Audi working with Mazda on Wankel for A1 e-Tron?

The Audi A1 e-Tron could be getting a Mazda Wankel Last year at the Geneva Motor Show, Audi showed us another in its seemingly endless line of fantasy e-Tron cars. But instead of being a pointless supercar with a pile of batteries bolted underneath to wreck the handling with all their weight – for the three feet you can actually drive with your foot to the floor before you run out of juice – this e-Tron was a different beast altogether. Not only was the Geneva 2010 e-Tron a properly sensible city car – the Audi A1 - but it came with a range extender so you could actually use this Audi A1 e-Tron beyond the confines of its electric charge.

One pothole for every mile of road in Britain

There is now one pothole for every mile of road in Great Britain, according to official data sourced by car breakdown and recovery company Britannia Rescue following a Freedom of Information Act request. And just like everything else in the UK, it would seem we can blame the weather, with experts suggesting that the combination of a harsh winter and a dry summer has exacerbated the problem. On Bing: see pictures of potholes Find out how much a used car is worth on Auto Trader The result is a 79% increase in compensation claims, with UK councils receiving 32,000 reimbursement requests in the past financial year.

Barn Find Rare Healey Racer Set To Star At Auction

A RARE British sports car will be offered in Silverstone Auctions’ two-day sale at the forthcoming Silverstone Classic race meeting on July 26th and 27th. Fittingly the car is a 1950 Healey Silverstone, one of just 105 ever built. The car was hand built at the Donald Healey Motor Company factory in Warwick and was designed to be equally at home on the road or racetrack.