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Elegant Venue Chosen To Host Equally Elegant And Rare Cars

FLUSHED with the success of its first two award-winning Concours of Elegance events in recent years, Thorough Events has announced grand plans for its 2014 spectacular. Following on from Windsor Castle and St James’s Palace, 2014 will see event in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace. The third international Concours of Elegance will take place on 5-7 September 2014, with the promise of 60 of the rarest cars from around the world - many of them never seen before in this country.

Porsche is developing a new four-cylinder engine set to power entry-level model

High-ranking officials at Porsche's Weissach research and development center in Germany have confirmed that engineering work is progressing on a four-cylinder horizontally opposed gasoline engine, details of which were first revealed by Autoweek earlier this year. The new boxer unit--which is earmarked to power a new mid-engine, entry-level model that insiders describe as a spiritual successor to the iconic 550 Spyder--looks set to become an integral part of Porsche's future model plans. Insiders suggest it will also be offered on the third-generation Boxster and the second-generation Cayman later on in their respective model cycles.

Toyota targets conventional engine in defense of green image

In the race to boost fuel economy, overhauling the internal combustion engine is all the rage. Ford, Hyundai and Mazda are among those focusing on direct injection, turbochargers and improved transmissions as they reinvent their powertrain lineups. So with its emphasis on hybrids, Toyota Motor Corp.