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Insurance company policy is discouraging young drivers from driving safer cars. Despite calls from road safety experts to get P-platers behind the wheel of the latest model cars, insurance companies are charging big money to cover new drivers....

We think it’s important here at CarAdvice to showcase up and coming design graduates and the latest is Northumbria University graduate Marcus Classen, with his Porsche Sebring Spyder concept. It’s a 2-seater open top Porsche that focuses on superlight weight and is built around a fully electric powertrain, which allows for more design freedom for [...]...

Not that Mazda needs any help with sales at the moment, they’ve been selling like hot cakes for several years now, but if the company adopts the super smooth ‘KODO’ design language as illustrated in the form of its SHINARI concept, then they’re going to sell a lot more cars. The esteemed boss of Mazda’s [...]...

Back in May, AG Excalibur, a Lithuanian tuner, presented their BMW Shark project at the Top Marques Monaco. The Shark ......

An all-new iteration of the Chevrolet Cruze is set to be unveiled at the Paris auto show with the launch of a new five-door hatchback model. The Chevrolet Cruze hatchback will compliment the current sedan model and is expected to enhance Chevrolet’s mainstream appeal in European markets where it will go on sale around mid [...]...

Oktoberfest 2010 was the host of the semi-unveiling of the new, exciting BMW 1 Series M Coupe. Most of the ......

Forget iPods and smartphones. The car of the future is set to revolutionise your digital lifestyle, write TOBY HAGON and RICHARD BLACKBURN....

The folks over at Vossen Wheels pimped out the Rolls Royce Ghost of the Jamaican-American famous artist Sean Kingston. Vossen ......

Sheik, hydro and roll - Click above to watch video after the jump Well, this is certainly different. We've seen our fair share of wild vehicle modifications over the years, but this one takes the cake as one of the most imaginative. If the YouTube description is any sort of indication, this craft was hewn just for Sheik Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan as his personal toy. Near as we can tell, the guy liked the side-mount spare tire carriers......

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Th!nk (Think) Think City - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motor's attempt to trademark the term "range anxiety" is generating some critical heat. The first to attack was Tesla Motors, which basically told GM to go ahead and associate itself with the term. Later, the global marketing director for Think EV, Michael Lock, told AutoblogGreen that: While I have no interest in bashing GM, it is......

Looking at Subaru's relatively boring lineup (barring the STI, and to a lesser extent, the WRX), it's refreshing to find people interested in bringing some new ideas to the brand. In the case of the Celeno, that person is budding car designer Xuacu Pérez Quesada. Mr. Quesada interned for Italdesign and received an M.A. in Transportation Design......

2012 Honda Civic spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery After seeing a handful of spy shots of the next-generation Euro-spec Honda Civic, the North American car is finally starting to show up out roaming the heat-soaked roads of Death Valley. When the new Civic arrives next year, it won't be that much larger than the current car, and the overall shape looks to have stayed the same, though substantial changes to the front and......

Former Obama car czar Steven Rattner (not to be confused with destroyer of films Brett Rattner) is set to cash in on his six month experience under an administration tasked with bringing the American auto industry back from the brink. Titled Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry, it's......

Safety organizations and the District of West Vancouver, Canada are joining forces to build awareness about careful driving during the start of the school year. Thanks the work of the BCAA Traffic Safety Association, drivers motoring down 22nd Street in West Vancouver will be met with a 3D image of a girl chasing a ball across the street. No one is saying exactly how the tech works, but it's meant to be a wakeup call for drivers who may be......

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet Early in 2006, director Chris Paine first screened his film Who Killed the Electric Car at the Sundance Film Festival and turned the media spotlight on General Motors and its decision to scrap the EV1 electric car. GM was, of course, well aware of the impending movie and at just around the same time, a small group of engineers and designers began work on a new concept car. The following January, Bob Lutz......

Here's hoping that one day we too will be able to tell a tale about our car like Murray Fowler and his beautiful late 1960s / early 1970s BMW 2800 CS. The 81-year-old owner of the BMW coupe is from Costa Mesa California and he has clocked an astonishing 413,575 miles (that's a little over 665,000 km) so far. The video is part of a new series from......

These are the latest spy pictures of a jacked-up version of the Ford Fiesta in development testing....

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Green Daily As we've said before, the islands of Hawaii appear to be ideally suited for electric vehicles (EVs). The picturesque beaches, sparkling blue water and breathtaking mountain ranges are a sight to behold. EVs, often tagged as zero-emissions vehicles, are believed to have less environmental impact than other vehicles types and appeal to people in Hawai'i for a variety of obvious reasons, which are......

Mexican sports car intender Mastretta has officially announced that it will reveal the production version of its MXT at this month's Paris Motor Show. Longtime Autoblog readers may recall that the Latin auto was actually expected to go on sale back in 2009, but for unknown reasons, it evidently hasn't made it into serial production yet. Previously shown iterations of the MXT have been powered by a 2.0-liter Ford Duratec four-cylinder......

A jury has ordered that Ford pay $131 million for a 2001 rollover accident that claimed the life of Mets prospect Brian Cole. Ford Motor Company - Ford - New York Mets - Rollover - Punitive damages...

Mitsuoka Orochi Premium Gold - Click above for high-res image gallery So you're headed to Japan and need to rent a car. What to choose? The island nation is a smorgasbord of metal foreign to American tastes, from a wide buffet of pint-sized kei-cars to more American-sized contraptions. But what if none of those options have the kind of flair you require for that special business meeting? Fear not. Mitsuoka has you covered. The company has......

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, Green Daily, Paris Motor Show We've obviously laid eyes on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV on numerous occasions, but the modified Euro-spec version has remained unseen. That is, until now. If you gander at the image above you may notice the slight tweaks that differentiate the Euro-spec i-MiEV from its Japanese counterpart. What, you can't see the differences? Okay, well maybe a long, drawn-out stare will lead......

Bowing to demand for a four-door, five-seat high-output dune hopper, Ford has taken the wraps off its upcoming 2011 SVT Raptor SuperCrew. It comes with a 12-inch longer wheelbase, a 36-gallon fuel tank, and even introduces a new color (Ingot Silver Metallic). The Raptor's old 5.4-liter V8 is gone, meaning the 6.2-liter 411-horsepower V8 is......

Bold words, big claim. Cadillac proudly proclaims that it is "The new standard of the world" in its latest CTS-V commercial. [Nürburgring video inside!] Cadillac - CadillacCts-v - Nürburgring - Video - Recreation...

At the 2010 Moscow Motor Show, BMW displayed an impressive lineup. Along with vehicles like the X5M, M3 Competition Package, ......

Heads up, compact fans; the configurator for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze has officially gone live. If you've got a few hot seconds to spare as your work week comes to a close, you can build up your new Bowtie fuel miser any way you so please. It doesn't take long to click off enough options to have the Cruze sitting pretty at just shy of $26,800 including destination. Of course, that kind of coin will fetch you a sunroof, spare tire, RS......

Posted on 09.3.2010 21:00 by Simona Filed under: Porsche | sports cars | roadster | Car Museum | Porsche 918 | Cars | Car News After making its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show, the 918 Spyder Concept is on its way to the Museum of Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen where it will be displayed starting October 1 through 7, 2010.The 918 Spyder is powered by a V8 engine delivering more than......

Fire may be the biggest worry of most racing drivers, but high-speed accidents are a lot more common. This accident is a testament to the safety of modern race car and track design. Driving down the fast, slightly curved back straight at Mosport during this weekend's American Le Mans Series race, Drayson-Lola prototype driver Jonny Cocker was......

Daihatsu, a brand name mostly forgotten in the U.S., but still soldering on as Toyota's minicar division, has announced the recall of 500,000 vehicles in its native Japan. Toyota - Japan - Daihatsu - United States - Automobile...

With the Paris Motor Show just around the corner, you'd think that the interwebs would have something better to do than embrace wild rumors such as the Toyota FT-86 sport sedan - seriously, now.... But that's not the only story making the rounds on the web today. Several sites have posted the above photo claiming its some sort of leaked brochure......