It's cheaper than a BMW M3 and half the price of a Porsche 911 Turbo; it's beaten the Bugatti Veyron around the Nurburgring, and is as quick as the £800,000 Lamborghini Reventon.
Vijay Pattni looks at the hottest sportscar of the moment and one of the greatest cars in the world - the giant-slaying Nissan GT-R.
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by Vijay Pattni
German tuner AC Schnitzer has ramped up the BMW 1 Series convertible to produce an eye-watering 360bhp.
The baby BMW 1 Series convertible has been given a shot in the arm by legendary German tuners AC Schnitzer as part of a sports package for the new drop-top hatch.
by Andy Goodwin
In a shock move Lada looks set to make its World Touring Car Championship racing debut competing alongside the BMW of British Champion Andy Priaulx.
The Lada 110 racing car took part in its first official test at Oschersleben this week, taking to the track amongst a pack of rampaging BMW 3-Series, Seat Leons, Chevrolet Lacettis and Honda Accords.
by Adrian Higgins
"We've got a spinner" says the voice on the walkie-talkie. I know. I've just spun it.
I'm sitting in the driver's seat of a Mercedes C63 AMG, thirty metres from the test track and wheel-arch-deep in "the rough". Thirty seconds earlier I had been approaching the course's first significant corner with the drivers' aids switched off and a film of water coating the way ahead.
They drink heavily, need constant care and attention and demand huge budgets - they are the car film stars.
As the manic new car film Speed Racer opens this weekend, Vijay Pattni rounds up the top ten films where the car is the star.
The Toyota Prius hybrid isn't just a green car, it's also been judged one of the most reliable and satisfying to own - by 16,000 UK car owners.
The national study included 28 brands and 100 models of car, and it was the Toyota Prius which came out triumphant.
Transporting families is big business in the UK, with most car makers packing at least one MPV in their line-ups.
And now it's the turn of American giant Dodge to offer a practical MPV. Stuart Milne put it through its paces on the roads around Oslo, Norway.
BMW has scooped the 2008 International Engine of the Year award with its twin-turbo 3-litre petrol engine.
The 3-litre twin-turbo unit - as seen in the BMW 135i, BMW 335i, and the new BMW X6 - won the headline award at this year's ceremony, held in Germany.
by Adrian Hearn
A 186mph Spyker C8 Spyder supercar with one of the world's greatest interiors is for sale on Auto Trader.
The Spyker C8 Spyder's aircraft-inspired interior has a host of toggle switches and round dials complimented with quilted seats and exposed gear linkage.
The next two weeks are massive for Manchester United and Chelsea with the two level on points in the Premier League with one game to go and the pair facing each other in the Champions League Final in Moscow.
With both Manchester United and Chelsea in with the chance of doing a historic double, Andy Goodwin looks at who's won the premiership of cars. Read the full story now.
The Right to Repair Campaign has been created by the independent automotive aftermarket in response to potential changes in legislation in Europe that could drive all repair work into the vehicle manufacturers franchised dealerships.
Block Exemption Regulations (BER) were introduced to give the consumer the freedom to choose where he/she had his car maintained without negating manufacturer’s warranties so long as original parts or parts of matching quality had been fitted by the repairer. To enable repairs to be made, the vehicle assembler under BER should make technical information freely available to the independent market.
There are far fewer franchised dealers across the UK than independent repairers. The consumer will be faced with further distance to travel to have a vehicle maintained or repaired and therefore greater cost in both financial terms (fuel) and in terms of time.
The hourly rate of the independent garage is half that of the franchised dealers (source GIPA UK ltd Operation Rate Trends March 2007). The cost to the consumer of repairs could double!
The knock on effect could be that vehicles are serviced less often meaning they operate less efficiently, coupled with increased distances to travel for repair this will create a negative impact on the environment.
Lack of regular servicing will undoubtedly lead to unsafe vehicles on the road at what cost?
With the exception of the Vehicle Assemblers and their dealerships it is in everyone’s interest to ensure that R2RC succeeds in its aim – to ensure that the consumers right to chose where they have their vehicle repaired is protected and to ensure that the repair arena remains a competitive one.
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By accident or design vehicles are more complex and access to information is being restricted in most cases by the price that the vehicle assemblers charge therefore negating the benefits that BER was intended to bring. In addition using a loophole that restricts access to technical information in certain circumstances it is becoming increasingly necessary for vehicles to be sent to the dealership for ‘recommissioning’ even if the repair has been successfully completed by the independent repairer.