The Spider open top car is more than just another convertible; it's the next in a series of McLaren's stretching back over five decades. Our open top cars have won Grand Prixes across five continents, dominated entire race series and been driven by multiple World Champions. Now McLaren have applied the same formula of engineering expertise and innovative design to create the 12C Spider, the latest member of the 12C family. courtesy McLarenAutomotiveTV YouTube

The Takeri concept will form the basis for the next-generation Mazda6, due to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show.

Big cars aren't always gas guzzlers, small cars may be often be even safer in a crash.

Find out what's making news in the wonderful world of motoring this week.

Round four of the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship begins this weekend in Johor Baru, Malaysia. APC talks to: Per Gunnar Andersson (Sweden) Proton Motorsports Alister McRae (UK) Proton MotorsportsAkira Bamba (Japan) 2011 Junior Champion Mike Young (New Zealand) current Junior points leader.

Extreme rally driver Ken Block attacked the crazy streets of San Francisco for his latest Gymkhana movie.

Photos from the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas

The world's greatest celebration of car culture event was even bigger for 2012 with a record number of Formula One Drivers and Teams, classic vehicles, planes and bikes galore in attendance. From current Formula 1 racers and 200mph supercars to steam-powered carriages of the 19th Century, and from 3000bhp top fuel dragsters to classic rally cars, the Festival of Speed attracts the heroic and the evocative from every era in a display of style, sound, smell and colour. Available material includes highlights with Sebastian Vettel's first attendance, a unique concours d'elegance dedicated to vehicles used and owned by Her Majesty The Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee, famous faces and the very latest supercars.