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The other side of the curtain: A look back at Lada, Volga and more

While Americans in the 1960s and '70s were enjoying the heyday of muscle-car madness, our friends over in the Soviet Union were treated to an entirely different kind of automobile. Fiat-based Ladas and Russian-born Volgas were the cars of the day, and our friends at Retronaut have gathered some press materials and advertisements for the compact sedans. Lada was named after a famous Czech manufacturer of sewing machines in the 1960s.

London is parking charge capital of the world

We already know London is home to more multimillionaires than any other city in the world, but given the cost of living in our capital, this is hardly surprising. And now, to further highlight London’s increasingly extravagant status, it turns out it’s the most expensive place in the world to park your car as well. On Bing: see pictures of car parks in London UK car parks now accepting conkers as payment.

BMW M5 30 Years Edition is OFFICIAL – it’s the ’30 Jahre M5′

The BMW M5 30 Jahre M5 (pictured_ celebrates 30 years of the M5 We revealed at the weekend that BMW were planning a special edition M5 to celebrate 30 years of the M5 and. as expected, BMW has now revealed the 30 Jahre M5 (30 years of the M5). As expected, the 30 year M5 gets a tweaked version of the 4.4 litre twin-turbo V8 found in the regular M5, but builds on the M5 Competition Package model by throwing an extra 25bhp in to the mix for a total of 592bhp (600PS).