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Lotus takes the top off Exige S

Lotus is adding an Exige S Roadster to its lineup, based on the new Exige we saw at the Frankfurt auto show. Unfortunately the road-car version will not come to the United States. The Roaster is powered by the same 345-hp V6 as in the hardtop Exige, as well as in the bigger Evora.

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento: Official

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento revealed in Paris Well, we played the game with Lamborghini’s Paris Photo tease. We ran them all, even though we got bored. But when we got wind yesterday that the tease was for the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento we almost forgave Lamborghini for driving us nuts with a daft and boring tease.

Rated: self-braking cars that avoid a crash

The most recent advance in vehicle safety has to be the autonomous emergency braking system (AEB) – a sophisticated suite of sensors and electronics that monitors objects in front of your car, automatically applying the brakes for you if it senses you’re heading to hit something. Up until now these auto-brake features have not been rated, but ahead of a new 2014 test that will include AEB systems in its overall safety star scoring, Euro NCAP has put the some of the vehicles already equipped with this technology through their paces. MSN Cars has the results.