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Mazda RX-8 – a tidy before the Mazda RX-9?

Mazda is updating the RX-8 for the European market, before the launch of the RX-9 in 2012 So what exactly is the new, updated Mazda RX-8 going to get? In all honesty, probably not much beyond a minor tweak or two. It will still use the 228bhp Wankel engine that sets it apart from the crowd, and should still be a bundle of fun to drive.

Concept Car of the Week: GM-X Stiletto (1964)

With dreams of flying cars as the ultimate inspiration, General Motors designers in the ‘60s used every trick possible to make their creations appear as though they were floating – long, straight bodies, wheels pushed in and hidden away, large fins and lights that looked like rockets. As William L. Mitchell took the reins of GM Design, he brought a more high-tech approach, with simpler surfaces, a more restrained use of chrome and a general sense of elegant simplicity.

Frankfurt motor show 2011 photo gallery

  The Volkswagen stand was absolutely rammed with metal. They've already shown the Polo R WRC car - but just look at it! Can't wait to see it on dirt from next year  Volkswagen showed the Nils - a vision for a single-seater commuter EV for future cities Inside the VW Nils Land Rover showed two concept cars  Upright, square, wheel on the back... could only be a Land Rover Land Rover DC100: sounds like a plane, one of the hits of Frankfurt   Land Rover showed a brace of concepts, both looking to the new Defender due in 2015.