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Who’d have thought a little gathering in Austria could give birth to three stunning concept cars. This is VW's new Scirocco GT24 concept and it's appearing at the Wörthersee Tour alongside the Audi TT...

Kia’s Soul is here, and looks nearly identical to the trio of concept cars that appeared in Geneva earlier in 2008. The faux-4x4 will be launched at the Paris Motor Show later this year, before going...

CAR Online was first to reveal that the Speedster-inspired TT will be built, and now Audi has officially unveiled the car at the Wörthersee Tour in Austria. Called the Audi TT Clubsport Quattro, it’s...

Which is the greatest Porsche of all time? CAR Online is polling our users to find out – and it’s not too late to have your say. It’s all part of Porsche’s 60th anniversary, celebrated in the June...

Subaru has surprised the rally world by announcing it will launch its new WRC Impreza at next week’s Acropolis Rally in Greece, two events earlier than expected. The Prodrive-developed five-door WRC...

Honda CEO Takeo Fukui today confirmed Honda's plans to build an expanded range of hybrid petrol-electric cars, including a new affordable model and a sports coupe based on the CR-Z concept. It's a...

Audi will build a limited production run of the TT speedster we scooped last week, CAR Online can reveal. The company is planning to make between 50-100 of the chop-top TT especially for the Middle...

A frozen lake in the Arctic Circle, the 276bhp Saab Turbo X and rally legend Per Eklund... What more could you want? Ben Barry meets his 61-year-old hero to see if Saab’s new turbocharged 2.8-litre V6...

Subaru doesn't like to follow the herd. It's why the Japanese car maker sticks to boxer engines and four-wheel drive where others pick the cheaper, simpler option. And when it comes to MPVs, it's the...

The ginger motormouth is a well known fan of scarlet sports cars, but even we were surprised when UK broadcaster Chris Evans splashed out £5 million on an immaculate 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California...

Thought the Audi R8 V12 TDI was a drop of diesel fuel in a large petrol pond? Think again. This is the Audi A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro concept – another performance diesel from Ingolstadt. Set to debut...

The £25 London congestion charge for gas guzzlers is likely to be scrapped within the next few weeks, CAR Online has learned. A spokesman for Transport for London (TfL) said it ‘wasn’t expecting to...

Volvo’s C30, S40 and V50 are now available with a new six-speed twin-clutch ‘box – dubbed Powershift – mated to the company’s 134bhp 2.0-litre diesel. The new twin-clutch gearbox has been developed...

Nissan will launch 60 new products in the next five years, the company’s latest business plan reveals. And it'll need every new model it can lay its hands on, amid a profit warning and a 30 percent...

Nissan's upmarket brand Infiniti has announced it will build a roadster version of the G37 coupe – aimed squarely at the BMW 3-series Coupe Convertible. And the Ferrari California isn't the only...

Fancy a sat-nav to stop you getting lost as you tour the UK, Ireland or even Europe this summer? CAR Online has teamed up with Binatone to offer you the chance to win a new portable sat-nav...

Move over, Tata Nano. There’s another bargain basement car in town. Renault-Nissan and Bajaj Auto today confirmed their new people’s car would cost from just $2500 (£1250). Codenamed ULC (ultra-low...

Cadillac’s new CTS-V has set a new production saloon lap record at the Nurburgring, the company claims. It reports the 2009 CTS-V lapped the 13-and-a-bit mile circuit in an impressive 7min...

These are the first pictures of Ferrari's new GT, taken from the Italian firm’s teaser website www.ferrarigtcountdown.com. The car won't be shown until the Paris motor show this autumn, but you don't...

Another twist in the will-they-won't-they MG TF saga. The company has announced that production of the roadster will start again at Longbridge from early August 2008, and cars will be in dealerships...

BMW’s petrol twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight six has won the 2008 International Engine of the Year award. It’s the engine’s second successive victory and BMW’s record-breaking fourth consecutive win.

Vauxhall’s VXR8 is getting a new V8. The latest bent eight – designated LS3 – gains an extra 195cc to take power up to 425bhp. The 6.2-litre V8 is same engine that has also found its way into the...

Nissan is only two years away from launching its first electric car – and there will soon be a full family of battery-powered models, boss Carlos Ghosn revealed today. Forget milk floats or crazy...

Nissan is fettling its GT-R before it goes on sale in the UK in April 2009. It might have just announced a new lap record at the Nurburgring – chief test driver Tochio Suzuki shaved nine seconds off...

To mark our Porsche special, CAR has teamed up with Porsche to give away an official Porsche Driving Experience to one lucky reader. You'll be offered one of the first places at the new facility being...

As part of CAR's celebration marking 60 years of Porsche, we headed to Wales in two current models to probe the DNA of the famous sports car brand. How can a company that makes the sublime Boxster...

Who better to judge the pick of Porsche's track-day heroes? CAR turned to Le Mans legend Derek Bell to help decide the greatest high-performance Porsches - and you can see him at work in the sublime...

The new BMW M1 Hommage was a surprise debutant at the Concorso d’Eleganza 2008 di Villa d’Este this weekend. No prizes for guessing what it is: this is an official concept car to mark the 30th...

See behind the scenes at a CAR Magazine photoshoot, as we photograph four Porsche supercars for our June 2008 cover. We have everything from the seminal 959 to the Carrera GT, a 1989 911 Turbo with...

Audi has facelifted the A3 and while the tweaks can at best be described as mild, a new S3 Sportback has joined the line-up. The hot five-door runs the same 261bhp 2.0-litre TFSI engine found in the...

The Peugeot RC Z has been confirmed for production. After claims about gauging public reaction, and teasing us with drives in a concept car that felt production-ready, the French manufacturer has done...

There has never been a hot version of the Laguna from Renaultsport – the performance arm of the French car maker – and our advice is don’t hold your breath for one any time soon. With the MkIII Laguna...

AC Cars is coming back to Britain to build its sports car range at Brooklands. It follows an unsuccessful foray to manufacture cars in Malta – which has ended in a legal dispute over the island...

A British Bugatti costing £90,000? Or another loopy sports car from Lancashire? The Keating SKR and TKR launched today have 1500bhp potential and top speeds that challenge the Veyron's - but it's...

The new Roewe 550 unveiled at Beijing this week is Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation’s promising new mid-range hatch, but could yet turn into the next MG saloon - and be built in Europe.