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Video: Listen to the Alfa 4C rev then watch it hit the track

We haven't heard many complaints about the new Alfa Romeo 4C. So far, kvetching has been limited to the fact that Alfa won't produce too many of them, that they won't be free, and that there's no manual transmission option. Also, the headlights are weird.

The Jaguar F-Type Shooting Brake that the British manufacturer should build

This is one man’s vision of what a Jaguar F-Type Shooting Brake could (and should) look like. Theophilus Chin likes to be known as an ‘automotive manipulator’ and has put his passion for cars and his computer skills to good use, creating this stunning Jaguar F-Type Shooting Brake concept. MSN Cars has already driven the ‘regular’ F-Type Coupe.

GM's top battery executive for the Volt to join California startup

General Motors's top executive in charge of developing batteries for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid is leaving to take a position with an unnamed startup battery company in California. Denise Gray, 46, global director of rechargeable energy storage systems, will step down March 5 after more than three years in the post. This was “an opportunity that I could just not resist,” Gray said in a phone interview.