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2013 Dodge Viper Rolls Out with Help from Ferrari on Interior with Videos
After months of teasing, Chrysler has finally taken the wraps off of the new SRT 2013 Viper, and in a little surprise it will be racing in the American Le Mans Series. SRT is moving the vehicle into the 21st century with cruise control, stability control and traction control.  The Viper retains the same 8.4l V10 as previous Vi... read >

Volkswagen Commercial Launches Oldtimer Restoration Service
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has begun an olditmer restoration service that will focus on the VW Type 2 Bus. The 7,000m² facility in Hannover has been restoring buses since 2007, but VW is now expanding this service out to private owners who want to send their buses for the highest level restoration. The service employs 13 w... read >

Tops and Flops at Geneva
Tops: Lamborghini Aventador J – We may as well get off to a flyer here and start with Lamborghini’s Aventador J. This kind of car is exactly what Lamborghini need, it’s lairy to look at and completely different to anything else at the show. The standard Aventador and Gallardo are good to drive and great to look at... read >

Fuel saving technologies: Part 1
Start/Stop It is easy to think that start-stop technology was invented by BMW in the second half of the last decade. BMW refined and developed the technology but it actually originated in Japan in the mid-1970’s. With the recently increased emphasis on fuel saving and the reduction of CO2 emissions start/stop technology has a... read >

Name That Car!
You claim to be a true petrol head? We will put you to the test! Prove yourself a true car expert and tell us which model you see in this picture.   Search for the correct answer on our car encyclopedia. The one who gets it first, is rewarded with 1000 Vivas for the Autoviva shop. And if you guess it first thr... read >