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Toyota Builds GT86 Convertible to Gauge Reaction
Toyota is gauging customer demand for a convertible version of the GT86 at the Geneva Motor Show. It calls the concept the FT-86 Open Concept, and the car’s major change over the coupe is a power, fabric roof. Toyota also added a more luxurious interior to the concept with higher quality, white leather than is found in the standa... read >

Investindustrial Buys 37.5% Stake in Aston Martin for £150m
Just hours after rumors surfaced that former Ducati owner Investindustrial was leading in the bidding to buy Investment Dar's stake in , the company has officially confirmed that Investindustrial is buying a 37.5% stake in the sports car maker for £150 million ($240.2 million or €186 million). This is actually ... read >

Volkswagen Moving to Top-Down Design with Phaeton as Flagship
New head of Volkswagen brand design Klaus Bischoff does not like the way that VWs have been designed in the recent past. He believes that brands need a strong design at the top that all of its other cars are inspired by. The first car to use this new design ethos will be the next generation VW Phaeton.  Current Volkswagen desi... read >

Formula E Confirms Rome Round
The forthcoming Formula E series chose a difficult route into international racing. It could have hooked onto an existing racing series as a support event and had guaranteed tracks and crowds, but it decided that it would be best to do things alone. When the series launches in 2014, it will race in 10 major cities around the world.... read >

Steer-By-Wire Coming to Infinitis Next Year
Nissan will install steer-by-wire technology on some high-end Infiniti models starting next year. The technology means that there is no physical steering linkage between the steering wheel and the wheels. It will be the first time that the technology has been used in mass produced vehicles.  Steering wheel inputs are transmitt... read >

German Man Builds Massive Lamborghini Countach from Lego
A German man has built an absolutely massive Lego model of a Lamborghini Countach LP500S. The car contains 14,000 pieces and is 896mm long and 432mm wide. The car appeared on the Eurobricks Lego forum and was built by a man named Georg.  Georg built the car in Lego Digital Designer, which is a program that allows people to des... read >

Porsche Signs Partnership with Martini; 918 Wears Classic Livery
Porsche is managing the marketing campaign for the upcoming 918 super car perfectly. It has just signed a deal with Bacardi & Company Limited to be able to use Martini livery on future cars. The red, dark blue and light blue livery over a white background is one of the classics of racing, especially for Porsche. It dates back to th... read >

Le Mans Race Report: The Year of the Hybrid
The 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans had an exciting first half followed by a quiet second half. Regardless, it is the first time ever that a hybrid car has won the 24 hour race, let alone two. Audi dominated the entire race from literally the waving of the green flag. In the lower classes the Oak Racing cars held the lead in LM... read >

Dossier: 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours
This week all the eyes in the motorsports community turn to Le Mans. The 24 Hours race is here and completing its 80th edition it definitely promises to play its role as one of the most exciting races in the world. This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours will have 56 cars on the track making it a total of 168 drivers speeding through th... read >

AMG Celebrates 45 Years of Making Mercedes Faster
AMG is celebrating 45 years of tuning Mercedes into meaner, faster cars. Below, you can watch a video that AMG produced looking at its history and how it develops cars. As part of its celebration of 45 years, AMG is also talking a little more about the upcoming A45 AMG that reportedly uses a 350hp, turbocharged four-cylinder.  ... read >

TOP 10 most valuable cars of all time
  $ 2.530.803 is the price tag found on the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports, currently the most expensive car in the world. Too much? Not. If you compare it with the most valuable cars in the world it's only peanuts. The cheapest in our Top 10 starts some multiples above this value and from there on the rise is nuts.  ... read >

Mercedes Bringing Original 1937 W125 to Goodwood Revival
Mercedes is bringing several of its classics to the Goodwood Revival this year. The 1937 Mercedes W125 that was driven by Rudolf Caracciola to win the European Championship of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), a 1934 W25 that Caracciola won the European Championship, a W154 in which Caracciola w... read >

Bugatti Teases 16C Galibier with Video
It looks like Bugatti might finally be done making one-off special editions of the Veyron. It released a teaser video yesterday evening showing off its next car, the 16C Galibier.  The video is actually quite funny. The narrator is reading a poem that has absolutely nothing to do with the car, while lights are passed over the ... read >

Jet-Fueled Toyota Hiluxs Drive 70,000km over Antarctica
Toyota teamed with Extreme World Races to drive 70,000km over four months making it the longest polar expedition in history in terms of distance. The trucks were prepared by Arctic Trucks.  This trip did have a purpose beyond driving around the Antarctic; from November 2011 to February 2012 ten Hiluxes set up a fuel depot, ins... read >

Pagani Huayra a Success; Up to 85 Orders
For a hypercar that retails for £850,000, the Pagani Huayra can be considered a success. In less than a year since going on sale, Pagani says that it is ramping up production, and it has 85 confirmed orders to fill. It is also on track for US certification that will allow it to sell the Huayra there as well. It claims that t... read >