Crate motors. Is there anything more joyous than being able to flip through a catalogue, select a donk with the power output that best suits your tyre budget, wait a few weeks and then open your front door to see a brand-spanking-new, fully-assembled performance engine sitting on your patio? The guys and gals at GM [...]

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…well technically that’s not true, as a single horse actually has around 15 horsepower (weird huh?). Still, that doesn’t make ROUSH’s latest creation any less bizarre for an automaker that’s more well known for pumping out 300+kW modified Mustangs.

Built for Turkish company Kurt Systems, the fibreglass-bodied contraption is designed to allow a trainer, vet or [...]

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Volvo have announced a series of refinements for their 2008 model year S40 and V50 range. In an effort to increase the visual differentiation between the sedan and wagon variants and in response to owner feedback the following changes have been introduced.

• S40 front with lower, broader stance
• Sportier new grille for V50
• Slimmer tail lamps and new [...]

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We’ve shown you the “leaked” images of the new AMG C63 Estate and can now provide you with the official press release information and images. Due to be unveiled next week at the Frankfurt Motor Show the Estate is the wagon version of the C63 sedan, itself officially released a day before BMW took the [...]

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Following hard on the heels of the new C-Class sedans introduction, Mercedes-Benz have just announced that the unveiling of the new C-Class Estate (wagon) will take place at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.

For the first time in memory (ever…) the C-Class is designed to appeal to more than just retired genteel folk with [...]

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