Rome  - The Italian sports car manufacturer Pagani will build a roadgoing version of its Zonda R racing car called the Zonda Cinque featuring the same 750 horsepower Mercedes 7.3-litre V12 engine,

Ingolstadt, Germany - Audi is offering the Audi R8 supercar with the option of full LED headlamp technology in addition to daytime running lights.

Hamburg  - The new Mazda2 three-door supermini is now available in European showrooms with an entry price of around 11,450 euros (17,770 dollars), the Japanese car maker has announced.

The three-door version comes at 500 euros cheaper than the five- door version which was introduced late last year.

The 1.3-litre engine fitted to both models comes in a 55 kW/75 hp and 63 kW/86 hp version. The 1.5-litre engine develops 76 kW/103 hp. In addition Mazda offers a 1.4-litre diesel version with 50 kW/86 hp.

Hamburg  - German businessman Oliver Schmidt dislikes the word "museum" and that is why visitors to a fascinating new display of cars in the heart of Hamburg will find no reference to it.

Munich/Schwalbach - Car designers are currently probing new ways to avoid one of the most dangerous hazards of night driving - drowsiness and falling asleep at the wheel.
Many car crashes can be traced back to such momentary losses of concentration, a sudden sleepiness which can easily cause a motorist to veer onto the wrong side of the road with potentially fatal consequences.
To combat this phenomenon, an increasing number of new vehicles are being fitted with a bleeper that can alert the driver before he or she succumbs.
Now scientists are looking into a new way to fight grogginess at the wheel using high-intensity interior lights which prevent the driver from getting tired in the first place.

Sydney  - Japanese car-maker Toyota will get a government subsidy for building hybrid petrol-electric Camrys at its Melbourne factory, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday while on a v