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Mercedes SLS AMG – Dancing on the ceiling

The Mercedes SLS AMG can 'Dance on the Ceiling' Every car maker wanting to boast about the ground-effect prowess of their cars will claim they could – in the right circumstances – drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel. But to the best of our knowledge it’s never actually been done. Clarkson had a bash in a Twingo in Belfast in the last series of Top Gear, and every F1 team will claim their cars can manage it.

Citroen at the London motor show 2008

A modded Citroen C-Crosser wasn't enough to keep us awake on the Citroen stand By Ben Whitworth and CAR reader reporter Carcare Motor Shows 23 July 2008 15:49 A quiet show for Citroen, to be honest... What’s new on Citroen’s London motor show stand?Not a great deal at all, sadly. There’s the UK debut of the C-Cactus concept car – which we originally saw at the 2007 Frankfurt motor show.

Daimler and Renault-Nissan strike a global partnership

Daimler today struck a wide-ranging partnership with the Renault-Nissan alliance, in a deal that will usher in new jointly developed cars, shared technologies and a multitude of cost savings.  Cars such as the new 2014 Smart Fortwo will now be twinned with the next Renault Twingo, while the Forfour is set for a comeback and we can expect plenty of shared combustion engines and electric motors, borrowed platforms and jointly developed SUV tech across all three parties. And that's only scratching the surface of the possibilities opened up by this wide-ranging deal.