Vokswagen has announced prices for its new four-door, four-seater coupe, the Passat CC, which is available to order from retailers across the UK from next week, Friday 16th May. The first cars, if ordered now, will start arriving in the UK in mid-July. The entry-level CC, the 1.8-litre TSI 160 PS will cost £21,040 RRP on the road, with prices rising to £31,120 for the range-topping 3.6-litre V6 300 PS. The Passat CC opens a new market niche for Volkswagen and strengthens the (...)

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Finally! The Bugatti Veyron found its competitor: the 9ff GT9 ! The GT9 is a supercar based on the Porsche 911 GT3, but don't let yourself foolished about this comparison, the vehicle shares only 2% of its components. The engine was modified and moved in the middle of the car due to the better weight distribution. Powered by a 4-liter flat six twin turbo engine capable of developing 987 hp you might believe that the performances of the vehicle are astonishing...well they aren't! The 9ff GT9 (...)

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General Motors announced back in 2005 that the Saab 9-3 will be built in Opel's plant from Russelsheim, Germany. But now the company announced that the future generation 9-3 will be built on a smaller platform, in order to reduce CO2 emissions, so the production will be moved in a Swedish factory. The future 9-3 will be smaller and hence based on a smaller platform. This results in a potential shift away from the Vectra platform to GM's Delta platform. Trollhatten in Sweden (the hometown of (...)

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In testing this morning at Germany's Nurburgring, Cadillac's upcoming new 2009 CTS-V completed a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in 7:59.32. This blistering time appears to be the fastest ever publicly documented for a production sedan. Cadillac is nearing the completion of testing of the highly anticipated CTS-V, the limited-edition high-performance model based on the award-winning CTS sport sedan. John Heinricy, GM Performance Division executive and an acclaimed racing driver, (...)

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A new Ferrari Grand Tourer is in the offing and, in an innovative move, will be revealed to the fans and enthusiasts in a non-traditional way. In the build-up to the new model's official unveiling at the Paris Auto Show next October, we'll be revealing it bit by bit on the dedicated www.ferrarigtcountdown.com site which can also be accessed through the official Ferrari portal at www.ferrariworld.com. Visitors to the site will be guided through a sensory voyage of discovery which, over (...)

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Today the Topspeed team shows you a quick walkthrough of the best auto simulator: the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. As you know, in order to start the gane you have to choose and buy a car. Due to the small amount of credits you have to choose a cheap car and you have to purchase the Honda Integra Type R '04. Then complete the races C-1, C-4, C-5, C-7, C-8, C-9 and C-10. After you did this purchase the Suzuki Cappuccino '95. Complete then the C-2, C-3 and C-6 races and win the Daihatsu OFC-1 '07 (...)

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Here’s the commercial video for the 2008 Moto Guzzi V7 Classic, the revival of Giulio Cesare Carcano’s ’67 Moto Guzzi V7.

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Michael Schumacher is into motorcycling more than everybody expected it to be. Here it is taking photos with pilots on the circuit of Bresse a few days ago and then doing a few statements before it gets rolling on to the circuit. Go Schumi!

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The Flatmobile recently entered the Guinness Book of Records as the lowest street legal car: the car is only 48 cm in hight! The Flatmobile was built by Perry Watkins, a huge fan of the '60s Batmobile (this is also where the name comes!) The car is powered by a jet engine fitted behind the internal combustion engine at the very rear of the car. It is a home built gas turbine jet engine based around a Holset 685 turbocharger from a Volvo FL10 lorry. Two more videos after the (...)

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The seven times World MotoGP Champion, Valentino Rossi has had a great career so far and there's plenty where this came from. By looking at the video attached below you will see all of the Italian pilot's successes and best ever moments as well as the MotoGP teams it's been competing for.

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