Feds: Backup cameras in all new cars by 2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation today finalized a set of federal standards for rear visibility that will require all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds to have backup cameras by mid-2018. Congress called for the rules in 2008 after a spate of accidents in which parents driving cars or trucks backed over their young children, killing them.

KTM Crossbow unveiled

By Jack Carfrae First Official Pictures 07 February 2007 10:52 The KTM Crossbow: it looks like a go-kart on steroids! That’s not far off, actually. Austrian company KTM usually manufactures off-road motorbikes, but it has recently made the jump into street bikes, and now the lightweight sports car market.

Ferrari LaFerrari vs McLaren P1: the stats and specs battle

Arch rivals Ferrari and McLaren have both revealed their new hypercars at the 2013 Geneva motor show today. Both produce over 900bhp and 650lb ft, hit 62mph in under three seconds, top 217mph, and cost nearly £1m. When we drive both cars in the coming months their different characters will no doubt be revealed, but for now here's how the pair match up head-to-head...