One of the sexiest luxurious cars, the Maserati GranTurismo, is getting a performance upgrade in the new GranTurismo S, to be unveiled in Geneva next week. The S model shares the same 440hp 4.7 liter engine with another Italian beast, the Alfa 8C Competizone, and is coupled with an electro-actuated MC-Shift gearbox mounted on the rear transaxle for optimized weight distribution and faster shifting times.

Other performance enhancements include dual cast iron and aluminum brake discs with aluminum 6 piston calipers built by Brembo, exclusively for Maserati. GranTurismo S also features new subtle visual tweaks, including new wheels, and a leather & Alcantara-trimmed interior with sport buckets.

Now if I were you & I wanted to show up to my new Morocco estate, I would choose to show up in my new Range Rover Sport Limousine from Midland Limos. More than spacious & quite luxurious, this Range Rover limo is all that you need in transportation.

Featuring a multi-speaker sound system, disco floor (of course) with lighting and your very own personal navigation system with GSM phone.

Caterham has joined up with speed freaks RS Performance to bring to life a real fire breathing bug killer.

RS will be dropping its race proven 40-valve, 2.4 liter RST-V8 into the fully massaged carbon fiber and space frame Seven chassis.

That engine will be available in supercharged form up to 500 hp (coming in at 10,000 rpm). With the whole assembly clocking in at 500 kilos, the Caterham Seven RS will sport a 1000 hp per tonne power to weight ratio all at a price of £115,000.

Via jalopnik

A car manufacturer has announced it is on the verge of creating a three-wheeled electric sports car that can travel faster than a Porsche.

The enviromentally friendly ZAP Alias will cost £15,000 and does 0 to 60mph in just 5.7 seconds with a top speed of 156mph.

The futuristic-looking two-seater is being developed with the help of British car company Lotus.

Dual-view LCD technologies have begun to appear in the home entertainment market, but now Hyundai is trying to bring that technology into the car with a dual-view in-dash display. The idea behind this technology is pretty simple.

The driver of the car would see one image, presumably the navigation or vehicle info, while the passenger of the vehicle would see something different, like media information. Now while, the idea behind the dual-view LCDs is basic, the technology that makes it happen probably isn’t.

This would be an excellent feature, given that the quality of the display remains sufficient for navigation and the like, but finding a price point people would be willing to pay is the difficult task. I guess we will just have to wait and see, but don’t expect to see it in the 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe at the New York Auto Show.

A life-size chocolate model of a Ferrari Formula 1 car has been unveiled in Italy. Confectioners spent more than a year making the car out of 4,405lbs of Belgian chocolate.

It has now been delivered to Sorrento, near Naples, where it will be the centrepiece of a Ferrari owners club party. Luigi Liberti, president of the Scuderia Ferrari Club Napoli, said: “It will go on display until the weekend and then will be smashed up with hammers and handed out to party guests - they will be given bits of the car to take home in a special bag.”

The £12,000 chocolate Ferrari is based on an F2008, and has a red, edible coating.