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World champion Fernando Alonso slashed teammate Lewis Hamilton's lead of the drivers' world title to a mere two points on Sunday by winning the chaotic European grand prix. Hamilton, in the sister McLaren, finished a lap down and just out of the points at the end of a miserable weekend for the...

Switzerland’s Sportec has released its latest package for the Porsche 911 Turbo, which includes a range of power mods, aerodynamic enhancements, plus chassis and suspension tuning. As if the 997 Turbo wasn’t powerful enough, the "Swiss made" performance pack lifts output to 580hp...

Volkswagen will showcase its new platform for a range of future low-cost vehicles in a new concept car that’s planned for September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. CEO Martin Winterkorn previously pledged to launch a sub €8,000 VW model by the end of the decade, which would also form the...

Private investment in car companies is all the rage these days, so it’s no surprise to see equity firms circling the Land Rover and Jaguar sales like vultures. The last firm to express its interest is TPG, an American firm that owns stakes in MGM, Neiman Marcus, Alltel Wireless and is even...

Honda CEO Takeo Fukui has confirmed that the next-generation NSX supercar won’t be shown at the Tokyo Auto Show in October. The development of the car continues with various NSX test mules recently caught running laps at the Nurburgring, but Honda won’t say when the new model will...

BMW is currently preparing its Spartanburg plant in the US to start churning out as many as 40,000 units of its upcoming X6 crossover vehicle, and these latest spy shots gives us the best look yet as to how the new model will be styled. Clearly seen is the vehicle’s sloping coupe-like...

First the UK government taxes vehicles based on their carbon-dioxide emissions, now, it’s testing a ‘spy’ camera that can determine which cars are the heavy polluters so that it can charge them for entering proposed 'Low Emission Zones'. The new camera can scan up to 3,000...

Yesterday, Ford revealed a drawing of a new compact crossover model that’s scheduled to hit European showrooms early next year where it joins other spectacular Blue Oval models such as the C-Max MPV as well as the new Mondeo sedan and Focus hatch. Now, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and product...

On the 21st of this month, the BMW name turns ninety. Back in 1917, on this date, the BMW trademark was registered for the first time and two days later a letter sent to senior management informed them of the new name with every product built by the enterprise from that date onwards wearing the...

F1's worsening espionage scandal has reached a new low for beleaguered McLaren. In addition to the 780-page dossier of secrets, it is now reported that Nigel Stepney, the sacked former chief mechanic, may also have telephoned and emailed Mike Coughlan with tip-offs about Maranello based Ferrari -...

A small development team in North Wales has created a box, which they claim can convert captured car exhaust gases into usable biofuel. The device fits underneath the car and replaces the catalytic converter by trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide and emits mostly...

BMW is in talks with Magna International over a deal to build an SUV/crossover version of the Mini that’s expected to be called the ‘Mini Colorado.’ Production of the new model will top 65,000 units and will be handled by Magna Steyr at its plant in Austria because BMW’s...

Hamann has released its latest performance and styling kit for the BMW 3-series convertible, which includes power mods for the entire range and individual styling accessories for both the body and interior. To achieve its power upgrades, engineers have recalibrated the standard ECU, which leads to...

You'll have to forgive us for being just a little skeptical about the Natalia SLS 2, a hyper-luxury land yacht being developed by DiMora Motorcar that aims to out-Maybach the Maybach and become one of the most expensive production cars to ever be sold. The most recent happenings surrounding its...

Auto supplier Siemens VDO has developed a new ghost driver (person driving in the wrong direction) monitoring system that’s able to read passing road signs in order to warn drivers they’re heading into oncoming traffic. The system works with Siemens’s current road sign recognition...

In the tradition of the Hollywood weight loss diet, Mazda has now revealed how it managed to chop 100kg from its new Mazda2 supermini. Considering the fact that cars have been getting heavier due to increased safety features and higher feature specs, only a few car companies have managed to reverse...

Volkswagen’s joint-venture with China’s Shanghai Auto will spawn a new car that will eventually go on sale in North America. The new model will mark the first time that VW’s Chinese partner will help develop a vehicle targeted at a global market, Reuters Reports. There’s...

The last car ever to be produced at Aston Martin’s historic Newport Pagnell plant has rolled off the production line today; a V12 Vanquish coupe that marks the end of more than fifty years of production at the Buckinghamshire site. The Vanquish was the poster child for Aston Martin over the...

Michael Schumacher says he is still not sure what form his advisory role at Ferrari will take in the future. The retired multiple world champion, who will attend this weekend's grand prix at the Nurburgring, ruled out becoming a team boss or returning to competitive action. "No. Fortunately I found...

Ford will present a preview of its Kuga crossover at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show, a new model based on the iosis X concept car that’s due to go into production early next year. At the unveiling of the iosis X at the Paris Show back in 2006, Ford announced that it would have a...