Ferraris aren’t the sort of cars that one should drive light heartedly – especially if the one you’re driving isn’t actually yours. Yes that’s right, Marcel Wiggers, owner of sports car dealership “Wiggers Mastercars” in Enschede, Holland, was delivering the 360 Modena to its new owner before he parked it (literally) in a shop. According to Wiggers, he was going no faster than 50 km/h or 31 mph

Who’d ever think that the all-new Golf Variant could actually, look quite good. But before you get your hopes up, the Golf Variant RaVe 270 is just a concept study, or at least for the time being. Presented at the Essen Motor Show which opened up its portals today (Nov. 30, 2007), the RaVe 270 gets a sporty outfit along with a powerful 1,400 Watt high-end sound system and supped up version of the

We’ve made quite a few (online) friends the past three years here at Carscoop, and Jalopnik’s Mike Spinelli is definitely one of them. Today we learnt that Mike is stepping down as Editor in Chief of Jalopnik handing his position over to Ray Wert. However, Mike will remain at Jalopnik as Editor-at-large. Despite the fact that Mike was in charge of one of the most popular automotive blogs in the

Making its world premiere at the Essen Motor Show today (Nov. 30, 2007), the Brabus prepped Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster is one of the few tuned supercars that we wouldn’t mind seeing in our garage. Maybe that’s because the German’s restrained themselves to a carbon fiber front spoiler that minimizes lift on the front axle, a corresponding rear diffuser also made from exposed carbon fiber

Czech carmaker Skoda unveiled a new addition to its U.K. Fabia line-up, the Sport which will sit atop the supermini range alongside the current Fabia 3 flagship. Compared to the standard versions, the Fabia Sport gets a new front spoiler, 16-inch alloy wheels, boot spoiler, a chrome exhaust pipe and rear diffuser. Prices start at £10,660 and £11,735 respectively for the 1.2 12V (70bhp) and 1.6

As we informed you last week, Audi revealed today the all-new A3 Cabriolet which will go on sale in Europe in February 2008. Although we’re still waiting for an official confirmation from our man that’s attending the media presentation in Hungary as we speak, word is that the A3 Cabriolet will not be sold in the USA or Japan. But we’ll get back to you on this one later in the day. Based on the

HEICO SPORTIV and Volvo Car Germany will be hosting their first common trade fair appearance at the 40th Essen Motor Show which opens its portals from Dec. 1 to Dec.9. There joint stand will host the world premier of the Volvo V70 T6 AWD based, “HEICO HS7”. With HEICO SPORTIV tuning, Volvo’s newly developed 3.0 liter 6-cylinder in-line turbo engine develops 330 bhp at 5600 rpm and accelerates the

Mazda Europe has announced it will donate 35 Mazda BT-50 pickups outfitted as Quick-Response Fire to the Greek Ministry of Interior and Relief Agency for deployment in the communities that were devastated by massive fires this past summer. The 2007 Greek fires broke out in several areas this summer destroying some 2,700 square kilometres (670,000 acres) of land, forest and houses. From the end of

Here’s a video showing Toyota’s all-new driving simulator that we told you about the other day (click here). Designed to analyze driving characteristics and so develop improved active safety technology, it is said to be the largest one in the world. The driving simulator incorporates a real Lexus inside a 15-foot high, 23-foot diameter dome which serves as a giant 360-degree video screen.

Out goes GM’s F-Body Pontiac in comes Ford’s retro-penned Mustang. Our Jalopnik pals have the inside word that the car you’re seeing in this picture, a Shelby GT500 KR (the red light is photoshoped though) is the actual vehicle that will play the role of K.I.T.T. in NBC’s upcoming Knight Rider TV series. The show is expected to air on TV next fall. PS: What do you think about NBC’s decision to