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G-Power pushes BMW M5 to 228 mph

This could be the first speed record broken this year, with plenty more to come. BMW tuner G-Power has taken the blazing-fast BMW M5 and added two superchargers, an intercooler, forged pistons and some other bits and pieces. The result is a 750-hp, 228-mph missile that topped the Brabus Rocket on the speed chart.

Subaru WRX STI: More power & free SatNav

2011 Subaru WRX STI - gets free extra oomph The new registration has come and gone and unless you’re offering a must-have convertible or something shiny and new it’s getting close to the time when car makers need to offer more for no more to shift metal. Cue the Subaru WRX STI. Subaru has decided that it’s going to offer a chunk more performance – and a SatNav – without charging a penny more on the WRX STI.

VW Golf Sportsvan concept (2013) at Frankfurt motor show

This is the VW Golf Sportsvan, but don’t get too comfortable with that name, because the successor to the Golf Plus won’t use the Sportsvan badge when it goes on UK sale in mid-2014. Good thing too: what exactly is sporty about a minivan? Is the VW Golf Sportsvan essentially the new Golf Plus?