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The upcoming Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is already the king of the 'Ring, but as yet we haven't had a close look at one. That's about to change. While CarAdvice is yet to get up close and personal with the Raging Bull's new flagship, the guys over at Top Gear have, and they've posted a cool video of it. Follow Ollie Marriage as he gives you the run-down of what's to come – it's the first time we've heard of the SVJ's power figure, too, at 760hp (567kW).

Harald Krüger, chairman for the board of management at BMW AG, has confirmed the 8 Series Convertible and four-door 8 Series Gran Coupe will launch next year, in addition to a production version of the upcoming iNext concept.

Toyota and Isuzu agreed to work together on diesel engine development in 2006, as well as explore other collaborative projects. As part of the agreement Toyota purchased 50 million shares in Isuzu, equating at the time to about 5.9 per cent of the automaker's stock.

The upcoming BMW X7 has been leaked in patent renderings this week, obtained by a Brazilian automotive publication. Motor1 Brazil found the filing on Brazil's National Institute of Industrial Property website, containing a series of images supposedly confirming the exterior design of the new X7. As expected, the new SUV flagship looks quite a lot like the Concept X7 iPerformance previewing it at last year's Frankfurt motor show.