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Eighty years of major motion…from Nissan

Today, Dec. 26, 2013, Nissan claims to celebrate 80 years of "moving people with innovative and exciting cars," according to a tersely worded press release. But like all stories, the press release is only the happy, corporate-sanitized version: the real story is a bit more involved than that.

2014 Audi RS7 tuned to 700 hp

Most would consider the performance offered by the Audi RS7 to be plenty, whether they live close to a derestricted autobahn or not. But it wasn't enough for Audi tuner ABT Sportsline, who just introduced their own take on the 2014 RS7. The stock RS7 is powered by a 4.0-liter twin turbo V8 mated to an eight-speed transmission, good for 552 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque.

First MINI Coupé rolls off the production line

MINI Coupe - first production car rolls out at Cowley We’ve only recently had the reveal of the new MINI Coupe – well, the production car reveal, that is. We had the first reveal of the MINI Coupe Concept nearly two years ago and, despite the production MINI Coupe looking almost exactly the same as the concept, MINI managed to do the production reveal in two stages – one with swirly disguise round the rump followed by a full reveal a week or three later. Still, all the pre-production marketing flim-flam out of the way, MINI are getting down to actually making the car that promises to be the most fun (modern) MINI so far, and the very first MINI Coupe has now rolled off the production line at Cowley – cue PR opportunity.