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Ford’s plan to develop a retail version of the GT-H Hertz Mustang has been confirmed. The original car which had limited availability as a rental, will be converted to a full production model complete with the 325hp (243kW) V8 engine. The new version of the Mustang will carry the Shelby GT...

A new British sports car company has built a 670Kg roadster that’s entirely handbuilt and can do the 0-62mph sprint in 3.6 seconds, which is bordering on Supercar territory. The Javan R1, built by Javan Sports Cars, packs a mid mounted 2L 4-cyl Honda i-VTEC engine developing 220bhp. The...

It appears no one is safe from a new anti-speeding device being trialled in the UK. The lawmakers in Birmingham, England have created a speed camera that shames violating drivers by showcasing the culprit’s license plate to other passing motorists. The new speed deterrent will be installed...

According to Swiss company Rijck, “Terrorism, crime, kidnapping and carjacking have become a part of daily life worldwide.” In that case, we had all better get an armoured vehicle, just to be safe. Rijck have created an extended version of the Bentley Continental Flying Spur that...

General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] head-honcho Rick Wagoner will officially announce production plans for the new Camaro in a speech on Thursday taking place in Traverse City, Michigan. With the amount of public support as well as a new Challenger from Dodge and the current star-seller, Ford’s...

While many nations are looking towards China as the next industrial powerhouse, it’s often easy to forget that India is another country equally poised to threaten the mainstay with its own range of new, low-priced vehicles. Cuts in vehicle excises and the establishment of increased car...

Now that Fiat is starting to churn out a profit, the Italian automaker can once again afford to release cars like the next generation of the Lancia Delta. Development of the new car is well underway with a release date planned for late 2007. To save on development costs, the new Delta will share...

Even before Bugatti became the purveyor of the fastest production vehicle ever to be sold, it was creating some of the fastest supercars ever made. The EB110 was created while the company was under the stewardship of Romano Artioli (who also owned Lotus for a short period) and packed a V-12 with...

BMW has created a design concept to showcase the talents of the German automaker’s current crop of designers. The result is the Z29 concept which is closely related to the Z4 Coupe. Technologies implemented that will probably never make it to production include a lightweight carbon fiber...

Representing Europe we have the Ferrari F430 F1, Lamborghini Gallardo and the Porsche 911 Turbo. From across the Atlantic comes the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Dodge Viper SRT10 and the Ford GT. That’s right. The lucky bastards from Road & Track magazine test-drove all six cars back-to-back to...

Due to popular demand, Ford with the aid of racing legend Carroll Shelby will produce a third Shelby Mustang to go on sale later this year. The new car will follow the lines of the limited edition Ford Shelby GT-H, the popular Mustang variant that’s only available as a Hertz rental car. Power...

Check out this video for a feeling of what it's like being in the $4 million Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina, the personal project of collector James Glickenhaus. For more details on the car, check out our previous post here. ________________________________ See more videos on our YouTube sites: The...

The Evo X is one of our most anticipated cars of next year due to its intoxicating mixture of performance, handling, good looks, and for the first time, even a little bit of comfort. Mitsubishi’s Evo X concept is a clear indicator of the styling for the new car, and they’ve built a new...

Yet another US$1.3 million Ferrari Enzo has crashed, further increasing the rarity of the already rare supercar. The crash occurred while it was taking part in the four-day Utah Fast Pass Road Rally, where police officers close parts of the road to allow performance car drivers to unleash the full...

Ford, like GM can no longer afford to keep loosing money from its subsidiaries. After a recent second-quarter loss of $123 million, Ford has called in the bean-counters to slash and burn away unprofitable assets. Leading the charge is former Goldman Sachs man Kenneth Leet, who will start at one of...

We now have the official photos of the new 2007 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. These trucks represent two of General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] most important vehicles, and are the figure of GM’s confidence that rising fuel costs will NOT deter buyers from such vehicles. The new...

From Germany’s city of gold, Pforzheim, comes the first ever gold Porsche. The creation of small company by the name of Visualis, the golden Porsche was gilded out of 22 carat beaten gold at the hands of artists rather than factory workers. The car of choice was a Boxster (since it's...

Spy photos are the hottest property in the auto news market. If you’re first to market with early pictures of next years hottest model, you can expect interest from all over the world. The spy photographers that take these photos often have to deal with 120ºF heat or -10ºF cold to get you...

Atari has picked the winner of a recent competition to design a car. The adjustable pod car designed by David Sichtermann's is to be included in the next version of the popular computer game series, Test Drive Unlimited. Most of the design buffs that entered were just regular gamers who have never...

Car thieves in America are becoming so sophisticated that even luxury vehicles and SUVs are rating high in the list of the most-stolen autos in the U.S. At the top of the list is the 2001 BMW M-Series Roadster, where one out of every 200 cars has been stolen. Statistics compiled by the...