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Volkswagen creates R division for sporty cars

Volkswagen is officially creating a company to develop sporty cars; it will be called Volkswagen R GmbH. This may sound familiar--VW already calls some of its specialty cars Rs--and now it's bundling sales and development all into one unit. VW has the Scirocco R and the Golf R for cars, as well as the dynamic R Line of design trims.

Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary Limited Edition launched

Mazda has released a limited edition MX-5 in Japan to commemorate 20 years of the MX-5 It’s hard to believe that the little Mazda MX-5 – or Mazda Roadster, as it’s known in Japan – has been with us for 20 years, but it has. And in that time it has racked up sales of more than 850,000, making it the best-selling open roadser in history. Deservedly so.

Next Dodge Viper will shed some rough edges

Little by little we're getting a clearer picture of the next-generation Dodge Viper SRT10. During a conversation with Dodge boss Reid Bigland at the Los Angeles auto show, Bigland told me the redesigned Viper "will appeal to a broader segment of the market." The car is expected to debut in 2012 but is not likely to appear at the Detroit auto show, he says. Today's Viper is essentially a street-legal race car.