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New BMW M6 Convertible Spied. Heading for Detroit 2012?

New BMW M6 Convertible Spied The new BMW M6 Convertible has been spied in the US at a BMW compound. Is it heading for a debut at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show. The 2011 BMW 6 Series Convertible debuted almost exactly a year ago after BMW turned car launch convention on its head by revealing the convertible version of the new 6 Series ahead of the coupe.

Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes, Sergio Perez to McLaren

Lewis Hamilton is leaving McLaren to drive for Mercedes – ousting Michael Schumacher – and Sergio Perez joins McLaren. It’s seemed likely for some time that Lewis Hamilton would leave McLaren for Mercedes, and this morning McLaren has confirmed that’s exactly what’s happening. The move to Mercedes for Hamilton takes him away from the team that has nurtured his talent from childhood and given him a life he could never have dreamed of.

Range Rover (2011): first pictures, new V8

Land Rover might only have revised the Range Rover last summer, but there’s now a new version, complete with a bigger and better 4.4-litre TDV8, plus it's available as a limited-run Autobiography Black special edition to celebrate the car’s 40th birthday. For a start the engine has grown from 3.6 to 4.4-litres, but still retains the twin sequential turbochargers. That means 309bhp (up from 267bhp), while the torque figures climbs from 472lb ft to 516lb ft.