Microsoft increases stake in auto industry

Having reshaped a big piece of the world's economy around its Windows software, Microsoft Corp. now wants to do the same thing in the car business. What the Seattle giant sees there says as much about the future of cars as it does about itself.

2012 BMW M5: Now BMW make the M5 official

2012 BMW M5 - Officially £73k The launch of the 2012 BMW M5 was planned for next week at the M Festival at the Nurburgring. But the best laid plans… This morning we reported on a leak of official photos of the new BMW M5 – a decent selection, if a bit low-res – and speculated that BMW would end up making the new M5 official sooner rather than later. And they have.

All the thrills & spills of F1 2008

The 2008 F1 Season was probably one of the best for many a year. Thrills, spills, arguments, back-stabbing, overtaking – you name it, F1 had it. But with the world’s economic woes currently biting at the heels of F1 (Honda leaving F1 being the first casualty) this could well be the last F1 season for some time that feels like a real celebration of the excesses of Motor Sport.