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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 >

25 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Cars Ready to Race Throughout Europe with Video
The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is ready to take to the track for this season of racing. Technically, the MP4-12C GT3 began its racing career last year, but this is the first year that it is offered to customer teams. The inaugural races for the customer-spec MP4-12C GT3 will be the first VLN race at the Nürburgring and ADAC GT Masters ra... read >

Citroën Teases DS9 Flagship Sedan on Facebook
Citroën has posted an image of the DS9 to its Facebook page saying that the model would be coming soon. You can see that image as the first photo in the gallery above.  This is actually the second teaser that Citroën has made of the DS9. All signs point to this car being the production version of its Metropolis ... read >

Motor racing: The stresses and strains
With the 2012 Formula 1 season fast approaching it seems appropriate to investigate some of the work that goes on behind the scenes. Anyone who has driven a simple go-kart will have an inkling about the strains that the body goes through. So, fitness is not an option for today’s top talent, it’s a must have. In this pie... read >

Audi A5 DTM Shows Its Racy Body
The racing season is heating up. We are a mere two weeks away from the first events on the WEC and Formula 1 calendar. Fans of German touring car racing have a little longer to wait as the first event of the DTM series for the 2012 season does not begin until April 29. Regardless, Audi has revealed its new A5 DTM car.  Audi cl... read >

Lola Delivers First B12/60 LMP1 Coupes to Teams
Lola has delivered its first B12/60 LMP1 coupes to customer teams, including Dyson Racing. The B12/60 is the newest Lola coupe that will be campaigned by teams in 2012. Rebellion Racing and Dyson Racing will run the cars in the WEC.  Rebellion Racing campaigns the car with a Toyota 3.4l V8. This is the same basic engine that T... read >

What to Expect from the Geneva Motor Show
We have been covering what is coming from the Geneva Motor Show for the last month or more. The press days for the show are March 6 and 7. Here is what we have seen and what we expect from the show. From the amount that we have already reported, the Geneva Motor Show is going to be a major spectacle this year with many major launches. ... read >

Modified Volkswagen Cross Coupe Coming to Geneva
Volkswagen first showed the Cross Coupe Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in late 2011. Now the car will be on display at the Geneva Motor Show using different engines and with a new two-tone paint job.  The Cross Coupe that will be shown in Geneva will be powered by three powerplants like the one shown in Tokyo, but in place of... read >

Mercedes-Benz CL Grand Editon Offers Top Level Appointments as Discount
To mark 60 years of S-Class coupe models, Mercedes-Benz will offer the CL Grand Edition in 2012 that gives buyers luxury appointments inside and out for a 38% discount.  The CL Grand Edition takes selected pieces from the usually optional 'designo' range of options and adds them to the CL. On the outside that includes&... read >

Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro: An All-Wheel Drive Diesel Hybrid for Le Mans
The wait is over, despite announcing over a month ago to expect a hybrid car for Le Mans, Audi has finally revealed its 2012 car. The Audi R18 e-tron Quattro is an all-wheel drive, diesel sports car prototype that will see its track debut at the 6 Hours of Spa on May 5. It is also launching a second car, the Audi R18 Ultra, that is ide... read >

Williams F1 FW34 is 95% New for 2012
Williams is starting its 35th year in Formula 1 by presenting the FW34 for 2012 at the Winter Test at the Circuit of Jerez.  Williams has a new technical director Mike Coughlan, and the team claims that the 2012 car shares less than 5% of the components with last year's car. Unlike some of the teams like Redbull who are cl... read >

Toyota TS030 Entering Entire World Endurance Championship Except Sebring
Today was a huge day for sports car racing and prototype news. Toyota has announced that it will run one of its TS030s in the entire World Endurance Championship excluding Sebring, and it will have two cars entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The TS030 driven by Alexander Wurz, Nicholas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima will conte... read >