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Toyota GT86 CS-R3 rally car (2014): first official photos

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 30 July 2014 17:00 It’s hard not to be a fan of the Toyota GT86. What’s not to like about a back-to-basics sports coupe with all the robustness of a Toyota and the brio of a junior Cayman? So our eyes were opened wide when we saw this – the new GT86 CS-R3 rally car, with extra raw fun dialed in.

BMW and Local Motors announce contest winners

BMW and Local Motors have announced the winning ideas in the Urban Driving Experience Challenge after phase one of the contest closed on 16 October. Anthony Franze of Australia won first prize and a cash award of $7,500 with his design for a premium car sharing service called ‘BMW Reward Me.' He also earned himself a trip to Munich, Germany, to meet with the head of BMW's Group Research and Technology, Dr. Christoph Grote.

Nissan Leaf with advanced-driver assist to begin public road tests in Japan

Nissan is about to begin testing advanced driver-assist systems in the real world, and a new Nissan Leaf is serving as the test bed for these technologies. This is all a part of Nissan's development of Autonomous Drive, a goal to achieve virtually zero fatalities in accidents involving its vehicles by the year 2020. Autonomous Drive can be said to be a further development of Nissan's Safety Shield, a system that has a 360-degree view around the vehicle that scans for risks and provides warnings to the driver, intervening automatically if necessary.