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Is the V8 a dying breed? Auto engineers expect more turbos, smaller engines

The V8 engine, a symbol of power and prestige for more than a century, is looking more and more like an endangered species. A panel of powertrain experts speaking on Tuesday at the 2009 SAE World Congress painted a bleak picture for big engines in this era of tightening emission standards and volatile fuel prices. But smaller engines will not mean drivers have to give up performance.

Range Rover Evoque Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition with Black Design Pack

Land Rover has revealed the Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition Range Rover Evoque complete with the new Evoque Black Design Pack. But that changes with the arrival of a new special Edition Range Rover Evoque – the Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition Range Rover Evoque – that comes with bespoke paint jobs and debuts the arrival of the Black design Pack for the Evoque. Based on the 2013 Range Rover Evoque Dynamic, the Sicilian Yellow Evoque comes with a striking paint job in Sicilian Yellow with a contrast black roof and door mirrors (or you can have it the other way round – black bodywork with yellow roof) with yellow contrast stitching inside and a yellow finisher across the dash.

New cars will now NOT be getting any bigger!

A Vauxhall executive has made a bold statement – from now on, cars are not going to get any bigger. General vehicle dimensions across each sector of car are roughly now set to be fixed. “You can put a pin in a chart now,” explained the firm’s marketing director Stuart Harris.