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The Great Texas Beer Run

For reasons still not clear, boatloads of German immigrants made Texas their home in the 1800s. What they thought they would find similar to their cold, richly forested homeland in the hellaciously hot, mes-quite-scrub, rattlesnake-filled Texas Hill Country is lost to history. Worse, they brought almost nothing with them from the Old World to remind them of home.

New car sales surge by 7.6%

THE SURGE in new car sales has continued into the new year. There were 154,562 new vehicles registered last month, a 7.6% rise on January last year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. The society said sales of alternatively fuelled vehicle increased by 25%.

Huge Alfa Romeo 4C photo gallery

With its midmounted turbo four and gorgeous lines, the 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C is already one of our favorite new cars in recent memory. We're out driving this newest Italian love affair right now and will bring you a full drive review shortly. In the meantime, take a look at our giant photo gallery of Alfa 4C images including detail shots you won't see anywhere else.