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The engine is the most output per liter of any naturally aspirated Porsche

Porsche has released a new round of details on the 918 Spyder. The most surprising new detail is that it has upgraded the car’s power figures by over 100hp. The 918 Spyder will no longer produce 770hp, it has been re-rated at 887ps (875hp) o...

Created a special Adam for fire fighters

Opel has announced that it is adding the 1.6 SIDI Turbo engine for the Astra 5-door, sedan and Sports Tourer, and it is showing its range of safety vehicles for RETTmobil 2013. The 1.6 SIDI Turbo in the Astra produces 168hp and 207lb-ft of tor...

First quarter sales up 6.7%

Audi held its annual shareholders' meeting on May 16 and announced that it will invest €11 billion into production, technology and new products by 2015. It also announced that it has sold 503,000 cars in the first four months of the year,...

This year's prize is a season-long drive in a GT-R GT3

On May 15, Nissan and Sony held a press conference at Silverstone where they announced that "Gran Turismo 6" would be released for the PlayStation 3 this holiday season. Nissan also announced that it will expand the GT Academy program th...

Still about 150 units left to sell

McLaren has revealed that per the original design document there will be no successor for the McLaren P1 for at least a decade. The design document also stipulates that the P1 "will maintain its status as the best super sports car the wor...

Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a month away

Peugeot took the 208 T16 Pikes Peak in its official Red Bull livery to Mont Ventoux in France for practice ahead of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30.  Mont Ventoux is commonly known as a stage on the Tour de France, but ...

Development has already begun

Honda and McLaren are reuniting one of the most successful partnerships in Formula 1 history with the announcement that Honda is building a 1.6-liter turbo V6 with KERS for McLaren that will enter competition in 2015. Honda says that development f...

Will be launched with four engines and two wheelbases

After endless teasing, Mercedes finally unveiled the latest generation S-Class at a Hamburg airport hanger today in the shadow of the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner. The S-Class is known for its ability to push the bound...

Future cars will use road sensing technology

Porsche representative Daniel Semmer announced during the presentation of the Panamera Hybrid's technology that Porsche is working on hybrid solutions for its entire range, including the 911. The next-generation technology will be incorporated...

Renault will also supply some components to the cars

Formula E has released the first images of its new car, the third version since the series was announced, and Renault will be the series official technical partner.  “We believe that motorsport is an efficient manner to promote the ...