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November a strong month for car sales

U.S. auto sales--led by BMW, American Honda and Volkswagen Group--rose 15 percent to 1.14 million in November, exceeding analysts' forecasts and setting the stage for the industry to finish 2012 on a high note heading into the new year. The annualized industry sales rate, adjusted for seasonal trends, accelerated to 15.56 million--the highest rate since 15.59 million in January 2008.

Kamui Kobayashi canes the Caterham 620 R

After spending a year in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi has returned to Formula One, nabbing a seat with Caterham. And while Sebastian Vettel is stuck hawking SUVs for Infiniti, part of Kobayashi's duties include flogging the manufacturer's latest evolution of Colin Chapman's bare-bodkin brainchild, the Seven 620R at Silverstone. We anxiously await the inevitable follow-up video where Kobayashi takes the legally-a-keicar Seven 160 for a blat in Tokyo traffic.

Win an Audi R8 for the weekend!

By Tim Pollard Competitions 25 February 2009 09:00 Click here to win an Audi R8 for the weekend with CAR Magazine To celebrate CAR Magazine's new look, we've teamed up with supercar club Ecurie25 to give one lucky reader the keys to an Audi R8 supercar for a long weekend, with tyres from Blackcircles.com as a runners-up prize. The R8 remains one of our favourite sports cars of the moment and picked up our coveted Performance Car of the Year gong in 2007. You'll be able to collect the keys to the V8 on a Friday morning from Ecurie25's London HQ and get to drive the 414bhp coupe all weekend until you hand back the keys to their base on Monday afternoon.