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It's hard to believe it's been two decades since Mazda first showed the world how to build a classic British sports car right. The roadster known as the Miata and MX-5 at different times and places around the world is 20 years old and to celebrate, Mazda has invited 200 examples and their owners from across Europe to a party in France next month at the 24 Hours of LeMans.

Over the course of two decades and three generations, Mazda has sold over 850,000 MX-5s and it remains one of the most entertaining roadsters available. While it's never

Given that the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe is now on sale in Europe, the appearance of various upgrades by Brabus should come as no surprise. In typical Brabus fashion, the available options include everything from power increases to new wheel and tires.

For added power, Brabus punches out the standard 5.5-liter V8 to 6.1-liters, New

You may have seen various reports earlier this week concerning the underpinnings of the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupe. The thrust of the story was the claim that the new midsize coupe was actually built on the smaller C-Class platform instead of the larger, more expensive E-Class sedan architecture.

According to Mercedes-Benz that's not entirely accurate. In a carefully worded statement sent to the media yesterday, Mercedes says that

The car industry's design shakeup isn't over yet, folks. Today has already seen a new head of design at Volvo and at Ford of the Americas, but now the former Ford-family brand, Mazda, has also decided to change things up. Replacing Laurens van den Acker, Ikuo Maeda takes the helm of Mazda's design department starting April 10.

Van den Acker was responsible for three of Mazda's most daring concepts: the Nagare,

With a name like 2010 Cayenne GTS Porsche® Design Edition 3, how can you resist this $89,000 SUV?

Set for export to the U.S. in limited quantities, this gussied up Cayenne GTS features special paint, standard 21-inch SportPlus wheels and sport stripes. The interior gets black leather with contrasting red stitching and Alcantara inserts.

In other words, this special edition Cayenne

Actually the GT-R has been breaking the law since last year. Before then, the Japanese car industry kept its high-performance cars below a ceiling of 280 horsepower, an unwritten, yet very real limit established by the Japanese government back in 1989.

But the Nissan GT-R shattered the glass ceiling with its 480-hp twin-turbo V6. And now the 2009 Nissan GT-R SpecV pushes even farther past the barrier, further

In response to the weak business environment, Mitsubishi announced layoffs totaling 140 employees in its Sales and Credit divisions this morning. The two divisions continue to employee roughly 400 people at Mitsubishi's Cypress, CA headquarters.

In a statement released by the company, Mr. Shinichi Kurihara, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America, said, "It is with great sadness and regret that we must engage in these actions of personnel

With every new Mercedes, there is a new chance for German tuner Brabus to make it better - or uglier depending on your taste for aftermarket bodywork.

In this case, Brabus has taken the upcoming 2010 Mercedes-Benz E550 sedan and punched out its 5.5-liter engine to 6.1-liters. Combined with new camshafts and a reprogrammed ECU, the extra large V8 delivers 456-horsepower and 453 pound-feet of

MERCEDES-BENZ Australia has defended a sales campaign that publicly acknowledges overstocking and invites potential customers to negotiate for the best price.

The Let’s Talk advertising campaign kicked off in February, pointing out that Mercedes needed to clear 2421 vehicles.

This approach came in for some criticism. Panelists on ABC-TV’s advertising program The Gruen Transfer said the campaign could damage the brand.

Mercedes-Benz

This Frankenstein’s monster was created by Mercedes-Benz students when they were asked to build a fuel cell-powered car.The F-Cell roadster draws inspiration from both the Benz Patent Motor Car of 1886 and modern Mercedes sports cars such as the SLR. The vehicle has an emissions-free fuel cell system in the back and packs a power rating of 1.2 kW (1.5bhp). Its top speed is 15mph and the car has a range of 218