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Caterham Wants YOU… To Design Its Next Car

In an unprecedented move for a boutique manufacturer, legendary sports car maker Caterham has announced that it is putting the development of its next vehicle into the capable hands of… the online public?!

Is this Web 2.0 taken to a new extreme, or is it a genuine attempt by Caterham to engage with motoring enthusiasts on [...]

Top Gear UK Is Back On British TV – Season 12

This Sunday just gone (UK time) saw the return of the one true Top Gear to British television sets, and to computer screens of net-savvy fans around the world this morning. Let me tell you: they’ve still got it.

Clarkson pits the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 against the Porsche 911 GT2 – describing the latter as “terrifying”. [...]

MG SV Revived… As A Soft Top?

When MG Rover went belly-up in 2005, one of the things that disappeared with it was the magnificently brutish MG XPower SV. It was a big-hitting carbon-fibre-bodied coupe whose options list included no less than six engines, with power ranging from 239kW to an astonishing nitrous-boosted 700kW.

However, while the wreckage of MG itself was boxed [...]

Lotus Celebrates 60th Birthday with Diamond Anniversary Europa

British sports car builder and chassis tuning legend Lotus yesterday celebrated its 60th birthday, and to mark the occasion treated itself to yet another special edition model. Called the diamond anniversary Lotus Europa, this customised version of the Elise-based sports coupe flaunts enough bling to turn your average rap star green with envy. On [...]

Nissan to offer Race Academy for UK GT-R buyers

If you live in the United Kingdom and need another reason to go ahead and drop a deposit on a brand-new R35 GT-R (as if the prospect of owning a R35 isn’t awesome enough!) then listen up. Nissan will be offering pre-order customers the opportunity to participate in several track events in the GT-R as [...]

“Entry Level” Rolls expected to double R-R sales

Rolls-Royce’s imminent expansion of their lineup is expected to at least double overall vehicle sales for the British automaker, with Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson pinning much of the company’s commercial hopes on the upcoming RR4 ‘Baby Phantom’.

The so-called “entry level” model will still be far out of reach of the common man, but at an [...]

Nissan to build new car in UK, possibly FR coupe?

Nissan have just made a rather cryptic announcement concerning the creation of a new vehicle that will be built at the company’s Sunderland plant in England. Their press release (which you can read at the end of this article) mentions everything but what the vehicle in question is called, let alone what it will be. [...]

Ferrari to embark on Magic India Discovery Tour

Following Ferrari’s successful expeditions through China and the Americas, proving that the legendary super car makers products can go just about anywhere, Ferrari has announced that in 2008 it will explore India with two Ferrari 612 Scagliettis and a team of international media.

The “Magic India Discovery Tour’ will start in Mumbai on the 25th of [...]

Ex-McLaren designer to build mid-engined Exige challenger

More fun in the form of a lightweight, mid-engined sports car is reported to be on the way and Colin Chapman himself would approve of this new-comer and the very ‘Lotus-like’ philosophy behind it. The chap behind this new sports car is Jim Dowle, former McLaren car designer.

Dowle certainly has the credentials to design and [...]

McRae and Bates to pilot Mazda3 MPS in 2008 Targa

If your partial to a bet then the new R35 GT-R has to be odds on favourite for an outright win at this years Targa Tasmania but thats no excuse for ignoring the rest of the field. Tucked away in their is Mazda’s little hottie, the Mazda3 MPS and this year they have managed to [...]

John Cooper Works brand relaunched with new logo

JCW or John Cooper Works are to MINI much like HSV is to Holden. Although in the case of JCW and MINI the connection dates back almost 50 years and in 2006 culminated in BMW acquiring the JCW garage for the purpose of establishing the brand as the performance arm of MINI. This week has [...]

BMW considering a stand alone ‘green’ brand

It would seem that BMW may be struggling to work out what people really want. They know what future U.S. fuel economy standards will require but it seems that while we all talk about being green, it is possibly empty rhetoric for the ‘dyed in the wool’ BMW devote.

BMW in theory, needs to find [...]