It’s small and black, has about 500 hp and run by a professional pilot, beats big names in super-sports cars like: Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 458 Italy and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG! It is none other than Nissan Juke-R, a modified SUV with a modified body and a 480 hp engine, adapted from the Nissan GT-R. This demonstration race, with a marketing character, held in Dubai, with the occasion of the 24 hour Endurance Race competition. At the wheel of the small Nissan Juke-R, was the winner of the 2008 Nissan PlayStation GT Academy competition, Spaniard Lucas Ordonez, that won the race in front of the super-cars like: Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, leds by professional drivers, too.

As promised, BMW released today the first informations and images of the new range M Performance Automobiles, equipped with the most powerful diesel in the history of BMW: 381 horses! M Performance range is positioned between the series vehicles, and BMW M devision. New models will have a completely new engine developed by BMW engineers in workshops with the help of M devision. The new tri-turbo diesel: 381 hp and 740 Nm, has a six-cylinder diesel unit with 3.0-liter, which received a boost with 3 turbines is a technological premiere for the German manufacturer. The new engine comply the strict Euro 6 standards, proposed to take effect in 2014 and will be found on M550d Touring versions, X5 M50d and X6 M50d, the first 3 representatives of the range M Performance Automobiles.

The only tire supplier in Formula 1, Pirelli, presented today, on Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, the new range of tires to be used in Formula 1 this year. Main features of the new tires that were developed by Pirelli with Formula 1 teams are to have a higher profile square, grip better and more competitive compositions. To be more easily recognized, especially in TV broadcasts, the colorful mark on the sides became larger and more visible and have the following meanings: the most commonly used in the 2011 season tires, soft tires have yellow markings. Medium composition tires are marked with white. Hard composition tires hard are marked with silver. Supersoft tires, the fastest tires Pirelli products are marked in red. Intermediate tires are marked with green and the rain tires with blue.

Volkswagen Group, which currently holds 50.1% stake in Porsche, will buy the wholepackage for $ 3.9 billion. When in 2009 the company producing sports car attempted a hostile takeover of Volkswagen, and then came rumors of the merger of the two, we are dealing finally with a happy ending. If Volkswagen AG will complete the purchase of the Porsche until 2014, it will be exempt from payment of fees in excess of one billion euros, according to Der Spiegel. Volkswagen leaders have already prepared a series of measures for Porsche, to remain independent in the new group, to avoid any problems with Porsche unions. “For now, all parties wishing to form an integrated car group for economic reasons.” said Christine Ritz, a spokesman for Volkswagen.

Scosche makes available to interested people, at a price of $ 129.95, a new lock phone system, while driving. Americans talking on the phone while driving is a big problem, especially in young people who use SMS phone or surfing while driving, often leading to serious injury results. Using Bluetooth, the cellCONTROL device simply locks phone when the car is moving, so you can not give and receive calls, you can not use SMS, or to browse the Internet. This system is activated online, but it requires for an installation of a mobile specific application on the cell phone. Device has the particularity that can unlock some features of the phone when it is detectedusing a hands-free. CellCONTROL system is clearly still an enemy of the facebook generation drivers, recently announced at CES, with the collaboration between Facebook and Mercedes for socialization at the wheel!

New Porsche Boxster, now in its third generation, comes with an aluminum structure, a fresh design and more powerful engines. Body lines lends the philosophy of 918 Spyder concept, using a set of optical blocks, a more muscular profile and aggressive rear with a false prominent spoiler. Under fresh and attractive design hides a car with a longer wheelbase and classic steelstructure was replaced with one made ​​of aluminum. Old boxer engine, 2.9 liters, now has a smaller displacement, 2.7 liters, but offers 10 additional horses (265 hp), acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h is in just 5.7 seconds. The top, Boxster S, has the same 3.4 liter engine, equipped with direct injection and 5 additional horses (315 hp) with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5 seconds. Porsche offers as standard a manual 6 reports transmission and optional the famous PDK 7-speed automatic transmission, which helps to achieve an average consumption of 7.7 liters for the Boxster and only 8 litres/100 km for the Boxster S.

After everybody said that Saab is forced to declare insolvency, Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri argues that the Youngman group does not give up hope for Saab to put it back on its feet. Unofficial sources claim that Youngman is interested to make a new offer to purchase Saab, the sum is about 500 million euros. This time, Youngman management committee members, including chairman PangQingnian, who will travel to Sweden next week to sit at the negotiating table again, aredetermined to restore Saab feet without GM technology. This week, liquidators of Saab decided to put up for sale 120 Saab collection models , from the Trollhattan manufacturer museum.

German tuner RUF arrived at Guangzhou Motor Show with an elongated version of the sedan from Porsche: Porsche Panamera XL. Because Chinese magnates have a terrible pleasure at the wheel of a stretched car, whether it is high class models or even limousines, German tuner RUF decided to move toward to the Chinese market with this model from Porsche. Porsche Panamera XL has received an additional 400 mm, strategically placed between the axles. The car weight is now increased to 1960 kg, which will reduce the performance V8′s 414 hp, but it will not be a problem for those who care more about their image than the car performance.

The German model received a new face and benefit from the latest VW technology. After its world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2011, Volkswagen CC is preparing for the European premiere at the Geneva Show on March 2012. Volkswagen CC enjoy a lot more new technology options such as bi-xenon lights, adaptive projector, LED lights on the front and at the back of the car, thresholds with aluminum inserts, multifunction steering wheel, a camera that detects road signs and the new Dynamic Light Assist. Volkswagen offers the new CC with six diesel and gasoline engines. The 2.0 TDI engine has 140 or 170 horsepower, is equipped with start-stop system and braking energy recovery. There will be a Blue TDI version, on the 140 horsepower engine, able to comply with Euro 6 emission standards that take effect in 2014.

The Mercedes-Benz Company presented this year at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, a prototype car that provides a special version of the famous social network Facebook for drivers. Facebook, which will be integrated into Mercedes-Benz cars, offers a limited set of features, not to distract the drivers. The set of tools available are related to points of interest that drivers can share with friends and also to the GPS location. Thus, you can see where your friends are by using this service, which is useful for group traveling abroad. For driving safety, typing messages and posting while the car is in motion is disabled. Although Mercedes claims that the Facebook integrated service aboard the car is safe and has the same level of distraction as a GPS device or a sound system, the safety criteria remain questionable.