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Koenigsegg, the Swedish company known for its hypercars, broke the world record for fastest production car with its Agera RS over the weekend. And in true ultra-luxe hypercar style, the company paid to shut down a section of Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump, Nevada.

The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry has banned all trucks from using auxiliary highways and old national highway networks in a move it says is intended to increase safety and improve policing but which critics claim is aimed at raising revenues by forcing trucks to use toll roads.

French carmaker Renault posted record vehicle sales for the first half as a sustained product offensive lifted global deliveries by 10.4 percent - with a well-timed China SUV launch and a renewed push into Iran both contributing.

Turkey increased its special consumption tax on cars on Nov. 25, a move that will be applied to all but the cheapest models in what the finance minister said was a response to demands from the industry.

Jaguar’s first luxury SUV is the 2016 Women’s World Car of the Year.
The 17 judges – including two from New Zealand – vote initially for the car of their choice in six different categories and the Jaguar F-Pace won the SUV/crossover category from six other contenders.

Just a few years ago, a number of Greek newspaper headlines concerned the record-breaking Porsche Cayennes circulating in the country. While there are still some Greeks that can afford to buy cars valued at more than 300,000 euros, they just aren’t doing it.

Volkswagen is the most common car brand in Bulgaria, according to the Ministry of Interior data regarding the registration of motor vehicles.

A total of 476,327 Volkswagen automobiles have been registered in Bulgaria, however 238,940 of them are over 20 years old, which makes the brand the leader in the ranking of old cars in the country, as well, Speed-Press reports.

The Finance Ministry has introduced a new measure to curb the illegal use of luxury cars with foreign plates by Greek citizens.

Test-drive crash of presidential car investigated

BELGRADE -- Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljović says the police are investigating the circumstances under which a Mercedes GL 500, used by the president, crashed.

The rise in the number of new cars on Greece’s roads continued for a second straight month in February, confirming the market’s forecast based on orders made since January.