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Ford has done a deal with Chip Foose’s design studio to create a range of special edition models to be sold in Ford dealerships across the country in 2007. Ford officials weren’t willing to comment on how many of the Foose designed cars would be up for sale, but if Foose’s past...

The most stolen car in Germany is the Porsche Cayenne, followed closely by another SUV, BMW’s 3.0L X5. That was the finding from a recent report from Germany’s ADAC Automobile Association. The report also concluded that the number of car thefts in Germany for the past year has also been...

Mercedes Benz could be working on a convertible version of its S-Class saloon, and the car may even make a showing at the Detroit Motor Show in January. Car and Driver magazine has put up a possible rendering of the new convertible and mentioned that if it does go into production, it'll be in...

Update: Click here for official BMW 6-series facelift details. BMW will be adding its twin-turbo 3.0L diesel engine to both the 6-series coupe and convertible, with the new car set to wear 635d badges. The output of the 286hp six-cylinder motor will enable the big coupe to reach 100km/h from rest...

Honda has created the Element-D drift car, which it has unveiled at the SEMA auto show. Based on the regular Honda crossover, the Element-D racer replaces the stock four-cylinder engine with a custom twin-turbo 3.2-liter Honda V6 mounted longitudinally and driving the rear wheels only. The...

Sabino is a relative newcomer to the automotive design world, but the Netherlands based company has already developed its first major showpiece that it hopes will gather public interest, and more importantly investment dollars. Labelled the B3, the aggressive looking coupe is a mix of both European...

Chinese car companies are notorious for copying (or stealing) the designs of western carmakers, and these latest images from China’s BYD CAR show that they aren’t afraid to hold back either. The model above features an almost identical Mercedes CLK front-end and Renault Megane CC rear...

Alfa Romeo has just released a new set of photos of the 8c Competezione, this time with a more stylistic approach. We’ve placed them in a gallery after the jump, all sized to 1600px wide so you can use them as wallpapers. They’re that good.

Saab has teamed up with Los Angeles customizer DUB, to give the slow selling 9-7X SUV some much needed attention. Highlights of the package include the 24-inch custom propeller style wheels that look almost identical to the wheels from Saab’s Aero X concept, new fenders with side vents and...

Honda revealed a prototype Civic Si Sedan enhanced by its MUGEN tuning arm at SEMA this week. The car comes equipped with a high performance suspension kit, forged aluminum wheels, aerodynamic body styling plus a cat-back sport exhaust kit. This is no hyped up concept either, the Civic MUGEN Si is...

Ford has gone big at SEMA this year, displaying no less than three hotted up Mustangs GT500s in drag, street-racer and full race specs. The most extroverted was easily the Shelby GT500 Professional Road Racer, complete with Ford Racing's 5.0L Cammer engine. Power is said to be significantly higher...

Volvo has finally unveiled the three C30 concepts it developed for SEMA with the help of tuning companies Evolve, Heico, and IPD. Built purely as design concepts and prototypes, each tuner took a decidedly different take on what the ultimate Volvo C30 could be. Volvo supplied each company a...

DaimlerChrysler is back in the spotlight today with increasing speculation that the Chrysler Group may be split from its German parent due to its poor financial performance. There were reports suggesting that there was no creditability to the previous rumors of a possible split, but the issue has...

General Motors is testing several prototypes from its Cadillac range equipped with electronic monitoring systems that look out for surrounding vehicles and can apply the brakes autonomously to prevent a rear-end collision. GM demonstrated the technology using its CTS and STS sedans at the recent...

Italy’s Fiat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile, which will see the Asian company supply 1.6 and 1.8L gasoline engines produced in China for use in Fiat cars. The two companies expect an annual supply exceeding 100,000 engines and are engaged to...

Caparo will be showcasing its T1 supercar for the first time in the US at this week’s SEMA Auto Show. The US is probably going to be the T1’s largest market and according to Caparo Vehicle Products chief executive Richard Butler, “the US already offers the world’s largest...

Volkswagen has taken a step further in the fuel cell technology stakes with the development of a high temperature fuel cell. Almost all current fuel cell technology is the low temperature kind, whose performance suffers and can even be damaged if operating temperatures reach above a certain...

Peugeot has released limited edition versions of its popular 307HDi vehicles that release less pollution than they take in from the air. Utilising Peugeot’s HDi diesel engine technology, the car has also been designed to minimise harmful greenhouse gas emissions. As with all Peugeot diesel...

Unlike most of the other displays from the Big Three, which are normally customized versions of regular production models, Chrysler will be unveiling its latest version of the Dodge Challenger Concept at this year’s SEMA Auto Show. Expected to go into production as a 2008 model, Chrysler has...

Auto aficionado Jay Leno may be adding the weirdest car yet to his massive collection of historic and wacky automobiles. The late-night talk show host collaborated with General Motors’ Advanced Design Studio to design and build a 650hp supercar powered by a jet-turbine that runs on bio-diesel...