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Bugatti has officially revealed it is taking part in the Vision Gran Turismo design study programme. Confirmed through official Bugatti social media channels, the revelation was broken through a new teaser image, which appears to be depicting a top-down view of a bodywork piece on this new VGT, The details that can be picked out […]

Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital has released a surprise addition to Gran Turismo 6: Mazda's Vision Gran Turismo concept car. Christened the LM55, the new VGT is Mazda Design's interpretation of a Le Mans Prototype for the near future, utilising Mazda's innovative 'SKYACTIV' energy-saving technology from its road cars for optimum use in endurance races. […]

The Japanese car manufacturer Infiniti has fully revealed its contribution to Gran Turismo 6's ever-expanding Vision Gran Turismo portfolio. Simply dubbed the CONCEPT Vision Gran Turismo, this one-off design study is the work of the lead automotive stylist at Infiniti's recently-opened design studio in Beijing. Being inspired by motorsports (the designer even has ambitions of […]

The Japanese premium car brand Infiniti has released the first teaser images of its upcoming Vision Gran Turismo concept car for Gran Turismo 6. As hinted at in the two provided previews, the 'INFINITI CONCEPT Vision Gran Turismo' will be heavily track-orientated, with the boomerang-style rear spoiler and what appears to be a colossal rear […]

The Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo has allegedly dropped out of Gran Turismo 6's Vision Gran Turismo concept car programme. Having first been removed from the Vision Gran Turismo listing on the official Gran Turismo website, Alfa Romeo is – upon installing the V1.14 update – no longer listed in Gran Turismo 6 as one of the […]

Aston Martin's DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo car for Gran Turismo 6 has been fully revealed at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Created in-house at Aston Martin's design centre over a course of six months, the DP-100 is described in the official statement as a high-performance racer that "not only looks beautiful, but also boasts […]

Aston Martin has revealed the first teaser media for its Vision Gran Turismo offering, ahead of the car's full reveal tomorrow at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Called the DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo, the new Aston Martin is the latest concept to be confirmed for Gran Turismo 6's VGT programme, and – after Nissan's recently-announced […]

Nissan's contribution to Gran Turismo 6's Vision Gran Turismo programme will be coming to the PS3-exclusive title sometime next month. First teased by Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital a fortnight ago, Nissan's Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo is – as it's name suggests – a preview of what to potentially expect from a flagship Nissan […]

Nissan has teased its mystery concept car for Gran Turismo 6, ahead of its full reveal later this week. First hinted at on the official Gran Turismo page on Facebook, the new Nissan  has now been depicted in an official preview image, providing the clearest look yet at the one-off concept car. Nissan has also […]

Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital has hinted at a new Nissan coming to Gran Turismo 6 on June 10th. First hinted at on the official Gran Turismo Facebook page, the mystery car will not only be joining the 148 other Nissans currently featured in Gran Turismo 6, but also "open the next chapter" in "Nissan's […]

Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed the latest Toyota concept car – the FT-1 coupe – will be coming to Gran Turismo 6 on January 14th. Unveiled earlier today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and created in collaboration with Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital at Toyota's Calty Design Research facilities in California, […]

The all-new BMW M4 Coupe has made its inaugural appearance in a racing game, courtesy of the latest update patch for Gran Turismo 6. Thanks to a partnership between BMW and Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital, the M4 Coupe is now available for GT6 players to sample in the game, long before the motoring press […]

Should the rumours end up being true, the BMW M4 Coupe (shown in the provided image in concept car form) may be making its video game debut in Gran Turismo 6 as early as December 12th this year. According to a report by BMWBlog, the German car manufacturer will coincide the reveal of the all-new […]

Michigan-based tuning company MRT Performance has confirmed its new vehicle will be featured in the upcoming Xbox One launch game Forza Motorsport 5. Dubbed appropriately – and rather alliteratively – the "Forza Motorsport 5 Ford Fiesta ST", MRT's latest modified car will make its public debut at this year's SEMA show in Los Angeles, where […]

Ahead of tomorrow's 24 hour endurance race at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Aston Martin has unveiled its new 'CC100 Speedster' concept car. The first of Aston Martin's eventual plethora of commemorative concept car, the CC100 has been built to celebrate the company's centenary this year. Fans of vintage automotive racing will undoubtedly see the aesthetic resemblance […]

Wealthy businessman and huge Ferrari officianado Jim Glickenhaus has confirmed a successor to to his one-off P4/5 supercar (the car shown in the picture below) is in the pipelines. Set to be built by Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (the racing team which campaigned the P4/5 Competizione), the new car has been christened the P 33, which […]

To celebrate the outfit's second consecutive win at the Dakar Rally, MINI has revealed a special-edition version of it's Countryman John Cooper Works model. Officially branded the 'MINI John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 Dakar', MINI has limited the production run to a mere 11 units (a reference to the 11th Dakar win for Stephane Peterhansel, […]

Ahead of it's debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week, McLaren Automotive has revealed the full tech specs of it's new flagship hypercar, the P1. With the exterior having changed very little from the concept that previewed it at the Paris Motor Show in September last year – the only major addition to the […]

In a shock announcement, the investment firm Genii Capital has announced it's become a shareholder and 'strategic partner' to the German car company Ruf. Whilst the full extent of this partnership with Ruf is yet to be known, given Gerard Lopez – the chairman of Genii and the Lotus F1 team – is now a […]

It's been a long time coming, but the highly anticipated, mid-engined Alfa Romeo 4C sports car will finally be shown in production-ready guise at this year's Geneva Motor Show. First hinted by the 4C Concept  from two years ago, the finished car appears to have – bar the special red paint that adorned the show car […]

Despite his departure from the German firm's Formula One team, it's understood that Michael Schumacher's assistance is to be retained by Mercedes-Benz. According to Mercedes-AMG F1 team principal Ross Brawn, the seven-time World Champion will take on an "ambassadorial" role at the car maker, which will involve development work of the Mercedes-Benz road car range. […]

According to a report by British motoring magazine Autocar, it seems that Jenson Button and Sergio Perez might have an extra car to develop bar their recently revealed MP4-28 F1 title challenger. An alleged insider source at McLaren has said to the weekly motoring title that Button and Perez are to play a part in […]

The launch of its new supercar is still a few months away, so – to tide us over for now – McLaren has released some new photos of the P1 development car in action. As with all prototype cars, the P1 "XP" prototype is heavily disquised in a camouflage vinyl scheme, though it is possible […]

The original Batmobile from the Batman TV series from the Sixties – and arguably one of the most iconic cars ever to appear on television- has been sold at auction for $4.2 million (£2.6 million at current exchange rates) at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Arizona, USA. The automotive superstar appeared in the original televised serial alongside […]

Whilst we don't usually cover business ventures and non-motorsport related contract extensions here on Team VVV, when we heard that Bugatti had extended its contract with British engineering firm Ricardo until 2014, we felt it was worthy of a mention on our news page. The new contract in question regards the supply of the seven-speed […]

Considering it's one of the most highly anticipated cars of the year, and that it'll allegedly be making its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, it's perhaps a tad surprising that hardly anything about the upcoming Ferrari flagship has been revealed. However, a vague hint has given us at least a mental […]

At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, onlookers were amazed by what they saw pride of place at the Jaguar stand: a million Euro carbon fibre supercar, shrouding the latest composite technologies (as developed by the Williams F1 team) and a pair of gas turbine engines. What stunned everyone else even more, though, was that Jaguar […]

The Porsche 911 is almost synonymous with the world of motorsports, so it shouldn't be too surprising to hear that there's now an all-new racing version of Stuttgart's iconic sports car. Based on the 991 generation 911 that went on sale earlier this year, the 911 GT3 Cup car employs all the racing know-how that […]

Ever since the C7 Corvette Prototype was spied lurking not around a race track, but in Gran Turismo 5's demo sequences, the main bit of info that the avid GT gamers have wanted to know is when (or if) it would be included as a driveable car in the game. With the latest announcement, though, we can […]

If you're someone who brushes up on the motor industry every day, it's likely you'll know that Jaguar's been developing a new performance flagship for the XF saloon range – the XFR-S – for the last few months. It seems, though, that the gestation period has finally come to an end, as Jag's set to […]

It's safe to say that Bernd Maylander has a pretty cool job – after all, he is the bloke who drives the Safety Cars during the F1 Grand Prix weekends. However, even though he has a monstrous SLS GT as his part-time company car, we expect that he might want to pester Mercedes into letting […]