SA gets two McLaren outlets  - Both Cape Town and Johannesburg will retail and service McLaren’s MP4-12C, courtesy of a deal struck with the Daytona Group.

Volvo XC90 replaced by crossover  - Volvo's done with full-sized V8 SUVs. The company's next 90-series vehicle is poised to be a seven-seat crossover.

Italy ups speed limit to 150km/h  - Italy has passed a raft of severe new transportation laws - upping the speed limit whilst curtailing drunk driving.

Big tariff cuts for carmakers?  - EU countries are in a deepening dispute over an Italian proposal to temporarily drop import tariffs on dozens of raw industrial goods.

Bear causes runaway car crash  - A black bear attracted by the smell of a sandwich climb inside a parked car managed to send it careening down a slope.

Protest to disrupt Joburg traffic  - A number of roads in Johannesburg's CBD will be closed due to a massive strike by members of the Public Servants Association.

Porsche to build a better Tesla  - Zuffenhausen is boxing clever with the latest electric drive technology as it attempts to debut Tesla Roadster crushing performance.

Multipla’s Chinese reincarnation  - The most aesthetically challenged Italian car ever made gets a new lease on life from Chinese manufacturer Zoyte.

Gang goes on hijacking spree  - A gang has gone on a hijacking spree in Durban - using a police blue light van which they'd hijacked earlier.

Veyron SS shatters TG lap record  - The stock Veyron was rather disappointing around Top Gear's test track, thankfully the new Super Sports has salvaged some honour.

Motor City CEOs hug each other  - Ford and Chrysler's CEOs shared an intimate moment at the inaugural Walter P. Chrysler awards on Saturday.

Activists shut down BP stations  - Protesters from Greenpeace have shut down several of BP's petrol stations in central London in protest at the US oil spill disaster.

Audi's five-door coupe unveiled  - Bigger than A6 and smaller than A8, Audi's new A7 is the latest entrant to the peculiar multiple-door coupe market.

Driven: Abarth 500C  - Fiat’s Abarth tuning arm gets its hands on the Italian convertible baby - the 500C. We drive it.