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CAR's guide to the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed

By Tim Pollard (photos by James Mann) Motor Shows 09 July 2008 12:11 Click here for CAR's full guide to the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Read our latest blogs, galleries, news – and even weather reports – live from Lord March's driveway. We're having daily updates to bring you all the news: • DAILY BULLETINWe're uploading daily reports live from the Festival of Speed, with news and pics• BLOGSSee how Ben Barry got on driving a Nissan GT-R up the hill on Friday• PREVIEWFull lowdown on what to expect at the 2008 Festival of Speed• CARS TO SEERound-up of the supercars, racing cars and even Bond cars at Goodwood• STARS TO SEEThe big names from the world of motorsport and beyond• PRACTICAL INFORMATIONHow to get there, links, maps, prices.

BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe in the flesh: Geneva Motor Show

The BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe lands in Geneva The big news from BMW at the Geneva Motor Show has been the arrival of the production version of the new X4, rather overshadowing the European debut of the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe. Which is a shame. It’s a shame because the 4 Series Gran Coupe is a very good looking car – as is its big brother, the 6 Series Gran Coupe – even if we struggle to see how BMW are going to manage to differentiate it sufficiently from the new 3 Series saloon.

Few cars perform well in new insurance group crash test

The insurance industry has unveiled a new, tough frontal-crash test. The first batch of 11 luxury and near-luxury cars put to the test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety didn't fare so well--only three were rated as good or acceptable. The test rams the front corner of a car into a fixed barrier at 40 mph.