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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 ...

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CAR interviews AMG's ex-boss Volker Mornhinweg

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Ben Whitworth, 01 April 2010 10:30

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. ...

McLaren announces new factory, up to 2300 jobs

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Ben Whitworth, 20 May 2009 11:13

McLaren today unveiled a plan to produce its new range of sports cars at a brand new facility situated next to the existing McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. The proposed plant would assemble up to 20 McLaren sports cars a day by 2011, a production rate that would create over 800 automotive jobs and an estimated additional 1500 indirectly in ...

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 ...

McLaren P11 first details: live blog

Ben Whitworth, 16 April 2009 10:01

CAR is reporting live from McLaren's HQ today. Boss Ron Dennis is going to announce the full strategy for his road car business and we're going to bring you a real-time blog of what we see and hear at the Woking-based Technology Centre today. CAR contributing editor Ben Whitworth is off to Surrey and will be filing his thoughts electronically throughout the morning, so tune in ...

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 ...

Pagani Zonda R (2009): first photos

Ben Whitworth, 09 February 2009 09:00

Ever been pootling around the Nürburgring in your Zonda and found it was a mite lacking in grunt? Of course you have. So you - and a couple of other like-minded Zonda owners no doubt – get on the blower to Horacio Pagani and ask him to see if he can spice things up a touch. As you do. The ...

SEMA 2008 show report: Pontiac G8 and Solstice

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Ben Whitworth, 07 November 2008 10:01

According to Pontiac, its G8 GXP Street, G8 ST and Solstice GXP concepts at the SEMA show ‘raise the performance bar even higher, taking style and sportiness to the highest levels’. Time to don your oxygen masks as we scale the dizzy heights of Pontiac’s performance peaks. What exactly is the G8 GXP Street? It sounds interesting… While the standard ...

Lamborghini's latest Christmas gifts

Ben Whitworth, 06 November 2008 14:30

Think Lamborghini and you think outrageous styling, ferocious power and lustrous heritage underpinned by impeccable German engineering. Slick, sophisticated and full of brio. And then you clap your eyes on its latest range of Christmas decorations. Oh dear. Oh dear indeed… It’s baubles, bears, candles and cushions– in matt Nero Noctis black and Mono Cerus white to match the new ...

Peugeot Unveils Hybrid Le Mans Racer

Ben Whitworth, 07 October 2008 13:03

Peugeot used the final round of this season’s Le Mans Series at Silverstone this weekend to show off its new hybrid-powered 908 HDi FAP racer, which features a similar kinetic energy recovery setup to next year’s Formula 1 system.The 908’s ‘HY’ undertook a number of demonstration laps in front of the packed grandstands and showed how Peugeot’s passenger car technology ...

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