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Aston Martin takes Vantage V8 N420 out on the 'Ring

WITH VIDEO -- Aston Martin, which has made a habit of running cars at the Nurburging 24-hour race for the past five years, has taken a special-edition Vantage V8 back to the track. The V8 Vantage N420 will make its U.S. debut in August at the Pebble Beach concours.

BMW 1- and 3-series coupes to become 2- and 4-series

BMW is shaking up its badging strategy and will turn the next-gen 1-series and 3-series sporting derivatives into the 2-series and 4-series. Two-door Ones and Threes - the coupes and convertibles - will in future be rebadged as the BMW 2-series and BMW 4-series. Why exactly are they rebadging BMWs as 2-series and 4-series?

BMW 1-series hatchback (2011) first official pictures

BMW has peeled the last pieces of camouflage sheeting from their F20 1-series and announced details of the upcoming entry-level car. BMW 1-series: the evolutionary new look As revealed in CAR's spy images last month, the 1-series is a clear evolution of its predecessor, featuring smoother lines but a more aggressively-angled front-end. The new headlight design dominates the nose, providing the 1-series with a pronounced squint compared with its predecessor.  F20 has grown in most dimensions over the first 1-series: it is 85mm longer overall, and sits on a 30mm longer.