Renault 4 Ever: A contest to design the future of the R4

Renault has launched an international competition to design the hypothetical future of the R4, on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the famous little French. Renault 4 Ever The competition requires participants to reproduce in a modern style of the car, and combine it with advanced technologies to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

Attractive prizes: the winner will be the R4 which has participated in the last Monte Carlo Historique at the wheel with the former F1 driver Michel Leclere. The car, a copy of 1965 has an estimated value of about € 15,000. The second and third prize will be € 3000 and 5000 respectively.

Singer 911: part of the production

Singer started production of its unique 911, a proposal that at the very least a nod to the past, but under the guise (in bare carbon fiber, however ...) of a replica, hides a deeply renewed. The engine of the Singer 911 is a 3.8 boxer six-cylinder 410 hp air-cooled 993 and derived from reworked cylinder heads with Ninemeister (9M), new pistons, new camshafts and crankshaft offset 997 GT3, as the plant exhaust, oil pump and titanium connecting rods.

Jaguar E-Type, a book to celebrate 50 years

Jaguar has produced a book collection to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the car is more representative of its entire history, the E-Type. "E-Type - 50 Years of a Design Icon" traces the history of this car and can only be purchased online. Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961, the E-Type, by virtue of its 240 km / h top speed was the fastest production car in the world.

It cost something like half of many competitors ... The book contains 144 pages of unpublished material is from the archives of the Jaguar Heritage, both newly commissioned photographs and content made for the event including interviews with celebrities from the world of design, motor sports and celebrities including Jackie Stewart, Martin Brundle, Stirling Moss and Jay Leno.