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Vauxhall Astra VXR Extreme (2014) latest details on Vauxhall’s super-hatch

By Ollie Kew First Official Pictures 26 February 2014 09:00 Vauxhall has revealed more details about the hottest hatch in the brand’s history: the track-ready Astra VXR Extreme. The concept, which should see production in 2015, has more than 300PS (296bhp), and has shed 100kg from the standard road car’s kerbweight. That puts the Astra VXR’s mass at an estimated 1375kg.

One Lap of the Web: Buick Hellcats, Ford's five-dollar workday and a new look for the Lotus Seven

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Petrolicious asks a tough question we don't mind answering: Would you rather have a 1956 Facel Vega FV2B or a 1962 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring?

Mazda MX-5 Superlight concept car: first official photos

By Tim Smith First Official Pictures 05 August 2009 00:01 This is the Mazda MX-5 Superlight show car – an MX-5 speedster with weight stripped out and windscreen relegated to the scrapheap. Think of it as the purest MX-5 yet. Sadly, it's just a concept car at present, destined to be shown at the Frankfurt motor show in autumn 2009.