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Project Car Hell: BMW-powered Opel Olympia vs. Aston-equipped Singer Nine

Editor's note: When you can't fit your newly acquired basket-case Jeep FC150 in the garage because you have an Autocar Sussita and a 1928 Studebaker President chassis buried beneath crates of Subaru 360 parts, you're in Project Car Hell. Our friend Murilee Martin is here to oil up the gates to Automotive Hades, bringing the series back with a couple of you'd-hafta-be-outta-your-mind hypothetical engine-swap projects. And be sure to check back for fresh installments of Project Car Hell every week.

2013 BMW M5 facelift & new M6 get Competition Package

The BMW M5 (left) & M6 with new Competition Packacge But the 2013 BMW M5 – and its coupe sister, the BMW M6 – will also be getting a Competition Package option for 2013, which is probably more interesting than the minor tweaks to the 2013 5 Series. The Competition Package adds more power to both the M5 and M6 – a whole 15bhp, taking it up to 567bhp – enough to improve the 0-62mph by 0.2s on both M5 and M6 as well as re-tuned dampers and springs – which lower ride height on the M5, but not the M6 – stiffer anti-roll bars, new M Diff and an improved Dynamic Mode which should allow you to play a bit more. On the cosmetic front, just like the 5 Series facelift, you’ll have to look quite hard to see what the Competition Package adds, but you do get a black finish on the tail pipes and a slightly different set of 20″ alloys.

CAR's 12 days of Christmas competition bonanza

By Ben Pulman Competitions 14 December 2008 00:00 It’s the last day of CAR’s Christmas giveaway bonanza and that means something very special. Today we’re offering one reader a 12-month subscription to CAR Magazine, and don’t worry if you already subscribe, because we’ll add this deal to your existing subscription. Click here to enter our competition And you can still enter the previous day’s competitions, with chances to win a Porsche perfume, a Lamborghini umbrella, a limited-edition model of the Ferrari 575 GTZ, books on Mercedes design and car design, Scion and Abarth caps, an RC Fiat 500, Need for Speed computer games, plus lots and lots of bools Day 1: Porsche Design: The EssenceDay 2: Lamborghini umbrellaDay 3: Ferrari 575 GTZ modelDay 4: Mercedes Design bookDay 5: Car Design Yearbook 7Day 6: Scion cap and Abarth cap and keyringDay 7: Remote control Fiat 500Day 8: Suixtill touring bag and racing pantsDay 9: Need for Speed (with a French manual) for PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 Day 10: Racing booksDay 11: A plethora of other booksDay 12: A 12-month subscription to CAR Click here to enter our competition This competition closes on Saturday 31 January 2009.