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Pioneering production Hyundai fuel cell car in “world record” drive. Hyundai Motors’ ix35 Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-production fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), has been driven between Oslo (Norway) and Malmö (Sweden) – a distance of 700 kilometres. Stopping off at Gothenburg (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark), the journey took …

Volkswagen has revealed eighth-generation versions of the Passat. The new Passat will go on sale in the UK on October 7 with deliveries beginning in January 2015. Prices are likely to start at around £22,000 – £1,000 higher than those for the present model. The new car is a little …

Ford Fiesta forges ahead as UK new car sales rise to nine-year high. Sales of new cars in the UK continued to motor ahead in June, resulting in the best first-half figures since 2005. June saw new car registrations rise 6.2% to 228,291, which means 1,287,265 new cars have been …

Meet Aston Martin’s stunning DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo… virtually. Aston Martin has unveiled a new addition to the hugely popular PlayStation 3 game, Gran Turismo 6, in the shape of the drop-dead gorgeous Design Prototype 100 – DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo. Developed in-house by the design team at Aston Martin, …

Final design of Japanese car giant’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle revealed. It may not look it, but this is probably the future of motoring. Toyota has released details of its landmark car – one of the first FCV’s to go into mass production. The pioneering four-door saloon will be launched …

The Project 7, the fastest and most powerful roadgoing Jaguar, is to go into limited production. Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Operations team plans to build just 250 examples of the car. The newest member of the F-Type family will be capable of 0-60mph in 3.8 seconds and an electronically-limited top …

Meet the rugged new four-wheel-drive Seat Leon X-Perience. Based on the standard Leon ST estate, it stands 15mm higher than its sibling giving it an off-road capability. The X-Perience is tall and sleek with robust protection mouldings on the door sills and wheel arches, while its front end gets large …

Racing driver Mark Webber chauffeurs tennis icon Maria Sharapova to top tennis party. Mark Webber and Maria Sharapova arrived in style for the glamorous Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Pre-Wimbledon Party in London. The works Porsche Le Mans driver drove Sharapova in a 918 Spyder – the most powerful Porsche road …

Three-time Dakar Rally winning MINI to take on Goodwood’s famous hillclimb. Fresh from its third consecutive victory in the Dakar Rally, the 300 hp MINI ALL4 Racing will be at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed to take on a new challenge. Joan “Nani” Roma, 2014 winner of the gruelling …

What the deuce is Novak Djokovic’s connection with Peugeot’s executive express? The answer is that the tennis champ is Peugeot’s new brand ambassador so he was on hand to promote the French car giant’s revised 508. Peugeot is experiencing something of a renaissance at the moment with a strong model …