Aston Martin DBS Volante – Looks To Drive For

February 26, 2009

Aston Martin will premiere the DBS Volante at the Geneva Auto Salon on the 3rd March 2009. Completing the DBS line-up, the new Volante will afford customers the combination of the DBS’s already-established benchmark sports car characteristics with all the thrills of open-air motoring.
Broadening the DBS’s character, the DBS Volante will appeal to drivers who [...]

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Coffee As A Power Source?

February 24, 2009

Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks. Their study has been published online in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication.
In the new study, Mano Misra, Susanta Mohapatra, and [...]

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The Caterham Superlight R300 Returns

February 23, 2009

Caterham’s famous ‘Superlight’ family is now complete with the British manufacturer releasing details of a new generation of its Superlight R300.
 
Following in the rear tyre tracks of the motorsport derived R400 and R500, the latest Seven punches from 0-to-60mph in 4.5 seconds courtesy of a new 2.0-litre Ford Duratec engine, tuned by Caterham Powertrain (CPT) [...]

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi

February 22, 2009

I’ve spoken before about the frankly odd choice of Subaru to move away from one of the most iconic car shapes ever – the rally-derived saloon shape it used for cars including the WRX and STi – but once you see one in the flesh you’ll actually be pleasantly surprised.  So much so was this [...]

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More Doom & Gloom

February 21, 2009

You may have seen on the news that there’s a bit of a furore going on at the moment around whether the Unite union should have stated a claim that a major, unidentified UK plant will go under within days without government help.
Of course, the government themselves in the form of Lord Mandelson – Business [...]

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The Skoda Superb GreenLine

February 18, 2009

Škoda has announced the launch of its new Superb GreenLine. Available in January, the Superb GreenLine is powered by a 1.9-litre TDI PD DPF which produces 105 bhp and is capable of 55.4mpg on the combined cycle and produces only 136g/km of CO2. This means the Superb GreenLine sits in VED band C and attracts [...]

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Middle Lane Hogs – Not Loved

February 17, 2009

Over 70% of Brits would like to see the Police given the power to prosecute motorists who ‘hog’ the middle lane on the motorway according to a new survey by Motorpoint.
The poll by the car supermarket giant found 73% of people would welcome new laws that penalised so-called ‘middle lane morons’ who cause delays on [...]

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Chris Bangle Leaves BMW

February 16, 2009

Chris Bangle, design chief for BMW, has stepped down in order to pursue his own design related work outside of the motor industry. Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design for the brand as a whole will replace him. Bangle has had a massive impact on the look of a wide variety of vehicles, [...]

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Car Auction Tips

February 15, 2009

More and more of us are turning to car auctions to pick up a bargain – and why not? They aren’t the dodgy dealerships that they used to be – far from it. These days, auctions vary by lot but you can buy everything from a cheap used motor all the way up [...]

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The Zonda R

February 14, 2009

While we certainly cannot say the Zonda F lacks performance figures, driving around the Nürburgring in 7:27:82 and achieving lateral G forces of almost 1.5 G, it is however a road car, easy to drive, intuitive and setting the benchmark for comfort, safety and lightweight. Paired with a quality finish and the attention to detail [...]

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