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Ford's 2014 Focus RS to trade on old-school fun

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

the CAR team, 08 February 2013 15:00

Ford's next Focus RS super-hatch will stick with a front-wheel drive, manual gearbox recipe, according to company sources. That's fighting talk, as the likes of Mercedes (A45 AMG) and Audi (RS3 Sportback) have turned to all-wheel drive for their hot hatches. Even BMW offers its M135i in four-wheel drive xDrive guise. It's also a shot across the bows of Renaultsport – the new RS Clio ...

Porsche Panamera facelift (2013) spied in Nurburgring testing

Rated 3 out of 53

Jonathan Burn, 18 January 2013 11:30

The new facelifted Porsche Panamera has been spotted undergoing high-performance testing at the Nurburgring. Porsche is in the latter stages of developing the revised Panamera, which'll team front- and rear end overhauls with a tweak for the S model's powertrain. How different will the 2013 Porsche Panamera look? Up front, there's a square-jawed front bumper with reprofiled intake shapes nicked from the ...

Ford Focus RS (2014) first details of 350bhp hot hatch

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Phil McNamara, 17 February 2012 07:00

Ford’s third-generation Focus RS is shaping up, with an all-new four-cylinder engine good for 350bhp, and with clever tech to help the front wheels put that hefty power down.   The bad news is that the RS is unlikely to surface before 2014-15, although Ford executives are considering unleashing it earlier in the car’s lifecycle than with previous generations. The good ...

Hyundai i20 facelift (2012) scooped in Europe

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 25 January 2012 07:03

Hyundai is readying a series of mid-life pick-me-ups for a facelifted i20 supermini to be shown in the next month. Visible under the disguise of these prototypes is a new headlamp style and front bumper - designed to bring the i20 in line with the latest Hyundai design look. Judging by the camouflage at the rear of the i20, a similar ...

Mercedes SL (2012) spied on test

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Pulman, 28 July 2011 11:30

BMW might have the 6-series, Jaguar the XK, and there's Maserati's GranCabrio to consider too, but nothing is quite like the SL, Mercedes' big roadster which mixes coupe security with roadster style. And there's a new one on the way in 2012, which our spies have snapped on test in mainland Europe.  The current Mercedes SL has been around since 2002, so ...

Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer (2011) new spy photos

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 29 April 2010 10:02

This is the new 2011 Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer, the estate version of the new Astra hatch. We won’t see the car officially until June 2010, but our spies have papped it near GM Europe’s German development base. You can clearly see a slicker style in these spy shots: the roof is more raked, the tailgate less perpendicular than today’s ...

VW Golf GTI-R (Mk6): Volkswagen’s hotter hatch (2009)

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 12 March 2009 10:49

Volkswagen is secretly readying an even harder, faster Golf GTI to launch in autumn 2009. Badged the VW Golf GTI-R, the hotter hatch will follow the classic performance recipe of more power and lighter weight to switch the Golf GTI (Mk6) from slick and sensible fast hatchback back into a proper pocket rocket again. Our sources in Germany indicate that ...

Mini Crossover SUV (2010): the CAR spy video

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 11 February 2009 09:00

Still struggling to get a handle on how big and butch the Mini Crossover SUV will be? Our detectives in Scandinavia have filmed these clips of the new Mini 4x4 testing in the snow for CAR's latest spy video. Click on the player below to watch the new 2010 Mini SUV in action. We reckon it's a pretty close rival ...

Gordon Murray Design T25 city car: the scoop (2008)

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard (artist's impressions by Motor Forecast), 30 October 2008 21:27

CAR Online today exclusively reveals how two versions of Gordon Murray Design’s radical new T25 city car will look when they go on sale in Europe and Japan in 2012. And we can disclose that – in a departure from Murray’s initial plans – the T25 could go on sale in the Unites States just two years later. The first ...

VW Up: the inside story (2011)

Rated 3 out of 53

Georg Kacher (artist's impression by Larson), 12 September 2008 09:00

CAR Online today publishes a secret dossier on the new VW Up – revealing everything we know about the diminutive new city car from Wolfsburg. We've already revealed how the Up will switch from rear- to front-engined, but today we flesh out the rest of the story. Dubbed New Small Family (NSF), Volkswagen's new baby now follows the template set ...

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