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Renault is set to unveil a new performance variant of its upcoming Twingo hatch at next year’s Geneva Motor Show. Aimed directly at potent runabouts such as the Suzuki Swift Sport and Polo GTI, the new sporty hatch should feature around 130hp with sales to start in the second half of next...

Wolfgang Bernhard, an influential advisor during the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management, is expected to take up permanent residency in the offices of the Auburn Hills based carmaker. Although LaSorda will remain as CEO, Bernhard is expected to take an active role in turning around...

Updated: Mercedes won’t be taking any chances in the performance stakes with its new super-sports car following the disappointing results of its SLR supercar, which rarely comes first in comparo reviews. The new model is set to be slotted in between the SLR and SL, and could feature a 700hp...

Ford has been slow to act on the environmental front and with the styling advancement of its sedan range, a mistake senior management, including former CEO Bill Ford, regrets. You only have to look at the boring designs that have gone into its passenger cars to understand how stale Ford’s...

Daimler will be testing the waters with its own automatic stop-start fuel-saving technology when it introduces an updated Fortwo minicar later this year. Already introduced in several BMW models, the system works by automatically shutting down the engine when the car stands still in traffic and...

BMW has launched a new M sport package for its X5, the first time the performance kit has been offered on the SUV model. The kit includes both visual upgrades to the interior and body, as well as performance tuning of its chassis. The exterior features new color-coded bumpers with integrated fog...

US based auto-parts supplier BorgWarner has teamed up with Porsche once again to develop a new AWD clutch and control system, which will be adopted across several Porsche sports cars. You may remember that BorgWarner also supplies the Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG) blowers for the potent 911...

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...

Buick is desperate to add new products to its lineup but an exec has revealed that any new model won’t arrive until the end of the decade at the earliest. GM’s president of North America Troy Clarke, who spoke recently with Car and Driver, explained that Buick could either add a model...

If Formula One does not act, car manufacturers could quit and the very existence of motor sport could be under threat. That is the belief of FIA president Max Mosley, who in an interview with the newspaper Welt am Sonntag justified his tough stance on modernising the rules for the future. Talks...

Carmakers in the US have considered implementing fuel economy standards as high as 36mpg for cars and 30mpg for light trucks as an alternative to new regulations that could be voted in by the full Senate the week of June 11. The proposed Senate bill would force carmaker’s fleet average fuel...

Jaguar’s engineers have been very busy with the development of the new XF, renting an entire house and garage behind a fuel station in Austria to work on the new car in privacy. Or so they thought. This latest barrage of spy images reveal several Jag prototypes, including two new XF saloons...

To this day, the official top speed record for a production car is 242mph as set by the Koenigsegg CCR. Of course, everyone knows that the Bugatti Veyron can reach 253mph but there’s yet to be an official recording so the Koenigsegg remains as top-dog. To achieve the record and conform to the...

Germany's Binz has taken its latest stretched Mercedes-Benz E-Class limousine to the Millbrook Proving Grounds for an annual test day with some of the U.K.’s motoring journalists. However, on days like this, you’re more likely to see the journos pimping it up in the back seat rather...

The new BMW M3 will arrive with either a conventional six-speed manual gearbox or a newly designed seven-speed double-clutch system with paddle shifters. Called ‘M DCT’ in BMW speak, the new gearbox will be available from March next year in the M3 and will eventually filter down across...

Porsche specialist 9ff has announced the release of a high-performance tuning pack for the convertible version of the new 911 Turbo. It didn’t take long for the power-hungry guys over at 9ff to transfer their performance know-how from the coupe to the cabrio. The car was only officially...

Following the demise of Fiat Group’s rescue plan for Bertone, a deal that would have seen the struggling Italian coachbuilder build several new Lancia models for Fiat, senior management were forced to come up with a new survival plan to present to investors at a meeting last month. Part of...

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...

MG Rover has officially started production at its Longbridge plant in the UK today under the guidance of its new owner, China’s Nanjing Auto. Despite this major breakthrough in reviving the old label, many pundits still have their doubts surrounding the long-term viability of the project on...

Nissan may add a new model to lineup, a convertible version of its recently launched Altima coupe, pending on whether or not the project is given the green light. When the Altima’s development team originally looked at expanding the model range, they first turned to the idea of a wagon-based...