An American employee of the U.S. Embassy in Malta found that out the hard way when his road-rage-fueled outburst against a Maltese driver on August 24, was captured on film and shared on YouTube for the entire world to see – including his bosses…

YouTube user Jakovids was the one to record the incident in which the unnamed embassy employee lashed out against the driver of a Toyota Verso MPV for not moving aside and even attempted to open the car's locked door.

I don't have a problem with that, and in fact I think the Mondeo genuinely deserves this Vignale trim idea, as it's always been a really good car, that was always let down by its non-premium badge and never-best-in-class interior. If only they didn't go to all the trouble of calling something Italian to make it sound desirable and design housey.

VW has already built 50 XL1s, with another 200 to be produced and delivered starting next spring. Despite the limited run and the steep price, VW says there is great demand for the XL1, which is a popular item among car collectors and wealthy car enthusiasts. The Wolfsburg-based automaker doesn't plan to build more cars, so the exclusivity of the Volkswagen XL1 will remain intact.

The auction house has set a guide price of £85,000 (€99,740) to £100,000 (€117,210) for the car, which will go under the hammer on September 17 at Barons' Sandown Park sale in the UK.

One of the more interesting upcoming models is the brand-new 4-Series Gran Coupe that our spies snagged having shed a lot of its camouflage compared to previous prototypes, thus revealing its 4-Series Coupe-borrowed front nose, which is lower and slightly more aggressively detailed than that of the 3-Series sedan.

The Porsche 918 Spyder is the least powerful and the heaviest of the trio, but since it is a Porsche, you can bet it will be engineered around its shortcomings and prove to be a very good car of this sort.

A total of 30 cars made it into the list for the first of the two-stage voting process, which calls for the nomination of seven finalists that will be announced by mid-December 2013. The second phase will decide the winner that will be revealed on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show in the beginning of March 2014.

Only 500 units of the EcoSport Limited Edition will be built, 120 of which will go to the UK and 110 to Germany. The special edition crossover will feature the Ford Sync AppLink system, which enables voice control of smartphone apps from the driver's seat.

However, before we tell you about it, allow us to briefly recap the story. Last Friday, we wrote about the new Bulleta RF22 project, a future sports car based on the running gear of the Lotus Evora. On Tuesday, Lotus Cars USA press spokesperson Kevin Smith sent us an email describing the RF22 as "Vapor", adding that the British company has no official connection to Bulleta Motors.

On the same day, Bulleta Motors co-founder Ferris Rezvani attacked us for reporting on Mr. Smith's statement and requested we remove the posting as its "unfounded and un informed" as well as "embarrassing" for our site. He added that Lotus Cars USA is simply a reseller and that Mr. Smith was not aware of his relationship with Lotus UK.

While it may look like a golf cart to many, this study previews a future production model, as Smart said in the email they posted earlier today: "#Sneakpeek: take a first look at the design sketch of the upcoming smart fourjoy, forerunner of a new smart generation. Stay tuned for more!"

The concept hatchback is more crossover than what we anticipated with its exterior styling continuing the rounded out theme seen on Citroen's more recent products like the new generation C4 Picasso and its bigger and more spacious sibling, the C4 Grand Picasso minivans.

The deal with PSA was set up in 2002, and it's set to expire in 2016. Now, Bloomberg reports that it may not be extended further, as BMW already has its own line of three-cylinder low capacity petrol engines to use, and the French auto group's decision to collaborate with General Motors reportedly pushed them even further away.

The idea is that if you design a car with no real inspiration in mind, in the form of an object (preferably of natural origin), you can look at, turn around and examine, you will end up with a SsangYong Rodius, or a pre-facelift Mercedes-Benz R-Class…

The new CLA 45 AMG Racing Series Concept Car will have its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week and according to a short statement from the brand with the star, it "provides a preview of a further customer sports racing car from Mercedes-AMG".