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Infiniti is going racing. Sort of. Nissan's luxury arm has signed a high-profile two-year partnership deal with current F1 champions Red Bull Racing. The move, initiated at the end of 2010, will see Infiniti become a key sponsor of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber's team in what the company calls 'a unique triumvirate' with Red Bull Racing and its Alliance ...

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Infiniti signs F1 deal with Red Bull Racing

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Ben Whitworth, 01 March 2011 10:00

CAR interviews AMG's ex-boss Volker Mornhinweg

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Ben Whitworth, 01 April 2010 10:30

Volker Mornhinweg has single-handedly transformed AMG, turning the in-house tuner into a fully fledged and independent supercar manufacturer. During his five-year watch he built up an outstanding team of engineers and designers, and his enthusiasm for fast and dynamic cars was as contagious as it was never-ending. In April he will leave AMG and take on the new role of ...

Top 5 of everything at the Frankfurt motor show

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Ben Whitworth, 16 September 2009 17:21

The top trends at Frankfurt motor show 2009 1. Carbonfibre. From the tub in the oddball Volkswagen L1 to the wing mirrors of the Mercedes SLS, the glossy black woven stuff, both real and fake, is everywhere.2. LED Lights. Impossibly white and bright, no glitzy concept or top-end German model is complete without a liberal sprinkling of the blinding lights. ...

Peugeot’s new RCZ (2009) – first official pictures

Ben Whitworth, 14 July 2009 14:47

Peugeot has pulled the wraps off its new RCZ coupé ahead of its official debut at the Frankfurt motor show in September 2009. Well, when we say wraps, we mean these shadowy silhouettes of the bubble-roofed coupe, along with a few moody shots of it sharing the frame with some hip model incapable of sorting out his tie and collar. ...

Viper sports car division no longer for sale

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Ben Whitworth, 13 July 2009 14:08

Viper’s yo-yoing lifeline looks to be finally secured after ailing parent company Chrysler said the sports car maker was no longer for sale. Rather than killing off its muscle-bound brand, last summer Cerberus-run Chrysler considered selling off the rights to the Viper, hoping to achieve around $10m for the Detroit assembly plant and brand equity to bolster its dwindling cash ...

CAR interviews McLaren Automotive boss Ron Dennis (2009)

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Ben Whitworth, 18 May 2009 12:10

It’s been an interesting start to the year for Ron Dennis. In the past five months he’s pulled out of F1, his race team has been hauled up in front of the FIA like a naughty schoolboy for telling porkies, on-track performance from the 2009 McLaren car has been abysmal at best and now he’s about to launch a range ...

Preview: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 – True Grit

Ben Whitworth, 20 March 2009 16:11

The 2009 Festival of Speed – held this year over the weekend of 3-5 July – will honour motorsport’s endurance heroes with a celebration of Le Mans’ 60th anniversary. ‘The Festival will pay tribute to the men who fought against the odds on the track and won,’ Lord March told CAR Online. ‘With drivers like Jochen Mass, Jacky Ickx, Jackie ...

Mini JCW convertible (2009): first official pictures

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Ben Whitworth, 10 February 2009 12:07

The new UK-built John Cooper Works Convertible will take centre stage on the Mini stand at the Geneva motorshow in February. Priced at a hefty £23,470 and on sale at the end of March, the convertible features the same chassis and powertrain tweaks as the JCW tintop. That’s an awful lot of money for a Mini. What do I get ...

Chevrolet Spark first official pictures

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Ben Whitworth, 10 February 2009 10:05

When it goes sale in the UK in January 2010, Chevrolet will pitch its Spark supermini at well below the £7000 mark to undercut its Hyundai i20, Suzuki Swift and Ford Ka rivals. The Matiz replacement will make its global debut at the Geneva motor show in March, and these are the first images of the car’s rear and cabin. ...

Hyundai HED-6 concept car for next Tucson

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Ben Whitworth, 09 February 2009 14:09

This is a drawing of Hyundai’s concept car that we’ll see at Geneva that will then transform itself by the end of the 2009 into the ix35, the Tucson replacement. Called HED-6, the Hyundai soft-roader is the work of its European design team and the sleek wedgy styling is a world away from the bulbous and anonymous looks of the ...

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