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When Baird & Co, a leading British gold refiner, needed to transport $14m of precious metals across London, who did it call? A security company? An expert bullion mover? No, Baird’s called Porsche.

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan didn’t open to the pubic until today. However, with the press preview week wrapping up we wanted to give you an overview of all the debuts from this year’s show.

Robert Kubica moves one step closer to a full-time return to F1 with his role as reserve driver at Williams. His 2018 role includes taking part in testing sessions and GP weekend practice runs.

In this week’s Wednesday Want we’ve found something historically significant in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

We all thought that the Land Rover Defender was dead. The production line shut down and the 2,016,933rd and last model rolled into Land Rover’s Collection, 68 years after the first.

To kick off the NAIAS, Ford took the wraps off the latest edition of the Bullitt Mustang. As impressive as it is, there’s another ‘Stang at the show that tops it. This is, of course, the original 1968 Mustang GT-390 fastback from the film.

There’s no shortage of great racing drivers throughout the history of motorsports. However, it takes someone truly special to reach legendary status. One driver to reach that pinnacle is Dan Gurney.

Ford is using the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) to really stamp down some performance credentials.

Two things in life are certain, death and Ford releasing a special edition Mustang every chance it gets. However, its latest ‘Stang is no run-of-the-mill sticker or chrome package. This time it’s an updated “Bullitt” version.

The Christmas/New Year period isn’t just a holiday for most ordinary folk, it’s a breather for car manufacturers too. The press offices go silent and a calm settles on the automotive landscape.

If you’ve ever been shocked by how your web browser targets you with advertisements for things you never thought you’d told it, look away now. The same technology may soon be coming to your car.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Land Rover. To celebrate this special occasion, it’s restoring an original Series 1 with an interesting backstory.

Peugeot is on a bit of a roll as of late. It was a company that, back in the 1980s, was known for its sporty versions of regular hatchbacks. The 205 GTI is pretty much an icon of its time, but the company also made cars like the 309 GTI (which was better) and the 405 Mi16.

Back in December, we told you about a new concept from Gazoo Racing — the newest sub-brand from Toyota. Now with the Tokyo Auto Salon upon us, we finally get our first look at the GR Super Sport Concept.

British sports car maker Ginetta has officially unveiled its new LMP1 race car, ahead of the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship.

Almost every voice command system in cars is awful. Most of the time it doesn’t understand what you asked. And just when you think it does, it calls your step-mother instead of adjusts the seat heaters. Amazon thinks it has a solution to this by offering its Alexa system for cars.

Well we didn’t see this one coming; Daniil Kvyat will remain in F1 this year, albeit in reduced capacity. His role? The 23-year-old Russian driver joins Ferrari as a development driver.

In this week’s Wednesday Want we’ve found something truly special in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

Fisker gave us the full unveiling of its latest car at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

One of the most grueling races on the planet kicked off Saturday, January 6. This is none other than the famous Dakar Rally.