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Saab Automobile USA is announcing that it will offer a free new Saab to any U.S. customer who covers the distance of one million miles (or more) in a Saab that he or she originally purchased new. This announcement comes after Wisconsin resident and insurance salesman Peter Gilbert recently reached...

Chrysler has released a teaser video showing off its new Nassau and Trailhawk concepts it previously announced. The Nassau is a four-door coupe similar to the Mercedes CLS, while the Trailhawk is touted as a Wrangler merged with a Grand Cherokee. The concept will feature the ruggedness of the...

German tuning haus Hamann has released its new 3-series coupe modifications, which encompass everything from power upgrades to aero parts and interior options. Currently, the kits are available for the 325i, 330i, 330d, and 335d coupes, with a kit for the 335i in the pipeline. The six-cylinder...

Chevrolet today released an advance image of the exterior of the all-new 2008 Malibu, which will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January and will arrive at Chevrolet dealerships later in 2007. The photo was released in conjunction with the announcement of a $208 million investment in the...

VW’s Tiguan is coming to showrooms by the end of next year, but you can see it here and now in this video. Designed as a baby Touareg from the get-go, the Tiguan measures 4.4m long, 1.85m wide and 1.69m high and is similar overall to the Touran compact MPV. Key features include a panoramic...

Rinspeed has made its name inventing crazy car but this one really takes the cake. Called the eXasis, it’s made from high-tech plastics and is almost entirely transparent. The eXasis has open wheels, a cigar-shaped body with fore and aft tandem seating, and has elements of the legendary Auto...

If you’ve ever thought about taking your car to a track day, you might want to check out this video, taken from the Fifth Gear. Its got presenter Tiff Needell taking the new Audi S3 around a track. Along the way he imparts his knowledge about track driving for the uninitiated and shows off a...

The European Parliament agreed on a new law that would standardize all 110 licenses currently in use by drivers in the European Union. Under the ‘old’ system, it was possible to exploit a loophole and gain a license in a country even after your license had been revoked in another...

You may remember a report that a cargo ship carrying almost 5000 US and Canada bound Mazdas on board had keeled over. Earlier Mazda had announced that they would not be selling any of the recovered vehicles as new, and instead would inform consumers of the origin of the vehicles. Now, Mazda has...

Ford has denied outright that it will expand the Mustang lineup, and claims the AutoWeek and Autocar stories are completely false. Both publications released stories earlier this week claiming to have an inside source that was certain the Mustang lineup would include a four-door and estate...

As if the Ferrari 599GTB wasn’t already perfect enough, Hamann has decided to offer a power upgrade and bodykit for the V12 powered car that makes it even better. The extra power is produced by fitting an Hamann high-performance sports header, including racing catalytic converters, to...

Ford Australia has said it has nothing to do with the next-generation Mustang, despite earlier reports from the usually-reliable AutoWeek and Autocar publications that it will be building the iconic sports car. AutoWeek had suggested that Ford AU would help with development and that parts from the...

It’s rare to hear a company so openly admit it was wrong, but that’s what GM is saying when it comes to its use of the “super sport” label. In recent years it has applied the moniker to the undeserving Malibu sedan, which only gets minor feature and visual updates. "Not...

Diesel “warm-hatches” are slowly gaining acceptance in Europe, where cars such as the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra already have high-output oil-burners. Mazda plans to join them with their own version, likely to be badged “D Sport.” The current diesel range is limited to...

If you can’t want a few more years for the rumoured Bugatti sedan, LEW Design of Germany will build the next best thing – out of a Bentley Continental GT. The LEW “Big Bang” (silly name, that) gains a front design with the famous Bugatti grille, Touareg-esque headlights, and...

That didn’t take long, did it? Just a day after German magazines leaked pictures and details of the XC60, Volvo has now sent out the official press release and images to accompany it. Click ahead for two press releases (what's up with that?), and here for our original post. Full image gallery...

With only a few weeks left to go until the world premiere of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the last W203 series sedan is rolling off the assembly line today at the Sindelfingen plant. The milestone vehicle, an iridium silver C230 sedan, is destined for a customer in the U.S. Since the series was...

It’s rare for us to get two stories about Australian sports cars in the same month, let alone the same day, but today we got news that the Joss supercar is for sale, and now we can report that Elfin has been bought by Walkinshaw Performance. The company is run by Scotsman Tom Walkinshaw and...

Ford will be following GM’s move of having a single person behind global product development, reports the Detroit News. The job of a “product czar” is to ensure that models are created as quickly and efficiently as possible as well as picking up on global car trends. GM’s...

What happens when you put a V12 engine developing more than 880hp in a car that weighs less than a ton? If you want to find out, the owner is now selling his one-of-a-kind Speed 12 on eBay, and available for dispatch anywhere in the UK. Only five Speed 12s were ever built, with this one being the...