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'Jag-Landy deal in 2 weeks'

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 06 March 2008 18:50 It was the story that never happened. Rival media reported that the Jaguar/Land Rover sale would be completed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this week, but CAR Online spoke to executives close to the deal who said it wouldn’t be for another couple of weeks.‘We didn’t want to over-shadow the products at the show, but to be honest the deal just isn’t done yet,’ said our insider. He said the paperwork and epic detail required on a deal of this scale had created new delays – and revealed that the 4-5 March date had been leaked from the unions, not Ford or Tata.

Ferrari F70 caught on video

The new Enzo – the Ferrari F70 – has been caught on video around Marenello as Ferrari prepare to debut it at the Paris Motor Show. With the Paris Motor Show looming in just over a month, Ferrari are planning their biggest reveal in almost a decade, the replacement for the Enzo supercar – the Ferrari F70. The F70 will be getting a more powerful version of the V12 under the bonnet of the new F12 together with a KERS hybrid attached for a total output of over 900bhp.

2000s supercars

By Tim Pollard and Ben Oliver 15 July 2008 12:41 Supercars in the Noughties They say power can corrupt, but the horsepower race raged well into the current decade. Ferrari built the Enzo, Porsche the Carrera GT and then came the car that trumped them all: the Bugatti Veyron. The definitive hypercar once again moved the goalposts – although this time, we suspect they’ll remain moved forever.