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Polestar-tuned Volvo V60, S60 coming to US in 2014

Volvo is bringing both the Polestar-tuned V60 wagon and the Polestar-tuned S60 sedan to the U.S. in 2014, the company said on Thursday at the Chicago Auto Show. Unfortunately, we’re only getting 120 examples total stateside.

Morgan Plus 8 Speedster celebrates 100 years of Morgan car production. Costs £69,995.

The Morgan Plus 8 Speedster (pictured) celebrates 100 years Morgans may still look like Morgans did half a century and more ago, but under the skin lies a car capable of holding its own (most of the time) with cars from the modern er. And none more so than the Plus 8. Now, to celebrate 100 years of building cars at their Pickersleigh Road factory in Malvern, worcestershire, Morgan has revealed a limited edition (although such is Morgan’s production numbers you could reasonably consider every Morgan a limited edition) of the Plus 8 – the Morgan Plus 8 Speedster.

Revealed: the popular city cars that FAIL a new crash test

It’s fair to say that drivers are pretty well protected in just about any new car on the market today. It’s rare for cars to get anything below the maximum five stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests, and even the most basic of cars come with equipment like ABS and airbags as standard. But America’s Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has devised a new test, which involves a “small overlap front crash” – similar to a head-on crash but only the front corner of a car collides with a solid object.