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Last round of NCAP results before new tougher tests

Renault-Nissan rolls out its battery car plan

New five-door Focus rival to be launched at Bologna

EU poised to announce new 130g/km CO2 limit

Alistair Darling live: VAT cut to 15% but fuel duty up 2ppl

Swedes show off sleek four-door coupe mock-up

Porsche finally unveils new Panamera 'hatchaloon'

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Low Countries meets LA with Le Mans-inspired supercar

Latest hybrid gives eco lessons as you drive along

It's a Gallardo LP560-4 but without the roof, stupid

Shock fuel-cell supercar concept takes LA by surprise

The real man's sports car evolves. All about new 370Z

Mazda has officially unveiled its new 3 four-door saloon at the LA Auto Show today, revealing the car in full and releasing more technical details. A five-door hatchback (favoured in Europe) will be...

Ford is only US maker to brave LA launchpad

Ford is keeping true to its word in making the Fiesta a truly global car, taking the wraps off the new Fiesta saloon in China this week. Why China? Isn’t the LA Show on this week? Ford has earmarked...

How to improve on arguably the most sublime roadster and coupe on sale for thirty-something thousand quid? The Porsche Boxster and Cayman are a tough act to follow so, in time-honoured Porsche...

This is Nissan’s funky new third-generation Cube, unveiled at the LA Auto Show today and set to go on sale in North America in spring 2009. But the big news is that Nissan will also finally sell this...

Yesterday GM sold its stake in Suzuki; today Ford announced plans to slash its shareholding in Mazda. Previously the Blue Oval held a third of Mazda’s stock, but it has cut that to just 13%. Ford...

Having trouble parking? Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu has announced the world’s first 360-degree camera for cars, giving drivers a panoramic view of what’s around them. It’s a slightly controversial...

GM is flogging its entire stake in Suzuki to pump cash into its survival funds. The General owns a 3% holding in Suzuki Motor Corporation and will sell 16,413,000 shares on the open market...

Aston Martin’s Vantage N24 has given way to this new GT4 – a race-spec Vantage aimed at pro racers and track day enthusiasts alike. The arrival of the GT4 leaves Aston in the unique position of being...

Vauxhall/Opel has scooped the European Car of the Year gong – by a single point. The results, announced today, were another surprise in the 44-year history of CoTY, as the Insignia pipped the Ford...

Cometh the hour, cometh the tuning company. Brabus, purveyors of all things fast and freaky, is turning its hand to the electric Tesla Roadster. It's unveiling this customised battery car at the 2008...

Lotus 2-Eleven not hardcore enough for you? The Norfolk sports car maker yesterday whisked the covers off the GT4 Supersport race car. It's a £78k track version that's designed to compete in the...

Anyone who’s been to the Nurburgring recently will have seen building work on a massive scale. So what’s going on? It’s all part of a €215 million investment that’ll see Europe’s most famous race...

This is the new Bentley Azure T, a 500bhp and 1000Nm (738lb ft) drop-top that will be unveiled at the LA Auto Show next week. What’s going on at Crewe? Has Bentley not heard of the credit...

Aston Martin today publishes a second video of its uber-exclusive One-77 supercar – and we see the first glimpse inside the £1.2 million car's cabin. Watch the short film on our video player below to...

The KTM X-Bow has been signed up to star in the 2008 Race of Champions. The minimalist trackday special will be one of a number of cars in which competitors will lock horns at the annual motorsport...

GM is on the ropes. In an official statement made late Friday night the carmaker said under current market conditions it would run out of cash in the first half of next year. And Ford is not far...

These are the first pictures of the new Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M, essentially a drop-top version of the sublime 430 Scuderia. Unveiled this past weekend at Ferrari’s World Finals end-of-season...

According to Pontiac, its G8 GXP Street, G8 ST and Solstice GXP concepts at the SEMA show ‘raise the performance bar even higher, taking style and sportiness to the highest levels’. Time to don your...