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Porsche 959 prototype to cross the block at Barrett-Jackson

When Professor Helmuth Bott arrived at the fledgling Porsche sports-car company in 1952, he was in his late 20s. The young engineer's first assignment was setting up a gearbox test stand for the company's new all-syncromesh Type 519 transaxle. Thirty-one years later, he gave the go-ahead for the development of a car that was to be the ultimate bleeding edge of what Porsche knew about building a rear-engined sports car.

Lexus RX 450h SE-I Lifestyle launches

Lexus RX 450h SE-I Lifestyle Now don’t get too excited if you’re a Lexus fan. The Lexus RX 450h SE-I Lifestyle is not a major new model, just a few bits from the parts bin added to the regular Lexus RX 450h to produce an RX450h for the ‘outdoor’ lifestyle . But actually, it’s a clever bit of marketing from the boys (and girls) at Lexus.

2012 BMW 1-Series leaks ahead of Frankfurt

The 2012 BMW 1 Series - bigger and sharper It’s not as if we haven’t been expecting the 2012 BMW 1-Series to turn up any time soon. We have. But as it’s not due to bow in until the Frankfurt Motor Show in September we didn’t expect much of substance just yet.