty GT-R, and now we get a look at how things are done at Porsche. This latest clip shows the inner workings of the German carmaker’s Leipzig plant but sadly we don’t get to see the production line as...

Today is a busy day for Aston Martin - they’ve opened a new design center and issued a challenge to Ferrari in the form of the new V12 Vantage RS. The newest ultra-performance Aston gets much of its running gear from the racing DBRS9, but is nonetheless expected to make it to production as an...

With Audi’s RS6 pumping out 580hp thanks to its force-fed V10 engine, BMW is tipped to be testing a prototype of its M5 saloon with a pair of blowers attached, possibly for a midlife upgrade, to match its rival. Several tuning companies, however, have already proven that a supercharged M...