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503-hp Volkswagen GTI concept headed to Worthersee?

Volkswagen has issued a series of official design sketches hinting at the appearance of a radical open-top concept car to be unveiled at the Worthersee fan meet in Austria on May 29. Called the GTI Roadster, the new two-seater was originally conceived as a virtual three-dimensional image in a joint cooperation between Volkswagen and Sony for inclusion in the PlayStation “Gran Turismo” video game series. But with enthusiasm for the low-slung roadster running high among its design team, Volkswagen has decided to turn it into a full-size concept in homage to a long history of GTI models.

Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior concept

Bentley is using its Mulsanne flagship to showcase a new Executive Interior concept, highlighting multimedia connectivity at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. The new concept offers an impressive array of bespoke business, comfort and entertainment features designed to conduct business on the move. Renowned for its painstaking attention to detail, the hand-crafted Mulsanne cabin already takes Bentley's craftsmen and women over 170 hours to create.

One last hurrah: the 1994 MG RV8

It's tough to imagine the British car scene in North America without the MGB, which remains a popular starter classic and is available in every price range imaginable--and some price ranges that aren't. The iconic MGB was in production from 1962 until 1980, an entire era that saw relatively few changes introduced to the well-proven design. The marque itself was overseen by three corporate parents during those 18 years on the line: BMC, British Motor Holdings and, finally, British Leyland.