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White has become the most popular car color for luxury cars in the US. It used to be considered a color for boring cars and appliances, but according to Sandy McGill, BMW Designworks' lead designer in color, Apple changed that when it began re...

This weekend at Spa-Francorcamps Michael Schumacher will start the 300th Grand Prix of his career, and it is apt that it should take place at Spa, where it all began for the 43 year old German driver. The seven-time world Champion has an affin...

The Chevrolet Corvette did not enter the world as a racecar. In fact, it started out as a two-seat convertible with a relatively poor straight-six engine and poor-fitting fiberglass body panels. Over its history and especially in the last two gene...

The environmental traffic club Germany (VCD) has published the Environmental Car List (VCD Auto-Umweltliste) 2012/2013. Winner in the comprehensive eco-ranking is for the first time a model fuelled by natural gas. For the first time in nine y...

So, you currently own a 600bhp Bentley Continental GT Speed. What is the last thing that is likely to go through your mind? The answer is MORE speed. Power in the Supersports is upped to 624bhp and the car is lightened considerably to increase the...

On the basis that we have just published Autoviva’s Top Ten Italian Cars I have been thinking about supercars rather a lot over the last week or so. Yesterday I was walking through a rather  area in central London with a friend when...

There has been much debate and a long build up to the launch of the Toyota GT86. Will it be powerful enough? Can Toyota build a real driver’s car? The answer to the first question is most of the time and the second is an unequivocal &lsq...

Lambroghini is reportedly working on the successor for the Gallardo, and it may be on sale as soon as 2014. A major change for the model is that it will reportedly be available as all-wheel drive and two-wheel drive. It is also planning on selling...

The words Aston Martin bring about a plethora of images for most of us. Unfortunately for me, despite the best work of Daniel Craig I think of tow trucks and slightly disappointing dynamics. Therefore, when this Tungsten DBS arrived on the drive i...

The six-litre W12 engine that sits under the bonnet of the baby Bentley does not hold muster with the average environmentalist. Fortunately there is a new, greener V8 version now, and it’s really rather good. I had been looking forwa...