A trio of large, silver spheres has appeared in front of the Parliament Building in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. But rather than transporting visitors from another world, demanding to see the country’s leader, they are display modules created by Audi to showcase its future technology and innovation.

Focused on the question, “Which technologies will make mobility possible in the future?”, the German maker says the interactive displays show how it is shaping tomorrow’s personal transport technology.

Three walk-in spheres present unique, future-focused worlds. Visitors learn about Audi’s ultra-lightweight construction, electric mobility in the form of the Audi e-tron and the networking of cars with Audi connect.

For example, visitors to the e-tron world, can put wind turbines in motion, that in turn transmit energy to an Audi e-tron Spyder (pictured), on display. In the connect sphere, they can test various features of networked driving within the new A3.

The exhibition will be open at Christiansborg Slotsplads, in the centre of Copenhagen, until August 5th.

BMW has collaborated with The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, to take over the landmark Great Eastern Street car park, in Shoreditch in the heart of the Olympic city’s east end, for a unique exhibition of the BMW Art Car Collection.

Open until August 4, the free entry event is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, claimed by its organisers to be the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic movements.

The BMW Art Car Collection started in 1975 when French racing driver and auctioneer Herve Poulain invited his friend Alexander Calder to design a car that married artistic excellence to “an already perfect object”. The end result was a racing car that would ultimately compete in the Le Mans 24-hour race.

Since then, 16 artists including Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and David Hockney, as well as Australians Michael Jagamara Nelson and Ken Done, have put brush to mobile BMW canvas.

In 1977, the most famous pop artist of all (for much longer than 15 minutes), Andy Warhol put his stamp on a racing version of the M1 sports car, saying “I have tried to give a vivid depiction of speed. If a car is really fast, all contours and colours will become blurred”.

The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad is the London 2012 Festival. Running until September 9, 2012, the nationwide celebration brings together leading artists from across the world with the best from the UK.

Mazda has confirmed the global launch of its much-anticipated, all-new Mazda6 sedan for next month’s Moscow International Automobile Salon (August 29 – September 9, 2012).

A clear reflection of the company’s ‘Takeri’ concept car, shown at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the sleek flagship model conforms to the Japanese maker’s ‘KODO-Soul of Motion’ design theme, already seen on the compact CX-5 SUV.

Known as the Atenza in Japan, the fresh front-wheel drive, mid-sizer features Mazda’s brake energy regeneration tech, i-ELOOP, which uses fast-charge/discharge capacitors, rather than batteries, to store energy for use in the car’s various electrical systems.

The Moscow show car is a Russian specification sedan equipped with a direct-injection, 2.0-litre four cylinder petrol engine and six-speed auto transmission.

Red Bull Racing is ready to give you wings at this year’s British Grand Prix (July 06-08). Well, at least some space on them, for a personal mug shot attached to Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber’s cars.

To add your photo, go to www.facesforcharity.com , donate €15 (A$19.30) and Red Bull Racing will match every donation made. One hundred percent of all donations will go directly to Wings for Life, a charity supporting spinal cord injury research projects around the world.

Photos can be uploadeduntil 17 June, 2012 (or until all the spaces are sold out). More than 25,000 images will then come together to create a unique collage on both Red Bull RB8s throughout the British GP weekend.

Donors will automatically be entered into a prize draw to attend the race at Silverstone with Red Bull Racing, to see the ‘Faces for Charity’ cars and team in action.

An online auction, organised by Ferrari to raise funds for the families of the victims of the recent earthquakes in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is now live.

You can make a bid or contribution via ferrari.com, and among the items up for grabs are a Ferrari 599XX EVO valued at more than €1.6 million, a complete 2008 Formula 1 engine, autographed driving suits, gloves and helmets from Ferrari F1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, as well as unique memorabilia from Ferrari’s motorsport history.

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You can also contribute to fund-raising efforts by purchasing Scuderia Ferrari watches from www.ferraristore.com, with proceeds going towards the auction funds. The auction will end on 20 June 2012.

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Far from the trauma of a mid-life crisis, BMW’s M (for Motorsport) division is proudly celebrating four decades of high-performance road and racing cars wearing the now famous single letter badge.

Kicking off in 1972, with 35 employees under the leadership of ex-Porsche works driver and Ford Racing Manager Jochen Neerpasch, BMW Motorsport began with a pure competition focus, that soon spilled over into production of powerful, finely-tuned road cars like the M5 of 1974, and the exotic mid-engined M1 supercar of 1978.

Through the ‘80s BMW M coaxed an extraordinary 1400hp (in qualifying trim) from a 1.5-litre, four cylinder turbo Formula One engine, based on a humble road-going powerplant. It went on to win the world championship, powering Nelson Piquet’s Brabham to the driver’s title in 1983.

In 1986, arguably the most iconic BMW M car of all, the M3 made its debut; originally in four cylinder form, and later in screaming in-line six and storming V8 versions. A range of other exceptional cars, such as V8 and V10-powered M5s, Z3 and Z4 coupes, as well as pumped up versions of the X5 and X6 SUV’s have since brought the M division to even greater prominence and popularity.

The high-horsepower world of Formula One has been pushing towards a greener future (and image) recently, but this may be taking things a touch too far.

The Williams F1 team has won a gold award in the great pavilion category at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, with its full-scale topiary grand prix car and pit crew.

Marking the team’s 35th year in the world’s premier motor racing category, it took Essex-based nursery specialist King & Co three years to cultivate.

Williams provided several car parts as well as a helmet from team driver Bruno Senna to incorporate into ‘The Williams F1 Story’ design.

Since its inception in 1977, Williams has won 16 world titles with drivers including Australia’s most recent champion Alan Jones, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell, and Nelson Piquet.

The world famous Chelsea show opened overnight and runs until this Saturday the 26th.

Inspired by the C-X16 concept car it unveiled at last year’s Frankfurt motor show, Jaguar has confirmed an all-new production sports car called the F-Type will enter production before the end of the year, and be on sale by mid-2013.

Adopting the show car’s all-alloy construction, the F-Type will launch as a two-seater convertible, and offer a range of new petrol engine options. The C-X16 show car was powered by a 280kW/450Nm 3.0-litre supercharged V6, backed up a by a ‘push-to-pass’, KERS-style electric boost system adding an extra 70kW/235Nm boost for up to 10sec.

The F-Type is already in pre-production test mode with prototypes now leaving Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant, where the car will be built. Speaking at the New York motor show, Jaguar’s design director Ian Callum said, “The C-type, D-type and E-type Jaguars were all pure in purpose and form, and the F-Type will hold true to that principle.”

California custom car specialist Cartel Customs has wasted no time in ripping the roof off the US Scion version of the just launched Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ twins.

The radical one-off Scion FR-S roadster is set to debut at this weekend’s CART Grand Prix of Long Beach, and although its 2.0-litre boxer engine’s output remains unchanged at 147kW/205Nm, the “race inspired” two seater features an ACT competition clutch, GReddy SP Elite exhaust, adjustable KW Clubsport coil-over shocks, upgraded Wilwood six-piston brakes up front and four-piston callipers at the rear.

Wheels are 18-inch Forge Line centre-lock alloys shod with hi-performance TOYO Proxes R888 rubber, and (aside from the top chop) the body features lightweight front guards and bonnet as well as more muscular, widened wheel arches.

After its first two months on sale in Japan Subaru’s BRZ sports coupe has blown the company’s sales projections away, recording four times the registrations initially predicted.

Against a somewhat conservative target of 450 units per month the new RWD 2+2 has averaged 1775 sales, with close to two thirds of buyers choosing the six speed manual version over the optional six-speed auto.

So far just over a third of new owners are aged under-30, and close to 80percent of cars sold are the top-spec S variant. The stripped out RA model, designed expressly for those intending to tune and customise their car, has only accounted for three percent.

The 86, Toyota’s version of the joint-venture model, goes on sale in Japan next Friday (06.04.12), with both cars scheduled for Australian release mid-year.