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Images of the updated Tiburon have been circulating around the new for a while now, these latest shots came from a Hyundai forum. The new interior shots reveal a very upmarket look for the Korean coupe with two tone leather buckets, new gauges in the centre control unit and funky blue LED display...

One of the rumors surrounding Ford’s imminent Way Forward 2.0 announcement was that they would drop some brands, the most likely one being Mercury, whose sales have halved in the last few years. But in an interview with the Detroit Free Press, a Ford spokesperson confirmed they would keep all...

Turns out that the reputation most supercar owners have of being bad drivers is actually true in some cases. Witness Tommy Sharif of Norway, who became the second person in the country to own a Koenigsegg, in his case a brand new CCX worth over $1 million. Sharif took the car out in front of a...

Nissan is planning to build cars with equipment that would prevent drunk drivers from operating the vehicles amid concerns over a spate of accidents involving drunk drivers in Japan. Other Japanese automakers may follow suit in view of growing public awareness against drunken driving. Last month an...

Campagna's T-Rex is a strange beast. Neither car nor motorcycle, it takes elements of both and combines them to create something that may not bark as loud as its namesake, but certainly features some of the bite. The T-Rex is the latest in lightweight cars that trade luxury amenities (i.e. anything...

It seems these days that red light cameras, speed cameras and other such devices are on the rise, and of course the issue of revenue raising is brought up time and time again by motorists. Usually the politicians will deny this, claiming that the primary purpose of the cameras is to increase safety...

To help reinforce their recent TV, print, and online flying car ads, GM has released viral videos of flying cars being captured by amateurs. The videos are stored on an Angelfire page that attempts, but fails horribly, to make the whole incident mysterious. It’s fairly obvious this is done by...

Honda’s hotted-up Civic Type R was unveiled today ahead of its release in March 2007. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Type R will not be sold in the U.S., although Honda has not put the official word out yet. The new Type R continues to be powered by the naturally-aspirated...

The latest episode see's the Gumballers blast through Thailand, going from Phuket to Bangkok. The roads of Thailand weren't exactly meant for high-performance driving and this results in some pretty serious crashes. Check out the past episodes below if you haven't already seen them: Episode 1...

The two rivals both claimed the right to be the official limousine for the Pope during his recent visit to Bavaria. With both companies locking horns, it required the Munich Archibishop’s office to broker a compromise. When in Munich, the Pope would be driven in a 7-Series but during his...

For years the sports car world has been dominated by the likes of Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini, with a lot of other manufacturers largely left out in the cold. Sure, the BMW M5 and Audi RS4 can go very fast indeed and impress us simply through sheer horsepower numbers, but it has been years...

BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer has hinted that BMW may be looking to expand its range, especially in its popular X5 model. One such expansion could be the X6, which would be a cross-country model. The picture shows a rendering of what something like that may look like, which looks as though someone...

The CL we’ve all been waiting for has finally been unveiled by Mercedes, and will take prime position in the model line-up as their best luxury coupe. It’s propelled by an AMG 6.3L V8 with a maximum output of 386 kW/525 HP and 630 Nm. Other AMG equipment includes an enhanced body kit...

Though researchers have been working on technologies that allow you to see two different images depending on the angle you’re sitting at, we didn’t expect these screens to be so close to production. Alpine is showing off one such display that allows the dash mounted display to show the...

Ford has jumped the gun on a potential mandate requiring stability control on all cars by announcing that all models by the end of 2009 will come with life-saving feature as standard. Stability control systems greatly reduce the risk of rollover in any vehicle with a high center of gravity, such as...

Have you ever wondered how cool it would be to have a breathalyzer integrated in your iPod’s FM transmitter? Neither have we, but David Steele, creator of the iBreath (what else did you expect it to be called?) claims it’ll be one of the hottest selling products of this holiday season...

It’s no secret that car companies love product placements. What better place to showcase your new sports car than in the hands of a hero that’ll throw it around and use it to kill evil people? This season, Ford is supplying a large collection of vehicles to be featured in major TV shows...

We've come across news of the Wrightspeed X1, essentially a fully electric Ariel Atom that can put most supercars to shame. The lightweight roadster uses a 3-phase AC induction motor with 236hp. One of our favorite characteristics of electric cars is that they have 100% torque (182 ft. lbs)...

The guys over at Edmunds have labeled the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates the world’s greatest driving road. The 7.3 mile stretch covers 60 corners, racetrack smooth straights and a 4000ft hill climb. The road crosses the UAE’s highest peak spanning the border...

BMW has officially introduced the world’s first hydrogen powered production car to the market. The car of choice is BMW’s luxury seven-seater saloon and will be built in limited numbers for select customers in key US and European markets. To overcome the obvious problem of the lack of...