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Maserati

Maserati Alfieri concept

Maserati is the latest car maker to celebrate its centenary and to celebrate that milestone this Alfieri concept was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. It’s pretty nice too, don’t you think. Named after one of the founding Maserati brothers, the Alfieri was created at the company’s design house in Turin. Maserati […]

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Jaguar

Jaguar XFR-S Sportbrake revealed

When Geneva rolls around Jaguar will tread where BMW is unwilling to go when it reveals the XFR-S Sportbrake. It’s a pretty simple recipe and involves two main ingredients: the XF Sportbrake and the XFR-S. The former provides the body shape while the latter offers up the stonking 404kW/680Nm 5.0 litre supercharged V8. Thankfully the […]

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Opel Vauxhall

Astra VXR Extreme could turn fantasy into reality

This Opel/Vauxhall Astra VXR Extreme is about to hit the halls in Geneva and while there may be more exotic cars from the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini and some unknown Euro startup manufacturer not many will be quite as cool as this. Much like the equally awesome Renault Megane R26.R, this is a hi-po stripped […]

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Sebastien Ogier wins 2013 Rallye de France-Alsace

Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have capped off their world championship by coming from behind to claim victory in Rallye de France-Alsace. After the euphoria of the opening day when their championship was finally secured in the Power Stage the leading duo made a poor start to the rally proper. They ended Day 2 down […]

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Audi

2014 Audi RS3 spied in Nürburg

This otherwise regular looking Audi S3 is said to be an early RS3 prototype. At first glance it’s hard to find much to support such a theory, but on closer inspection the front brake rotors are cross drilled and those calipers look very meaty as well. The honeycomb grille beneath the foglights were open offering […]

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Lamborghini

It’s another new Gallardo, but this time it’s real

Lamborghini is well known for releasing new iterations of its very fine Gallardo supercar and now we’re facing the prospect of another one. But the good news here is that this is an all-new model and not another “one-off” limited edition finale. A new Lambo prototype, codenamed LP724, has been snapped at the Nürburgring in recent […]

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Porsche

Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet revealed

If you put a 911 Turbo and a 911 Cabriolet together you get a missed opportunity. Oh, you also get a 911 Turbo Cabriolet, of course. And speaking of missed opportunities, Porsche doesn’t do them with its 911, so that’s why they’ve just given us an all-new 911 Turbo Cabriolet. Why anyone would actually want […]

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2013 Frankfurt Motor Show in pictures

The lights have been turned off at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and the mammoth task of dismantling the huge displays has begun. To recap what you may have missed here’s a selection of 120+ pics reminding you what was on show.

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Motor Shows Porsche

Frankfurt 2013: Porsche 918 Spyder

At last the wraps have come off the production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder. The petrol electric hybrid sportscar has had a long gestation, first gracing the floor of the Geneva Motor Show in early 2010. It then trasnformed into the 918 RSR for the Detroit Auto Show in 2011, with the order book […]

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Audi

Remember the Audi S1 hot hatch?

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything about the Audi S1, but thankfully Autocar brings us an update thanks to a new series of spy shots. Best guesses now suggest the S1 will be powered by a version of the Volkswagen Group’s EA888 2.0 litre turbocharged engine, with power expected to be around […]

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Hyundai WRC

Chris Atkinson joins Hyundai WRC program

In promising news for Chris Atkinson’s on-again off-again WRC career he has been signed to Hyundai’s WRC program. At this stage it’s a test role only and he’ll be behind the wheel of an i20 WRC prototype later this week. “It is great to be able to integrate Chris into Hyundai Motorsport testing line-up for […]

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BMW

M3 watch: Carbon fibre roof likely

The application of camouflage on the roof of this F80 BMW M3 prototype is a fairly good indication the assumption it will be made from carbon fibre is on the money. It’s expected the new M3 will weigh at least 100kg less than the previous E92 model; perhaps even as much as 140kg less. Earlier […]