Porsche TechArt GTstreetRS (GT2)

This is one Porsche for which you’ll need your brave pills
Locked away in the German countryside is an unassuming light grey building. It’s two storeys high, and a sloping car park on the right hand side dips away to a few garages at the back. To drive down the road, you’d probably go straight past [...]

Volkswagen Polo three-door unveiled

The new three-door Polo, which as we touched on this morning has just received a five-star Euro NCAP result, has been unveiled ahead of its public debut at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

Sharing many of the same lines as its five-door sibling, and indeed the same platform and dimensions, the new Polo three-door boasts a [...]

GM still wants to sell Opel; Germany

Germany believes the management of General Motors Company is still committed to finding a buyer for its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, government officials said after talks with the US carmaker in Berlin.

At a meeting last Friday, GM’s board of directors postponed a decision on management’s proposals to relinquish a controlling stake in Opel either to Canadian [...]

GM angers Germany over Opel decision

The game of brinkmanship that General Motors has been playing over the future of its loss-making European subsidiary, GM Europe, which makes Opel and Vauxhall vehicles, has started to unravel it would seem.

GM has been suggesting for more than a week that it was about to decide between two suitors for Opel/Vauxhall and would announce [...]

Radical smashes own ‘ring record

Now we are not going to become too involved in recording the breaking of lap records at Germany’s famous Nurburgring north circuit, that 22 kilometres of “Green Hell” that so fascinates car racers, but having reported recently on some record attempts we need to finish it off with this one.

Radical Sportscars has broken its own [...]

GM pushing to conclude Opel sale

General Motors Company has no intention of reopening the sale process for its European operations, which build Opel and Vauxhall vehicles, and remains intent on reaching a deal with one of the two remaining bidders as quickly as possible.

GM Chief Financial Officer Ray Young said the company was looking to wrap up the Opel/Vauxhall sale [...]

Germany, GM disagree on Opel future

Canadian car parts maker Magna is still Germany’s preferred partner to take a majority stake in GM Europe, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, setting the stage for a showdown with General Motors over the takeover bids.

Officials from the German government and GM discussed the three offers for the loss-making European subsidiary that builds Opel and [...]

GM gets three final bids for Opel

General Motors said Monday that it had received three binding takeover offers for Opel that it would consider together with the European countries that would be affected by the deal.

In a surprise move, the once heavily favoured consortium of Magna International Inc. and Sberbank changed its plans at the last minute and agreed that they [...]

Magna to buy into Opel – report

Canadian car parts group Magna International has reached a preliminary deal with General Motors to invest in its beleaguered European division Opel/Vauxhall, sources close to the negotiations has told Reuters newsagency today.

The sources said Magna and GM still had to work out details before an expected meeting later today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage – First Steer (Germany)

“Hammering down the autobahn at 302km/h and the V12 Vantage is rock solid, I mean it’s not moving a single millimetre.  Yes, this is the best car Aston Martin has ever made”