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G-Power Hurricane (2008): first official pictures

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 02 January 2008 11:49 M5 not powerful enough for you? German tuner G-Power has announced a frankly ludicrous supercharged version of the fast BMW. The Hurricane is an apt name for the blown Beamer – it produces a scarcely credible 720bhp and has been certified at 211mph.

Patrick le Quément to receive EyesOn Design 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award

Patrick le Quément has been selected as the latest recipient of the EyesOn Design Lifetime Design Achievement Award. Le Quément will be presented with the award in Detroit on 19 June 2015, as part of the EyesOn Design week.Le Quément was the senior vice-president of corporate design at Renault from 1995 to 2009 and was chairman of the joint design policy group coordinating design within the Renault-Nissan alliance.At Renault, he oversaw the design of the Twingo, Scenic, Espace III and IV, Laguna II, Kangoo, Megane II and many other production and concept cars that defined the look of the era. He is currently a consultant in industrial and strategic design and the co-founder of the Sustainable Design School in France.The recipient of the annual EyesOn Design Lifetime Achievement Award is selected by its previous winners.

Autoweek in review: Supercars galore, revving up for U.S. GP, C7 Corvettes and the Best of the Best

The week started out in supercar heaven with the reveal of the Lamborghini Aventador roadster and our video review of the stunning 2013 McLaren 12C Spider. Both of these European rockets sticker on the north side of a quarter million dollars. Tuesday brought us C7 Corvette spy shots, hidden in the video game Gran Turismo 5.