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Virgin enters 2014 Formula E championship: worth a watch?

By Damion Smy First Official Pictures 05 December 2013 12:59 Sir Richard Branson will back a Virgin-entered car in the 2014 Formula-E championship, it's been announced today (5 December 2013). It's the ninth confirmed entry for the all-electric racing series, which gets underway in September 2014. But is this high-profile entry enough to make the championship credible to motor racing fans?

Fancy a pink Koenigsegg Agera R? Koenigsegg configurator launches

How bad can you make a Koenigsegg look? Koenigsegg has launched a configurator for the Agera and Agera R which allows total colour customisation of the interior and exterior. On Friday we revealed the Koenigsegg has introduced a raft of technical and cosmetic changes to the Agera and Agera R for 2012 (2013 MY) and that they’d be at the Geneva Motor Show this coming week to show what they’ve done.

Marcello Gandini laments today's 'fake' concepts

Marcello Gandini has branded current concept cars fakes and "little more than maquettes" in an interview about Bertone's extensive concept car history. The enigmatic designer, whose work with the design house stretches back to the late ‘60s, expressed his dislike of today's "fiberglass cars" and claims they can't hold a candle to the well-built concepts of old. He praises Nuccio Bertone's vision and his insistence on producing fully working, "almost driveable" concepts throughout the coachbuilder's existence.