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Last year, Volkswagen premiered a commercial during the Superbowl in the US showing a boy in a Darth Vader costume trying to control objects around his home and finally starting his dad's VW Passat, or so he thinks. The ad was widely lauded and consi...

Aston Martin has teamed up with Paris-based fashion firm Colette to produce a limited run of 14 ‘Cygnet & Colette’ luxury city cars. The cars will be handcrafted by Aston Martin Works Tailored, with the Colette team being assigned...

VW has won the last the Dakar rally for the last three years in a row, and it looks like that might be enough for it. The driver of the Dakar-prepped Touareg, Nasser Al-Attiyah, is moving to VW's World Rally team next year and is not interested in co...

The First Automobile Vehicle

Ferdinand Verbiest, who would celebrate his 387th Anniversary today on October 9th 2010, envisioned what some claim to be the world’s first automobile. During the 1670s, he invented a self-propelled vehicle of small size, whether it was ever ac...

A revised autoviva is being prepped for launch April 18th, sources say. Not much is known by now but a little bird has told us good things can be expected. The team has been hard at work on a new version with improved performance, beefed-up specs and...

It’s F1 weekend again and after a thrilling Monaco GP the Formula One circus now moves to the American continent, to the city of Montreal in Canada. On the seventh round of the 2011 season all eyes should be directed to McLaren’s Lewis Ha...

Toyota took advantage of the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring last weekend to unveil a new sports car concept. The GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II is a mid-engined hybrid, two-seat convertible.  The 3.5 liter V6 powers the rear wheels while the elec...

Prince Albert II of Monaco is getting a lavish gift from Lexus for his wedding to Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock on July 2. The luxury car maker has modified a LS 600h L with a landaulet top for the newlyweds to take their tour of the principalit...

Subaru set out to beat the 21-year-old standing record for a production car around the famous and dangerous Isle of Man circuit, and it did it on their first practice lap. Manx driver Mike Higgins set a  time of 19 minutes 37 seconds, about two-...

In the public consciousness, the owner of the red convertible Ferrari parks up in Casino Square, Monaco and – within the blink of an eye – is assailed by propositions from dozens of supermodels. This assumption has no doubt put thousands ...