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The Audi A5 range will get a refresh in 2012, this includes a mild face-lift, minor detail updates in the interior as well as improved performance and efficiency. While the face-lift is minor, the redesigned front end of the new A5 certainly is an improvement. I particularly like the new …

Lexus has confirmed that it will unveil the next generation GS at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August. The new GS will officially go on sale in 2012. The fourth-generation sports sedan which sits between the smaller IS and the larger LS will debut as a GS 350. It …

The saga surrounding GM owned European brand Opel deepens. Manager Magazin, a German monthly publication reported in its latest issue that deep pocketed Volkswagen Group is out shopping again. Some un-named sources close to the car maker have revealed that Volkswagen gave General Motors ‘a rough estimate’ of what it …

AMG is working on an ultra frugal V8 engine that will power the upcoming SLK55 AMG. The 5.5-litre naturally aspirated V8 is capable of churning out a healthy 416bhp (310kW), while returning close to an impressive 7.0L/km. Even without the aid of turbochargers, the engine will produce 45 more horsepower …

Since Subaru’s revelation that the next WRX will take a separate evolutionary path to the standard Impreza at the New York Motor Show in April earlier this year, we are gaining more details on the company’s high-performance model. Subaru’s legendary WRX has been a highly tweaked version of the Impreza …

Legendary Italian supercar maker has announced the winner of the Ferrari World Design Contest. The winning design came from the team from Seoul’s Hongik University. The team’s design gave “the finest interpretation of Ferrari’s design brief for a thoroughbred hypercar.” Ferrari’s brief was reduced fuel consumption through alternative propulsion systems, …

The supercar club is about to get more crowded as there is a new kid on the block – the Shelby Supercars Tuatara (pronounced twu-ta-rah – a Maori word meaning ‘peaks on the back’). Inspired by a modern day New Zealand reptile of the same name, the latest supercar comes …

The new DTM racer for BMW was unveiled in Munich. The BMW M3 DTM race car will compete in the 2012 DTM championship, signifying BMW’s long awaited return to the sports after a long absence since 1994. The new race car is made almost entirely out of carbon fiber. Power …

The F30 BMW 3-Series has been caught high-speed testing with most of its camouflage shed. It is obvious from the various spy photos that the new 3-Series is taking an evolutionary path in terms of styling. BMW tends to adopt this approach for most of its car, where a design …

The most ballistic C-Class has been let loose, ahead of its official debut! These photographs, snapped at the Paul Ricard test circuit in the south of France, has leaked onto the most dangerous media of the modern age, the internet! What you see here is the upcoming C63 AMG Black …

A few weeks ago, we revealed BMW’s new entry level roadster called the Z2 (click here to read the article). Today, our friends at Auto Express has spoken to BMW M Division’s new boss, Dr Friedrich Nitschke, and he pretty much confirmed there will be an M version of the …

If electricity sets your pulse racing, then look no further. Exagon Motors, the French racing firm that showed off its all-electric sports coupé, the oddly named Furtive e-GT at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, has unveiled a validation prototype. The 2+2 coupé was brought to the Magny Cours racing circuit …

Mugen, Honda’s racing development arm and tuner, will be unveiling the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept in this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The RR Concept will receive the usual Mugen go fast bits and a striking exterior treatment. Press Release: Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept adopting “RR” as its …

The Mazda MX-5 is like an F-11 fighter, albeit on four wheels. It comes in a compact and agile package and will point in the direction you want it to without any hesitation. It can out manoeuvre a car costing twice as much on tight bends, just like an F-11 …