http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashxCAR Online RSS Feed(c) 2012, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30After last week's leak, here is the official announcement of the Renault Alpine A110-50. These new photos reveal a mid-engined sports car shadowing the Renault Dezir, but with an Alpine twist. As hinted at by that name, the A110-50 doffs...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Renault-Alpine-A110-50-first-official-pics/Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:00 GMTNewsWelcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hourFriday 25 May 2012• The Swiss competition authorities have fined BMW $163 million for restricting...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/News-watch-May-2012-todays-auto-industry-news/Fri, 25 May 2012 10:30:00 GMTNewsPorsche will extensively modify the Panamera in April 2013, CAR can disclose. The facelift is said to be so heavy that it almost looks like a new car, according to those who've seen the revised 2013 Porsche Panamera. With any...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Panamera-facelift-2013-all-new-Panamera-Mk2/Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsThis is the new 2012 BMW 6-series Gran Coupe – and it’s been a long time coming. Such is the pace of the modern automotive industry that as soon as one (usually premium German) manufacturer finds a new niche, its...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-640d-M-Sport-Gran-Coupe-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTReviews‘JESUS CHRIST… WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING?’ yelled the missus as we gleefully fled the gloriously under-briefed baby sitter the other evening… Mea culpa; the last time I drove the VW Golf GTI 35 was in hot pursuit...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/VW-Golf-GTI-35-2012-CAR-review/Thu, 24 May 2012 17:41:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Nissan GT-R Track Pack, a stripped-down, pumped-up Japanese coupe with designs on the 911 GT3. A GT-R GT3? Isn’t what the Spec V was all about. The GT-R Spec V was certainly the hardcore GT-R, but it was...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Nissan-GTR-track-pack/Thu, 24 May 2012 09:59:00 GMTReviewsBMW is readying the next generation of Mini, codenamed F56 and due to be shown in late 2013, probably at the Frankfurt motor show. CAR magazine's spy photographers caught the new Mini Mk3 on test at the Nurburgring in Germany...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mini-Cooper-S-2014-spy-photos-from-the-Nurburgring/Wed, 23 May 2012 18:02:00 GMTSpy ShotsIt’s amazing how your views on things can change once you actually give something a go. I’ve got to admit I read the Sportage blurb with some cynicism before it arrived, particularly the Sport bit. OK, the looks are ‘sporty’...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Kia-Sportage-20-CRDi-2012-long-term-test-review/Wed, 23 May 2012 17:40:00 GMTReviewsMazda and Fiat today announced a new deal to develop future sports cars jointly. A new affordable Alfa Romeo roadster will be built - in Japan - from 2015. The non-binding memorandum of understanding covers the development and manufacturing of a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Alfa-Romeo-roadster-to-be-twinned-with-Mazda-MX-5/Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:00 GMTNewsThe first photo has leaked of Renault's new Alpine sports car, the A110-50. It's a concept car due to be shown at the Monaco grand prix this weekend, according to online reports of an official announcement due on Friday 25...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Alpine-A110-50-concept-car-2012-first-picture-leaks/Tue, 22 May 2012 13:07:00 GMTNewsRemember the Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari, the hyper-expensive hot hatch fettled with some help from Maranello? Well now Fiat has tuned up its baby 500C convertible pocket rocket with assistance from Maserati. The new limited-edition Abarth 695 Maserati Edition will...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Abarth-695-Maserati-Edition-2012-first-pictures/Tue, 22 May 2012 11:19:00 GMTNewsAMG has dropped its new bi-turbo V8 into the boxy old G-class to transform the G55 into the even more powerful G63 AMG. It’s certainly rapid, but don’t cancel that Cayenne Turbo order just yet More power for the 2012...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-G63-AMG-2012-CAR-review/Tue, 22 May 2012 10:29:00 GMTReviewsIs our VW Touareg 3.0 TDI good value? 22 May 2012 In another life, Rory Lumsden, VW’s PR manager was a magazine sub editor tasked with polishing my road test words when we both worked at Autocar. Seems like old...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Volkswagen-Touareg-30-TDI-2011-long-term-test-review/Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:00 GMTReviewsAudi’s first new A3 for nine years is also our first glimpse at the new MQB platform, the building block of every major transverse-engined car in the VW empire for the next few years. It’s been nine years since the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Audi-A3-18-TFSi-S-Line/Mon, 21 May 2012 13:55:00 GMTReviewsThe first of seven new Audi Q models lands in 2014 - the new Audi Q7. These spyshots of a current Q7 show a working mule testing elements bound for the next model due in two years' time. There will...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Audi-Q7-2014-what-to-expect-from-the-next-Q7/Mon, 21 May 2012 12:25:00 GMTSpy ShotsMore long trips in our Mercedes CLS - 21 May 2012 My wife has left me. I am 700 miles from home, on crutches with a right knee that has all the structural integrity of blancmange, and in two days’...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Mercedes-CLS-250-CDI-2012-long-term-test/Mon, 21 May 2012 12:01:00 GMTReviewsLexus has refreshed its RX premium off-roader with a slew of new gadgets, a facelifted snout, a few small engineering upgrades and extra equipment. Sold in the UK only as the RX450h hybrid, you'll spot the new 2012 edition by...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Lexus-RX450h-hybrid---2012s-facelift-revealed/Mon, 21 May 2012 11:20:00 GMTNewsAnorak corner! Here's how you tell the difference between a V6 and a V8 Jaguar F-type. Our recent spate of F-type spyshots reveal two different exhaust layouts - and this is one of the styling signifiers distinguishing between the bottom-rung...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-Type-2013-scooped/Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:00 GMTSpy ShotsSo absolutely has the company hung its hat on the environmentally-conscientious peg of hybrid drive technology of late that, until the arrival of this new 2+2, the fastest accelerating production Toyota was… Ta-daaah! The Land Cruiser V8. Mercifully, and not...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Toyota-FT86-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 18 May 2012 10:20:00 GMTReviewsHow depressing that, according to so many motoring pundits, the headline grabbing star of the recent Beijing Auto show was a 600bhp V12 Lamborghini SUV. The new Rambo Lambo is about as in tune with the modern mood as a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Gavin-Green-Blog/How-China-will-influence-your-next-car/Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTBlogsThe key to unlocking our Lotus Evora S – 17 May 2012 As you’ll read about in the new June 2012 issue (out now) the entire CAR team recently decamped to north Wales for a few days of thrashing each others long-termers around...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Lotus-Evora-S-22-2012-long-term-test-review/Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:00 GMTReviewsIs Bentley planning to enter the 2013 Dakar rally with a race version of its new Range Rover-rivaling luxury SUV? CAR has uncovered early plans suggesting that Crewe is preparing to do exactly that, helping give its EXP 9F 4x4 a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Bentley-to-enter-Dakar-rally-with-new-SUV/Thu, 17 May 2012 12:15:00 GMTNewsPorsche has already confirmed its new smaller SUV called Macan - and here it is. Our new spyshots of the Macan baby 4x4 reveal the size and shape of the new soft-roader to slot beneath the Cayenne. The Macan goes...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Macan-2014-scooped-/Thu, 17 May 2012 10:09:00 GMTSpy ShotsWe switch our Mini Coupe off its run-flats on to ‘normal’ tyres. Does it improve the ride? - 16 May 2012 Everyone that has been a passenger in the Mini has quickly commented on how hard and unyielding the ride...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Mini-Coupe-Cooper-SD-2012-long-term-test-review/Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:00 GMTReviewsSome people will scoff at this, but I like to think of myself as a fair and considerate driver: I don’t undertake people, I don’t tailgate (okay, I sometimes give dodderers a gentle push out of the fast lane, and...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Road-rage-and-me-a-personal-view/Wed, 16 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTBlogsThe countdown is on to the unveiling of the new 2012 Range Rover, due in just a few months' time over this Olympic summer. And you can tell its debut is nearing as the camouflage continues to drop off the new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Range-Rover-2012-clearest-photos-yet/Tue, 15 May 2012 21:05:00 GMTSpy ShotsIn April 2012 we brought you the first spyshots of the new Aston Martin DBS - and today we've got the next round of photos of the car that will replace the top-dog Aston Martin V12 supercar. This DBS prototype...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Aston-Martins-new-DBS-replacing-supercar-2012-spied/Tue, 15 May 2012 10:45:00 GMTSpy ShotsWe've driven the famous Jaguar XJR-8 Le Mans race car in the new June 2012 issue of CAR Magazine – and to mark the occasion we have three pairs of VIP tickets to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to give...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Competitions/Win-VIP-tickets-to-Goodwood-festival-of-speed-2012/Tue, 15 May 2012 10:25:00 GMTNewsJaguar continues to test the new F-type roadster - and this is the first time we've seen the final stage prototypes on the public road in the UK. Until now, we've only used the official hand-out shots of a camouflaged...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-Type-2013-final-prototypes-spied-spyshots/Mon, 14 May 2012 16:04:00 GMTSpy ShotsChevrolet will show this new baby SUV called the Trax at the 2012 Paris motor show, before UK sales start in spring 2013. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Chevrolet showed a concept car called Trax at the New York auto...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Chevrolet-Trax-2013-first-official-picture/Mon, 14 May 2012 15:25:00 GMTNewsThe key to a comfy saloon - 14 May 2012 Audi, BMW and Mercedes. These are the names that the government-approved Road Test Computer throws out when you key it to search for Jaguar XF rivals. Fair enough. The computer...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Jaguar-XF-22D-2012-long-term-test-review/Mon, 14 May 2012 12:12:00 GMTReviewsThis is the new BMW M135i, a 316bhp hot hatch and the fifth model to emerge from BMW's new M Performance Automobiles tuning arm. We've already seen the 5-series (in saloon and Touring guises) and the X5 and X6 with triple-turbo...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/BMW-M135i-2012-first-official-picttures/Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 GMTNewsBMW has unveiled the new 3-series Touring estate. It goes on sale on 22 September 2012 in UK dealers, priced from £26,180. Although not a big seller globally - it accounts for just 6% of 3-series sales globally - the Touring...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/BMW-3-series-Touring-estate-2012-first-official-pictures/Mon, 14 May 2012 10:37:00 GMTNewsMini has unveiled the new top-dog Mini John Cooper Works GP - a limited edition, very fast, very expensive Mini hot hatch. Just 2000 Mini GP editions will be built, with first sales due for late 2012. Yes, it's a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Mini-John-Cooper-Works-GP-2012-first-official-pictures/Sat, 12 May 2012 11:00:00 GMTNewsTaking over and overtaking in the RS3 - 11 May 2012  As Anthony ffrench-Constant will soon be performing certain Civic duties, the CAR office has commandeered his RS3 Sportback for a couple of months before it returns to the Audi Mothership....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Audi-RS3-2012-long-term-test-review/Fri, 11 May 2012 11:30:00 GMTReviewsSaab Parts UK has secured the sale of the last 26 right-hand drive Saab 9-3 convertibles for customers in the UK. The final batch of convertible Swedish metal will be sold through 87 Saab authorised repairers in lieu of a dealer network. Saab...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/The-last-of-the-Saab-9-3-convertibles/Fri, 11 May 2012 11:08:00 GMTNewsThe Porsche Panamera GTS makes all the right noises, feels almost as fast as a Panamera Turbo and is kitted out accordingly. If your budget does not stretch to the Turbo S, this is the Panamera to have. But beware...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-Panamera-GTS-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 11 May 2012 10:31:00 GMTReviewsVauxhall has called its new city car Adam. Pause for cynicism. On the face of it, this is plain silly, a clumsy lurch towards cutesy personalisation in the face of wave after wave of the meaninglessly generic names/numbers favoured by...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Greg-Fountain-Blog/Why-Vauxhall-should-be-more-about-RAKe-than-Adam/Thu, 10 May 2012 12:55:00 GMTBlogsPeugeot has released pictures of its first 208-derived rally car. Peugeot says the 208 R2 has been under development since the standard model was announced in 2011, and promises to reveal two more motorsport-bred 208s by the end of 2012. What...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Peugeot-Sport-announce-new-208-rally-racer/Thu, 10 May 2012 12:30:00 GMTNews  Audi's MMI system: does the A1's jukebox work? 10 May 2012 I love my music and when I found that the A1 could store music in its own jukebox, I was excited. This pleasure soon turned to doubt and then complete...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/Audi-A1-16-TDI-S-line-2011-long-term-test-review/Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:00 GMTReviewsBMW is working on the next 1-series convertible - but it will arrive in 2014 badged as a 2-series. Given the number and variety of separate models coming from BMW, it comes as no surprise that some name-shuffling is necessary. Like Mercedes, Munich...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-2-Series-Revealed/Thu, 10 May 2012 10:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsAudi is preparing a new baby SUV, dubbed Q2, for launch in late 2013. Revealed here in our artist's impression taken from the May 2012 issue of CAR Magazine, the Audi Q2 would be the smallest 4x4 yet from a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Audis-Q2-and-more-Qs-too/Wed, 09 May 2012 12:29:00 GMTSpy ShotsAfter a few years on the naturally-aspirated temperance wagon, the AMG-fettled SL V8 is back on the boost, with a downsized twin-turbo engine and all-new aluminium clothes. Read on for CAR Magazine's first drive review of the new 2012 Merc...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-SL63-AMG-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 09 May 2012 11:44:00 GMTReviewsBit of a surprise, Chevrolet's new Aveo supermini; pretty good looking inside and out, and, on an all-new platform, a rather tidy performer to boot. I must confess to having quickly given up the frantic, five-speed stick stirrings necessary to...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Chevrolet-Aveo-12-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 09 May 2012 11:00:00 GMTReviewsSteel brakes clogging up on our M5 - 8 May 2012 Had a quick peek at the M5’s cross-drilled brake discs the other day and noticed they were clogged with carbon deposits. Every hole on the front discs is full,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/Long-term-tests/BMW-M5-2012-long-term-test-review/Tue, 08 May 2012 17:01:00 GMTReviewsThe Toyota RAV4 has been turned into the only all-electric SUV on the market after a heart transplant from Tesla Motors.  The RAV4 EV has been given batteries and drivetrain bits from the Silicon Valley start-up to turn Toyota's most popular SUV into an electric-only...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Toyota-RAV4-EV-debuts-with-help-from-Tesla-Motors/Tue, 08 May 2012 16:19:00 GMTNewsWe deal with new cars here at CAR Online, but every now and again an oldie captures our attention and we just have to go and drive it. The Mk1 1965 Lotus Cortina you see here ticks that box, especially...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Driving-the-classics-Lotus-Cortina-1965-CAR-review/Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:00 GMTBlogsVauxhall has revealed the name for its new city car – the car previously dubbed Junior will in fact be called the Adam. It’s one of the more oddball car names we’ve heard recently. As well as announcing the Adam...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Vauxhall-calls-its-new-city-car-the-Adam/Tue, 08 May 2012 13:25:00 GMTNewsFord’s Australian outpost has built its most powerful car ever: the Ford Performance Vehicles Boss 335 GT. That’s 335 kilowatts, by the way: 450bhp to you and me, from a supercharged five-litre V8 engine shoe-horned into the bodyshell of Ford’s...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-FPV-Falcon-GT-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTReviewsVauxhall and Opel will announce the name of its new city car - codenamed Junior and bound to replace the Agila - next week. It has issued an unusual comic strip announcing the fact that the Vauxhall Junior's name will...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Vauxhall-Junior---the-name-will-be-announced-on-8-May-/Fri, 04 May 2012 11:37:00 GMTNews