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Caterham cars has existed since 1973 when founder Graham Neal bought the rights to the Lotus Seven design from Colin Chapman. In that time, Caterham has developed the Seven continuously, and except for an unsuccessful attempt to launch a full-bodi...

Honda has begun testing its Civic WTCC car around Vallelunga with ex-Formula 1 driver and 2009 WTCC Champion Gabriele Tarquini. The car will make its race debut at the Suzuka round of the WTCC on October 19-21 with Tiago Monteiro dr...

Silverstone has reached its goal of 1000 Ferraris to parade around the track during the Ferrari Racing Days on September 15. The parade will break the Guinness Record for number of cars in a Ferrari parade. The previous record was 490 cars.  ...

A video has popped up on Youtube purporting to be the private New York reveal of the production Porsche 918. There is nothing about the video that screams that it is faked, but this is perhaps the clearest example of what the car will look like on...

Arrinera Automotive has officially announced the name of its super car - the Hussarya. The Polish company says that the name comes from the Hussars, the famous Polish cavalry unit.  Arrinera began planning the Hussarya in 2008 and to...

The second founder of Wiesmann the sports car maker that builds custom BMW-engined roadsters has left the company meaning that there is no longer anyone with the name of Wiesmann working at Wiesmann.  Martin Wiesman who still headed the c...

Volkswagen is upgrading the Amarok for 2013 with more power and added models. For the new model year, buyers in Europe and Russia will be able to buy the double cab version. The tailgate can now hold a 200kg load. The tow rating for all Amaroks is...

Abt is adding to its tuning kit for the second generation of the modern Volkswagen Beetle by also modifying the diesel version.  Abt's kit boosts the Beetle's 2.0-liter TDI from 140hp to 170hp and 370Nm of torque, a 50Nm improveme...

BMW Group is official vehicle of the Olympics. It supplied over 1,000 BMW and Mini cars and bicycles to be used during the Olympics and Paralympics including 200 purely electric vehicles. Today, Mini added one more electric vehicle to the to the t...

The Vauxhall D-Type went on sale in 1913 but was first shown in 1912. To celebrate the model's centenary, the Vintage Sports Car Club in the UK is bringing examples of the car and its derivatives to Prescott hill climb in Glouce...