Each year a host of thrill-seeking motorists descend upon the Baja desert to take part in a 1,000 mile sprint from Southern California to Mexico, and they do it in all kinds of rugged off-road extreme machines. This year VW has built a beast to cope with the toughest of challenges and it's pretty clean too.

Here’s a new Audi that’s set to make a name for itself... via the back door. Our picture gives a first glimpse of the A5 Sportback – a five-door evolution of the stunning A5 coupй. Even though it’s wearing a heavy disguise, the prototype was exposed long enough for our eagle-eyed spies to capture it.

There’s obviously no such thing as putting on a brave face at GM. News that the firm faces financial crisis should have brought the tooth-whitened marketing execs out in their droves at the LA Show.

You heard it here first! Way back in September last year, Auto Express revealed Jaguar’s plans to expand its XF range. And, just as we predicted, a source from within the maker’s parent company, Tata, has confirmed that a raft of sporty new models is on the way from the revived British marque ...

A Rolls Royce that apparently once belonged to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has surfaced on eBay. The maroon Corniche Convertible is said to have been one of Hussein's vast fleet of exotic and luxury cars, and is now being imported to Britain by a Surrey trader ...

TEAM Australia are looking forward to this weekend's A1GP at Sepang in Malaysia with guarded optimism, knowing that a strong showing on race day can catapult them up the championship standings. With lead driver John Martin behind the wheel of his Ferrari in the one-make series ...

Unveiled at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2010 Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV is equipped with a 3.5-liter V6 engine and sports an improved inverter featuring total power output of 295hp. This is 27hp more than the outgoing 2008 RX400h can produce.