Each year a host of thrill-seeking motorists descend upon the Baja desert to take part in a 1,000 mile sprint from Southern California to Mexico, and they do it in all kinds of rugged off-road extreme machines. This year VW has built a beast to cope with the toughest of challenges and it's pretty clean too.

Here?s a new Audi that?s set to make a name for itself... via the back door. Our picture gives a first glimpse of the A5 Sportback ? a five-door evolution of the stunning A5 coup?. Even though it?s wearing a heavy disguise, the prototype was exposed long enough for our eagle-eyed spies to capture it.

There?s obviously no such thing as putting on a brave face at GM. News that the firm faces financial crisis should have brought the tooth-whitened marketing execs out in their droves at the LA Show.

The new 2009 Toyota Venza underwent a unique transformation by Street
Image resulting in the creation of the SportLux Venza performance show
car. The Venza SportLux will be displayed at the Toyota exhibit
throughout the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association ...

The new 2009 Toyota Venza underwent a unique transformation by Street Image resulting in the creation of the SportLux Venza performance show car. The Venza SportLux will be displayed at the Toyota exhibit throughout the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association ...