The first official photos of Renault’s all-new Megane that will compete head on with the 2009 VW Golf VI were leaked into the net by a Spanish website ahead of the compact hatchback’s planned debut at the Paris International Auto Show on October 2. The new Megane’s styling of is more adventurous than that of the recently introduced Laguna but also less divisive that that of the outgoing Megane which let’s face it, wasn’t well received in most European markets.

The basic idea was to run the raw fats and oils over a sulfated zirconia catalyst to change them into biodiesel. This idea isn ’t new, but the duo thought they could improve on it. In the end, the pair enlisted the help of another scientist Ben Yan and and Augsburg alum Clayton McNeff.

Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the 58th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, brought in a total of $64.2 million during it’s two-night auction of ultra-rare collectible cars on August 16 and 17.

Currently the most ethanol that a flex-fuel car can run on in the US and Brazil is E85 — which is an 85% ethanol/15% gasoline blend.

Bugatti execs first confirmed back in April that the Veyron supercar would eventually spawn an even more exclusive roofless model and we are now less than two weeks away from finally seeing the car. The new roofless Veyron will be called the ‘Grand Sport’ and it’s scheduled to make its world debut at the upcoming Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance in California.

The Focus we’ve all been waiting for since the launch of the second generation model in 2005 made its first public appearance at this week’s British Motor Show in London.

The 2006 Mercedes S65 was the first model where the automaker's in-house uber-tuners (AMG) massaged the standard issue triple "T." They coaxed the powerplant's output to heroic levels: 604 horsepower and 738 lb. ft. of torque.

Land Rover is currently testing a series of ground-breaking Diesel ERAD Hybrid vehicles based on the Freelander 2, aimed at dramatically cutting CO2 and other emissions while still delivering characteristic Land Rover all-terrain performance.

Japanese tuning house Wald International has a wide range of styling and performance kits for nearly every major luxury car brand on the market. It’s no surprise the company has turned its hand to one of the most exclusive and powerful cars on the planet, then, and the resulting restyle shows some characteristic Wald touches along with a flair unique to the Continental GT mega-coupe.

Look at this Porsche 911 Cabriolet in Russia covered with gold plates - more than 40 pounds or 18kg of gold to be exact. An atrocity to say the least.