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General Motors Europe's Vauxhall brand is to launch the next VXR8 GTS in December, its version of Holden's just-announced HSV GEN-F GTS. Both are powered by the 576bhp supercharged V8 from the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is one of those cars I liked more than I thought I would. The

BMW has revealed details and images of project F15, the third generation X5. The new model will have its public debut at September's Frankfurt motor show.

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The new ready-built, entry-level Caterham Seven will feature a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine

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The new ready-built, entry-level Caterham Seven will feature a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine

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The new ready-built, entry-level Caterham Seven will feature a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine

News 5 Aug, 2013

The new ready-built, entry-level Caterham Seven will feature a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine

News 5 Aug, 2013

The new ready-built, entry-level Caterham Seven will feature a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine

Ford is joining rivals including Renault, VW and PSA in offering a car-sharing scheme in Europe, where demand for the service is expected to surge to 15 million users by the end of the decade from 700,000 now.

BMW is planning to recruit unemployed young Spaniards to work in Germany in a program that could be expanded to Italy or Greece

Automotive News Europe salutes the winners of the 2013 Rising Stars awards. Every day until June 12 one of the 18 winners will be featured. Today's Rising Star is Marc Girard, head of interior design at BMW.

McLaren forecasts that sales in Asia will more than double this year on demand from China as the carmaker prepares to open its first four dealerships in the market.

Ford is joining rivals including Daimler, VW and PSA in offering a car-sharing scheme in Europe, where demand for the service is expected to surge to 15 million users by the end of the decade from 700,000 now.

From GMM

German-language publication Speed Week has named Ford as a potential candidate to return to formula one after the new V6 rules debut in 2014.

Honda, having pulled out at the end of 2008, has already announced its return with McLaren in 2015, but Toyota and BMW have denied speculation they are also tempted by the sport's incoming, automobile industry-relevant engine rules.

Speed Week, however, is now mentioning Ford.

Ford bought Sir Jackie Stewart's team in 1999, rebranding it Jaguar Racing, but pulling out of F1 at the end of 2004.

The Milton Keynes based team was subsequently sold to current champions Red Bull.

From GMM

F1 teams will still have to agree to the introduction of altered tires at Silverstone late next month.

Pirelli announced in a statement on Wednesday that teams will try the changes in Friday practice in Montreal next weekend, "in order to provide some testing time before any new range of tyres is introduced".

"Following feedback from the teams and drivers, the new specification of tire is then set to be introduced from the British grand prix," added Pirelli.

But a Pirelli spokesperson clarified that, following the Canada trial, teams will still have to agree.

"(The Canada test) gives everyone a chance to test them and hopefully all agree," she said.

Photo: Pirelli

From GMM

Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves has slammed formula one for being "all politics".

"F1? It's a bunch of politics," he told Forbes magazine. "It's all politics. Every sport has politics, but it's so bad. Who you know, who you contact -- that's what it's all about."

"They don't care if you are good. They don't care if you are a great person. It feels like Hollywood business. But that's exactly what it is," said the Brazilian.

Bernie Ecclestone and Paul Hembery. (Photo: Pirelli)

The 38-year-old Indycar driver said that, of F1's 24 current drivers, he also respects five.

"I think Alonso, Felipe Massa is a friend of mine, Schumacher. Schumacher is not racing anymore, but ... I think Lou..eh, no. I would say Sebastian Vettel. Even Mark Webber. He is a good driver," he said.

"That's it. The rest of it is just prima donna drivers and spoiled kids."

Helio Castroneves insists his opinion about F1 is not because he was never given a chance to succeed at the pinnacle of motor sport.

"I did get a chance," he said, "but I respect much more what Roger (Penske) did to me. Loyalty and what an incredible team that I wouldn't even think about changing."

Helio Castroneves, Penske Racing. (Photo: LAT/IndyCar)

On the heels of our Top 10 Mustangs, we give you our Top 10 Camaros. Now, the Camaro kinda owes its existence to the Ford, but in less time than it takes to hit 100 km/h in a 2013 ZL1, the Camaro created its own world.

The Chevrolet Camaro saw the light of day as a 1967 model alongside its then twin, the Pontiac Firebird. The Camaro's future was laid before it the moment the media began buzzing. The Camaro was going to be raced, modified and adored.

Over the years, as with the Mustang, numerous versions and special editions of this car were created.

Here is our top 10 list of our favourite Camaros of all time:

1967 Yenko Camaro

Photo: Tracy / Flickr

Don Yenko of Yenko Chevrolet was a man who made the Camaro truly competitive against the likes of the Plymouth Barracuda and Ford Mustang in the late ‘60s. One of his tricks consisted in dropping a Corvette 427ci V8 on Camaro hoods, something GM would not do...

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CUVs remain an important part of most car manufacturers' lineups. As money-makers, CUVs need to be appealing, read desirable. In fourteen years of BMW X5, 1.3 million units have been spoken for. It's a winner.

The 2014 BMW X5 marks the arrival of the 3rd generation and it promises to be better at everything than ever. The vehicle's new shell once again blends sportiness, elegance all with a calculated dose of modern BMW styling cues. The drive is expected to be nothing short of dynamic.

This new X5 marks the first time that it will be offered with RWD and it will be known as the sDrive35i. We doubt it will be made available in Canada therefore our entry level X5 will be the xDrive35i. Both will utilize the turbocharged 3.0L I-6. The xDrive50i will make use of the 4.4L TwinPower Turbo V8.

Photo: BMW

You might not want to look too closely at every inch of your brand new Fiat 500L as random obscene messages may offend you.

The president of Independent Trade Unions at the Fiat Automobiles Serbia factory confirmed that, yes, quite a few of the brand new Fiat 500Ls that rolled out of the Serbian factory left with angry messages etched on them somewhere as a form of protest by factory workers.

As a form of revolt, several Fiat workers took to vandalizing the new 500Ls with obscene messages directed at factory owners to protest low wages and the inability to take smoking breaks. Using screwdrivers, they carved their messages onto the new vehicles.

Source: www.worldcarfans.com

Photo: Fiat

From GMM

Mercedes director and team co-owner Toto Wolff is refusing to say he is worried about potential penalties as a result of the secret Pirelli tire test.

Although Jenson Button said he senses a "slapped wrist" might be the outcome, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko likened the affair to 'spygate', where McLaren was excluded from the constructors' championship in 2007 and fined $100m.

"I think it's not up to us to talk about sanctions or to express concerns," Wolff told DPA news agency.

"It will be a controlled process, and we respect the authority of the FIA. Everything is run very professionally and transparently, and so I have great confidence in the process," he added.

Photo: WRi2

Red Bull and Ferrari were the only teams to formally protest the Mercedes test, but it is believed most other rival bosses have a similar view.

"They all say 'We're behind you'," said a cynical Christian Horner. "Just four miles back."

But Eric Boullier, boss of the Lotus team, said he is concerned that notwithstanding Pirelli's contract with the FIA, Mercedes broke the sporting regulations.

"There is a sporting regulation in place, there is even a testing agreement in place between the teams," he is quoted by the Sun newspaper.

Marussia's Graeme Lowdon agreed: "My understanding is we're not allowed to test in season and from what I understand, that was an in-season test. I'm sure it will be investigated with the vigour required."

Mika Salo, a former Ferrari and Sauber driver and an occasional FIA steward, thinks teams are angry because of the 'secret' nature of the Barcelona test.

"Paul Hembery did hours of press conferences on Thursday and Friday and he didn't mention the test -- actually he complained that developing tires is so difficult for Pirelli because there is no testing," Salo told the Finnish broadcaster MTV3.

"He forgot to mention that he had just done three days with Mercedes."

Gerhard Berger thinks both Pirelli and Mercedes are to blame.

"I would not excuse Pirelli," he told Servus TV. "But if Pirelli has failed to clarify something, it is up to Mercedes to really make sure it was clarified."

There is now speculation the 'secret test' affair could cost Pirelli its place in formula one.

Red Bull's Christian Horner is quoted by EFE news agency: "They are a competent company. Yes, they have pushed the boundaries with its products a little, but the problem is not Pirelli, but the way all of this has happened, the lack of transparency."