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Pageant of Power celebrates Bugatti
The annual gathering at Cholmondeley Castle promises seminal road race and rally cars plus helicopters and speedboats.

BMW releases details of 5series GT
A new niche model from the Bavarians has a dual function tailgatecumboot.

Bikers fall foul of bus lanes
The confusion over when motorcyclists can and can't travel in bus lanes has been highlighted by the BMF which is calling for clarification.

Scrappage: more trouble than it's worth?
After only a few weeks the Government's scrappage scheme 'incentive' could be descending into confusion and farce.

Time to change your commute
The roads would be clearer if we weren't so obsessed with the halfhour.

In praise of the supercar
The new Bentley Continental GTC Speed prompts Erin Baker to argue that we should all be celebrating fast luxurious modes of transport after all RollsRoyce is boosting its workforce by 50 per cent McLaren has revealed details of a new sports car factory and Lamborghini claimed six months of fresh orders in London.

Many drivers "race" sat-nav
Drivers are routinely breaking speed limits by trying to race their sat-navs, research has found.

Opel / Vauxhall
The priority must be to plug the €300m shortfall that emerged after it was found Opel could not access financing provided to GM

Koenigsegg 'bidding for Saab'
Supercar maker Koenigsegg is among the remaining bidders for fellow Swedish firm Saab, it has been reported.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage review
A cunning plan to get in front of whitevan man involves the serious and immensely satisfying V12engined Vantage.

Biogas A4 hits 227mph
German racer sets world record for biogas-powered cars. No word on source of gas yet…

Wild orange
Meet the mad Dutch four-door supercar with the even madder name

Ex-Chrysler boss to lose pension
Lee Iacocca, the former boss of Chrysler credited with saving the car company from bankruptcy in the 1980s, could lose his company car and pension as part of Chrysler’s Chapter 11 proceedings.

Inside the Inside
We’ve got a first look at the interior of the posh Citroen DS concept. Yes, it looks posh…

Boris Johnson criticised by MPs over London snow chaos
Boris Johnson the Mayor of London has been accused by an allparty committee of MPs of showing a "lack of leadership" when snow crippled the capital earlier this year.

Scrappage shifts 35,000 cars
The UK scrappage scheme has sold 35,000 extra cars since its introduction under two weeks ago, according to the government.

Vauxhall/Opel sale to Fiat on rocks
Fiat could pull out of the race to buy Vauxhall/Opel from General Motors if an initial deal isn’t reached today, before GM enters bankruptcy proceedings on Monday.

Fiat pulls out of Opel talks
The Italian carmaker pulled out of German government-led talks on the future of Opel, saying that a request for emergency funding to help keep the GM-owned carmaker afloat would expose it to 'extravagant risks'

Fiat refuses to attend emergency GM talks as transatlantic funding row deepens
Fate of Vauxhall and Opel in the balance as transatlantic funding row deepens.

Fiat poised to close deal for Chrysler
A deal that would pave the way for Chrysler to form an alliance with Italy's Fiat could close as early as Friday if a US bankruptcy court approves the transaction, says Chrysler Chief Executive Robert Nardelli

Q&A Opel rescue plan: Time is running out for GM's European division
Why did talks in Germany to save Opel and Vauxhall fail? The misunderstanding arose when General Motors disclosed an unexpected shortfall of funds for its European arm...

GM gains respite over new proposal on debt exchange
US stocks struggled for direction in choppy trade yesterday as investors digested a mixed set of economic reports and Treasury yields retreated. Shares in General...

Aston Martin to enter F1 in 2012
Aston Martin is to enter F1 from 2012 as a fully-fledged manufacturer entrant, following to a deal agreed with Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 rights holder, last night.

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