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    Report: Netherlands getting glow-in-the-dark, color-changing Smart Highway [w/video]
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    Most automotive safety advancements these days are being made either through the automakers or government standards, but one group in the Netherlands is coming up with innovative ways of making the roads safer... literally. Design firm Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure have teamed up ...

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    Video: Mini knows how you take your coffee after a test drive
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    Mini Netherlands wanted to give its countrymen a good reason to test drive its cars, so it threw in a free cup of coffee with the spin – but not just any old cuppa joe. Cars were fitted with a sensor that analyzed the driver's style. The chip was then placed in a special coffeemaker that ...

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    Video: Watch this Mercedes-Benz DTM pit crew's dramatic air line accident
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    During a DTM practice session in Zandvoort, Holland last weekend there was an accident in the pit lane that left four men injured. Ralf Schumacher had finished pitting his Mercedes-Benz racer and the pit crew in front of his had wheeled out and untied their air line, and a man in the adjacent ...

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    Report: Mitsubishi sells plant in Europe for just one euro
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    What's a euro worth these days, about a buck and a quarter? Go dig around in your couch cushions then and you'll probably find enough to have bought your very own assembly plant. That's right, according to Reuters, Mitsubishi just "sold" its Dutch assembly plant to bus-maker VDL Group for a nominal ...

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    Report: Top Gear going Dutch with new series in Holland
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    Spinning off isn't usually a good thing when you're making a show about cars, unless the spinning in question relates to the series itself and not to the cars being driven. And while Clarkson, Stig, et al, have certainly spun enough cars on and off camera, their mishaps are surpassed by the ...

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    Video: Netherlands' worst driver proves it in graphic video
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    We've seen some pretty bad ideas for reality TV shows come to fruition, but they all pale in comparison to De Allerslechtste chauffeur van Nederland? (Who Is The Worst Driver In The Netherlands?) – a concept that takes bad drivers and puts them behind the wheel in a series of ...

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    Isis AM01 is a Dutch-built, WRX STI-powered supercar [w/video]
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    What you're looking at isn't the latest homologation special to come from an automaker's sports prototype racing program. (It's not an imaginary spy agency from a cartoon show for that matter, either.) It's a Dutch supercar of sorts, and you can buy one now. It's called the Isis AM01, and it ...

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    Donkervoort introducing 24 Hours of Dubai special edition at AutoRAI
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    Donkervoort D8 GT4 endurance racer – Click above for high-res image gallery
    A car show doesn't necessarily need to be held where cars are made. One of the biggest shows of the year, for example, takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, where there's no auto manufacturing to speak of. You ...

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    Jaguar brings a pair of Designer Editions to go with the announcement at AutoRAI
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    There are major auto shows, and there are relatively minor ones. Holland's AutoRAI may fall more into the latter category, but that doesn't mean it can't have its fare share of new debuts. And a big part of those are reportedly coming from Jaguar. Say what you will about the wisdom of decisions ...

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    Video: Fiat 500 gets the Dodge treatment a little ahead of schedule
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    Fiat/Dodge 500 – Click above to watch video after the jump
    First, it's worth mentioning that when the Fiat 500 finally hits American shores, chances are it won't be wearing a Dodge logo on the hood. As far as we know, the sub-compact will arrive sporting the same badges it wears in Europe. ...

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