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Driven: Volkswagen Passat CC GT

Elegant and refined. Forty years ago these two words would not have been used to describe the Beetles bought in droves by the counterculture in the US; a symbol of the hippy movement and the definitive people's car, designed at a time when Germany sought to put people in motion. With the Passat CC, however, Volkswagen is indeed making a sharp move away from the ‘volks wagen', and these two words rolled off the tongues of those who saw the car in all three countries we drove through on our winter holiday.

Fire risk Porsche in global recall

SPORTS car maker Porsche is asking more than 100 UK owners of the latest 911 GT3 models to stop driving them while tests go on following cases of vehicles catching fire. The advice, to 101 UK owners who have paid around £100,000 for their vehicles, has gone out to a total of 785 owners worldwide of the GT3s from the 2014 model year. Porsche said there had been two cases in Europe of cars catching fire.

Lamborghini Newport Beach is first with new exhaust for the LP-700-4 Aventador

If the stock exhaust of your Lamborghini LP-700-4 Aventador isn't quite what you're looking for, Lamborghini Newport Beach has the solution. The Aventador's 6.5-liter V12 gets a distinct note courtesy of the Southern California dealership, which specializes in creating new exhausts for Lambos. Lamborghini Newport Beach's bolt-on exhaust system is undergoing final testing before being released for sale.