Blog of Hamlesh

by Adrian Hearn A top tuner has taken the Ferrari F430 Spider and boosted its power to a whopping 656bhp. Novitec has fitted the Ferrari 430 Spider's 4.3-litre V8 engine with a twin supercharger upping the supercar's power from 483bhp to 656bhp. Read the full story now.

by Vijay Pattni

This is the first official picture of the new Toyota iQ - the Japanese carmaker’s hot new city car.

The new Toyota iQ measures just under three metres in length and will make its official debut at the upcoming Geneva motor show in March.

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In 1980 Audi shook up the motoring world with its revolutionary Audi Quattro saloon. In 2006 the company unveiled the Audi R8 and the rule books were rewritten again.

Andy Goodwin looks at why the Audi R8 is so important and why it might evolve into the first diesel supercar.

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This is BMW’s hardcore, race-tuned 485bhp M3.

Lower, wider and faster than the road-going version, it will lead BMW’s assault on the American Le Mans sports car racing series next year.

Trackside’s Keith Collantine found out more about the ultra-hot M3.

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Each week, we bring you the strangest auto-related news from around the world. [gallery=15] This week, we celebrate the most weird and wonderful car paintjobs. Read the full story