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Pace cadets: At AMG academy, students take their finals with their right feet

Mercedes-Benz USA launched the AMG Challenge in 2002, a program touted as "a chance to experience the thrill of driving the newest Mercedes AMGs on some of America's best racetracks." This year, MBUSA abandoned the Challenge in favor of the AMG Driving Academy, a multistage driver-development program pioneered by AMG in Europe. The difference? According to Greg Clark, AMG manager, "the Challenge was more about the cars, while the Academy is more about the driver." Having participated in both the Challenge and now the Academy, we'd say that difference is subtle, at least as it applies to the one-day program.

Ford Mustang GT 5.0 litre 2011 – Official +Video

Ford has now released official pictures and info on the 2011 Mustang GT The reveal of the 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 litre been a bit on the comical side. We first got news that Ford had finally made the 2011 Mustang GT a car worth having again a couple of weeks ago, and just a few days ago we had the first leaked pictures of the 2011 Mustang GT. So there was no way that Ford could hang out for too long with the official gen, and with the Holidays over in the US they’ve bitten the bullet and chucked all the details over.

Aston Martin's £20k Cygnet city car concept (2009) : first official pictures

Aston Martin's £20k city car By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 29 June 2009 09:00 This isn’t a joke, but a concept for Aston Martin’s new £20k city car. Called the Cygnet, it’s a tiny Toyota iQ-based commuter car redesigned inside and out, and will be sold to existing and future Aston owners from the end of 2010. Well, an Aston city car.