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Revealed: Audi RS5
444bhp rival for BMW M3 Coupe breaks cover ahead of Geneva debut

BMW confirms Megacity plans
The forthcoming BMW Megacity vehicle, a zero-emissions electric city car, will be built at BMW’s Leipzig plant in Germany.

Uncertainty over used electric car values
Uncertainty over used electric car values

Gallery: 120 years of Mercedes
Join Auto Trader for a trip down memory lane with 120 pictures of classic Mercedes. read more

VW Cross Polo revealed
The new VW Cross Polo has been unveiled - but Volkswagen has confirmed it will not go on sale in the UK.

F800: Merc’s future style
Mercedes hints at its future design direction with this Geneva-bound four-door coupe concept

Button tops latest F1 test
McLaren’s Jenson Button was fastest on the final day of Formula One’s third official 2010 test in Jerez, setting the fastest time of the whole four-day test in the process.

Infiniti: now with added diesel
Nissan’s luxury brand creates its first-ever oil burner. It sounds like a good ’un

Audi RS5 'revealed'
The first pictures of the Audi RS5 have leaked out on the internet from an official brochure.

Toyota reveals Auris hybrid plans
Toyota will have hybrid versions of all its European models on sale by the end of the decade.

Cadillac to get European relaunch
General Motors will relaunch Cadillac in Europe following the collapse of its European distributor late last year.

New Kia Magentis revealed
These are the first official pictures of the all-new Kia Magentis, which will be launched at April’s New York motor show.

Toyota considers earlier recalls a 'win'
Toyota considered its dealings with US safety regulators a "win" because they resulted in only a limited "equipment recall" which saved the company $100m, internal documents from July 2009 show

Kuwaiti investment model feels financial strain
Buoyed by inflows of petrodollars and cheap credit, Kuwait's finance houses have been aggressive investors in regional and international markets in the past decade,...

Berlin extends EADS pact
The German government has failed to find a national buyer for a stake in EADS, forcing it to extend a deal which gives a group of banks a 7.5 per cent stake in the...

Toyota hearings raise fears of industry-wide US clampdown
Fears are rife in the automotive industry that US Congressional hearings into Toyota's quality problems , starting this week, could result in a potentially costly...

Japan's motor sector gathers speed en route to the next jam
Executives at Toyota made two remarkable announcements on February 4. The first was that braking software on the cutting-edge Prius hybrid car was flawed. The second -...

Poland holds fast amid economic storm
Leszek Waliszewski is doing something he hasn't done for months - hiring workers. A year ago Mr Waliszewski was fighting for the survival of FA Krosno, a car parts...

Eco VW Polo emits 91g/km
The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion has gone on sale, with official CO2 emissions rated at 91g/km.

Mitsubishi crossover - new pics
More pictures of the Mitsubishi RVR have been released - and the Nissan Qashqai and Hyundai iX35 rival will go on sale in the UK as the Mitsubishi ASX this summer.

Mercedes' new design direction
All future Mercedes will have styling their styling influenced by the F800 Style design concept, the firm's design boss Gorden Wagener has revealed.

'Sportier' BMW M3 revealed
Ths is the Avus Performance BMW M3, which the company claims is "even sportier" than the standard car.

Lotus Exige 260 v Ferrari F355

MG's Longbridge needs you!
Further development work at MG Motor UK’s famous Longbridge factory has prompted a unique opportunity for enthusiaststs to name roads at the facility.

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