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Mini Coupe

Mini's ever expanding line-up is set to grow yet again with this latest addition: the Coupe. Retaining most of the details first seen in the original 2009 concept, the strict two-seater features a distinctive 'helmet roof'. The new Coupe is an 'expression of the distinctive Mini design', according to the company, but it's also a departure from the brand's current offerings.

Video: Michael Mauer on the 991-series Porsche 911

Porsche has released a video featuring its Design Director, Michael Mauer, explaining how he and his team went about redesigning the 911, an ‘automotive, engineering icon' as he describes it. "What we as designers are striving to above all is to optimize the width to height ratio with the result that although the 911's width has not increased, the front axle area has become wider, and we've managed to make the roof a bit lower," Mauer explains via a rather dramatic-sounding voiceover.

Mercworld's first birthday

By Motor Industry 03 December 2007 09:36 Mercedes-Benz World will be celebrating its first birthday this weekend, and you’re invited.  Although officially the anniversary was last week, it’ll be this Saturday and Sunday (3-4 November) that the festivities take place. Stirling Moss will be going down to Surrey to collect the keys to his new Smart and sign autographs, they’ll be a free prize draw to win passenger rides in the SLR or with the Silver Arrows display team, and Mercedes’ AMG and off-road courses will be available for a birthday price of £15.