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Is the McLaren X-1 actually the new McLaren F1 under the skin?

It’s starting to look as if the McLaren X-1 – revealed at Pebble Beach – could actually be the new McLaren F1 under the skin. We knew that McLaren were heading to Pebble Beach with a new car, and we thought it was going to be the new F1. In the end it turned out to be the McLaren X-1, but could the X-1 actually be the new F1 under the skin?

The Christmas giveaway: 32 prizes up for grabs!

By Jed Maxwell Competitions 26 October 2009 13:54 Christmas is coming and CAR's publisher Bauer Media in association with our subscription partner Greatmagazines.co.uk is giving you the chance to win a bundle of prizes worth more than £1000. There's everything from a copy of CAR commentator Stephen Bayley's brilliant book Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything to toolkits, outdoor gear and computer games. >> Click here to enterBayley's book charting the most influential style icons on four wheels was launched to critical acclaim last year.

One Lap of the Web: Cool classic concepts, Rat Pack Cadillacs and even more Vin Diesel

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Petrolicious brings us an awesome VWvortex forum thread packed with prototype photos, design proposals and concept sketches of everything from the Iso Grifo to the 1994 Mustang.