Anniversary

In honor of the 205 GTi's 30th birthday, Peugeot has given its 208 GTi more power and a new suspension set up in an effort to recreate some of the magic that made its hot hatches famous in the past.

As part of the 70th-anniversary commemoration, RAF Tornado jets from II (Army Co-operation) Squadron (II (AC) Sqn) recreated that historic D-Day recon mission over Normandy, giving us a glimpse of how far aerial reconnaissance has come in three generations.

Longitude Prize 2014 is a new competition with a £10 million prize aimed at solving one of today’s great technological challenges, with the British public voting for which issue the prize will be given to.

The Nintendo Game Boy turned 25 this week. What better time to look back at one of gaming's most influential devices? We examine some of its predecessors, competitors, and stand-out software titles as we reminisce about the old grey brick.

On Tuesday, Bonhams auction house is selling a bumper crop of space exploration artifacts as part of its sixth annual Space History Sale in New York. The auction will see 296 lots of memorabilia from the US and Soviet space programs go on the block, including Mercury-era space suit.

In the twenty-five years since its launch, 1,088,000 Discoveries have been sold worldwide. To celebrate the anniversary, Land Rover has unveiled the XXV Special Edition Discovery 4, which includes special exterior and interior features to go along with its HSE specifications.

Serious car collectors never needed an excuse to add a Shelby Cobra to their garage, but Shelby has provided some extra incentive by celebrating the 50th anniversary of its FIA Cobra small block race car with the limited-edition Shelby Cobra 289 FIA.

The men and women who built Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer, gathered at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park on Wednesday for a re-enactment of the day the famous machine began its code-breaking operations against the Axis forces.

This Saturday, December 21st, marks the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8 lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center and into history as the first manned mission to orbit the Moon. It not only paved the way for Apollo 11, but is also seen by some as a greater achievement than the Moon landing itself.

Gizmag recently had the opportunity to experience McLaren's 616 hp 12C Spider for 48 hours in order to see how Formula 1 genetics play out in a production car. The verdict: brilliant.

Boutique UK auto house McLaren turned fifty this year. Here's Gizmag's look at the company's journey from a back shed in New Zealand to a world-renowned name in the highest circles of automotive excellence.

The setting is a private house located two miles off a Californian highway, up a very narrow, misty road. There waiting in the driveway is Lamborghini’s $4 million rolling concept, the Veneno. Next to it is the rolling reality of an Aventador LP 700-4, and it's time for a test drive.