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Volvo's autonomous car is boring enough to work

Volvo is a bit of an enigma. The Chinese-owned Swedish automaker releases a stunning concept from time to time, and we're often pleasantly surprised by the Volvos that enter out test fleet, but it hasn't done much to generate sales numbers -- or buzz -- in the North American market. Maybe that's because Volvo is too busy looking down the road to focus on selling cars now.

New Audi A1 Sportback: The Five-Door A1 arrives for 2012

Audi reveals the new A1 Sportback 5 Door With almost two years of sales of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Class’ (Audi’s assertion), Audi has revealed the more practical version of its smallest car – the five-door Audi A1 Sportback. Visually, the five-door A1 looks just the same as the three-door A1 – with the obvious addition of a pair of back doors – but Audi has managed to 6mm in height and width which, they say, improves room in the back. Which it may, but as the length and wheelbase remain the same it won’t do anything for legroom.

Win some goodies from the VW Motorsport collection

Carlos Sainz won the 2010 Dakar rally car category in his VW Race Touareg 2, and now VW’s motorsport division is gearing up for the Nurburgring 24-hour race. To celebrate El Matador’s win, and in anticipation of an epic race at the ‘Ring, CAR is giving away a collection of Volkswagen Motorsport gear. Click here to enter our competition Up for grabs are a Motorsport Rain Jacket (worth £35), the Motorsport Function Jacket (£60), the Motorsport Sports Bag (£40) and a 1:43 model of the Scirocco GT24 racer.