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Lamborghini continues to upgrade the Gallardo even in Blancpain Super Trofeo racing trim. The 2013 LP 570-4 Super Trofeo will race in next year's Super Trofeo series and gets a 120% improvement in aerodynamic efficiency over the 2012 ...

The upgrade also improves the physics and adds new game modes

Renault is partnering with mobile game developer Gameloft for the update to Asphalt 8: Airborne on iOS and Android devices. The latest car added to the game with the update is the Renaultsport Clio 200. It will hold a 10-day competition in the gam...

Research conducted by Continental Tyres has found that junk has taken over our garages while our cars have to sleep out on the street. According to the study amongst 2000 drivers, less than every third vehicle owner is actually using the garag...

It also gets a chassis with more carbon fiber stiffening

Gazoo Racing, one of Toyota’s racing teams, will return to the Nürburgring 24 Hours in June with a new, experimental version of the LFA. The LFA Code X packs a V10 that has been bored to 5.3 liters, up from 4.8 liters in the standar...

Saves company from shutting down

Geely will purchase Manganese Bronze Holding, makers of London Taxi Company TX4 black cabs, for £11.04 million (€12.8 million or $17.3 million). The company already owned 20% of the company.  Under the purchase, Geely...

It will aim at Europe first, then the United States

Chinese automaker Geely intends to use its ownership of Volvo to develop more export-friendly cars that will go to Europe first and later to the United States. The first co-developed car is scheduled to be ready in 2015.  "Our acquis...

German, Porsche tuner Gemballa has created a new version of the 991-chassis Porsche Cabriolet that Gemballa calls the GT. The GT includes a full body kit, larger brakes, uprated suspension, performance exhaust and forged wheels. There are no engin...

Car gets unique body kit, wheels and interior

Gemballa has introduced their GT Spider based on the McLaren 12C Spider, and while the tuner does nothing to the engine, the GT Spider gets upgrades to the interior, exterior and wheels. Gemballa adds a carbon fiber body kit, high-quality leat...

Gemballa has revealed its new GT Aero 2 body kit for the second generation Porsche Cayenne that is a modular add-on to its GT Aero body kit released earlier this year. It also has new 22in wheels for the Cayenne. The GT Aero 2 kit adds fender ...

General Motors and NASA have been working together to develop a set of robotic gloves for human use that augment human grip strength to reduce repetitive stress injuries.  The gloves, which are know as the K-glove, Robo-Glove or Human Gra...