After taking home top honours in the Nissan, Sony and Polyphony Digital GT Academy program, Lucas Ordoñez decided he could make something of a career in racing.

It turns out he might have been right, with last weekend’s efforts proving that Ordoñez’s win in the GT Academy experiment was anything but a fluke.

Ordoñez, along with experienced [...]

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In what might be some sort of sympathic response to our cries of “enough!”, Citroen has offered up a video of the Citroen GT Concept, the startling supercar experiment it’s been working on with Sony to promote the upcoming Gran Turismo 5.

With freakishly-mounted side mirrors, a super sleek roof line, and just about more venting [...]

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If you didn’t know what was going on, you’d likely be wondering, “What’s with all these bloody photos of that white thing and a red blanket?”  And it’d be a reasonable question.

Citroen, and partners in crime Sony, have unveiled yet another angle of the upcoming Citroen GT Concept, this time revealing a glimpse of the [...]

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Seriously, what can we say that we haven’t already said in the previous three posts about the Citroen GT Concept?  We’ve gotta hand it to the boffins at Citroen, they really know how to squeeze the exposure out of… er… suckers like us.

On the bright side, this shot brings us significantly closer to getting an [...]

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Citroen and Sony have released yet another teaser shot of the upcoming Citroen GT Concept, due to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show next month.

In this pic we get a more detailed look at the front end of the GT, which flaunts a rakish nose, heavy venting, slit-thin headlights and an interesting double-decker front [...]

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Even under a cover this new concept from Citroen looks fast, futuristic and just plain exciting. The image has been released by Sony (not Citroen) and is a teaser pic of the GT concept that Citroen will be unveiling at the Paris Motor Show.

The Citroen GT will then go on to be available in Gran Turismo [...]

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During the Lotus Evora’s unveiling at the British International Motorshow, Lotus announced a collaborative project with Polyphony Digital, the makers of the famed Gran Turismo racing simulator series on the PlayStation consoles.

On the day, visitors to the Lotus stand were treated to a special version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, allowing them to drive the [...]

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If you’ve got a PlayStation 3, and I suspect you do, then you’ll be keen to know that Gran Turismo TV is debuting this weekend. For a small fee, you’ll be able to download episodes of Top Gear, Japan’s Best Motoring, and much more.

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Saab have shown up at this years Geneva Motor Show with their 9-X BioHybrid concept, a car that they believe will appeal to the priorities of youthful customers, seeking progressive looks, responsible performance and high-tech communications.

The 9-X BioHybrid is based on GM’s ‘Delta’ global compact car platform that will also be the basis for [...]

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Ford Australia have released pricing and specification details for its new European sourced Mondeo. Already a Carupdate favourite the Mondeo is attractively styled and arrives in Australia having received rave reviews in Europe.

“Mondeo will introduce new levels of style, refinement and safety to the medium size segment and set a new benchmark for how a [...]

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Nissan Motor Company’s marketing brainiacs have come up with a unique way to launch the 2008 Nissan GT-R. In a world first the 2008 Nissan GTR Godzilla will debut amongst other Nissan products ingeniously placed within the downloadable demo ‘Prologue’ version of the video game Gran Turismo 5,soon to be released in full format on [...]

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