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Thursday's Paris blow may not be the death knell for Marussia. At the strategy group meeting, Force India and other rival teams blocked the ailing backmarker's bid to return as Manor this year by using its 2014 car. But Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims on Friday that Manor has a new plan. "The team will attempt to get a car ready for the new regulations for the third race in Shanghai," correspondent Tobias Gruner reported. Under the current rules, teams reportedly may miss up to...

Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations Managing Director John Edwards has revealed the company could revive the Jaguar XK SS for a limited production run. Speaking to Autovisie, Edwards said the company is looking for a follow up to the 'new' Lightweight E-Type that was introduced last year. He went on to say the company is considering three or four models and the XK SS is a "major contender." As he explained, 25 XK SS models were built but nine of them were destroyed in a fire. This gives...

Meet the World's Most Expensive Car According to Forbes: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Country of Origin: Italy Engine: 750-hp, 6.5-liter, 12-cylinder 0-62 mph: 2.9 seconds Starting price: $4.5 million Lamborghini says it plans to build only nine copies of the Lamborghini Veneno Roadster in 2014. Among many other innovations its lightweight body design makes extensive use of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer. Top speed is 221 mph.

The 2015 QMMF Qatar International Rally officially got underway with the ceremonial start outside the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation’s headquarters on the Salwa road in Doha on Thursday afternoon.   Ahead of a dozen cars and competitors from 11 nations lie 12 punishing desert special stages that will decide the outcome of the opening round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC).   Nine of the drivers attended the official pre-event press conference at the QMMF on...

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Audi has released a hilarious new video which mimics the "infamous" elevator scene from Fifty Shades of Grey. Staring Saturday Night Live cast member Vanessa Bayer, the clip shows the actress trying to seduce random men in an elevator. This doesn't go terribly well as her pickup lines - such as "I'm working out right now... kegels... making everything real strong" - fall flat. The four-ringed brand will be well represented in the film as charcters will drive a number of Audi models...

Michael Schumacher's son is set to begin down his own road to formula one. Following in the footsteps of his father and also uncle Ralf, 15-year-old Mick - who has raced karts in recent years under the pseudonym 'Mick Junior' - is reportedly about to tread into the world of single-seater cars. Dutch reports say he is close to signing for Van Amersfoort's Formula 4 outfit. Last year, Max Verstappen - only two years older than Mick - leapt straight from a F3 campaign with Van Amersfoort into...

Monisha Kaltenborn has joined those who are impressed with the progress made by beleaguered great Ferrari over the winter. Like the Maranello based works team, the Swiss outfit Sauber has made an obvious step forward ahead of the 2015 season. The common element is Ferrari's improved V6 'power unit' package. "From the data we have here," Sauber team boss and co-owner Kaltenborn told the Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell at Jerez, "we assume that Ferrari has made a big step...

McLaren only recently announced the “Super Series” with the news it would be unveiling the 675 LT in Geneva. But it’s been building models for the family of carbon-fiber supercars ever since the 12C launched back in 2011. Since then, it has managed to shift 5,000 units, thanks in part to the introduction of the 650S and Asia-only 625C that also make up the range. The 5,000th car is a Volcano Yellow 650S Coupe that rolled off the production line yesterday (February 2) and is destined for a...

As per the engine 'freeze' rules, 2014 manufacturers Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari have been allowed to upgrade their turbo V6s by a value of up to 48 per cent since the end of last season. Still, the slight relaxing of the homologation rules - the so-called 'unfreeze' - continues to cause controversy. After the 2014 suppliers found a loophole to keep upgrading their engines beyond the start of the forthcoming season, newcomer Honda pushed for the same right. The FIA eventually...