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Which do you think will win? Will it be the rear wheel drive, lighter Porsche or will the might of the RS500 with the extra power win the day? No doubt both cars are fantastic, but they’re both quite expensive at over £35,000. As always, Auto Express provides an excellent (and fair) test of these […]
This is the Vauxhall GTC Paris Concept – set for a debut at the Paris Motor Show on 30th September 2010. Here’s the news from Vauxhall on this dramatic looking car: Mark Adams, Vauxhall/Opel’s Vice President of Design, has described the GTC Paris as, ‘bold, pure and iconic’ in its appearance. Vauxhall has hinted that […]
This is the all new Audi R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro, which features the upgraded Audi EU5 V8 engine in conjunction with the coupe. The newest generation V8 engine from Audi features 430PS at 7,900rpm, 430Nm from 4,500 to 6,000rpm, a 0-62mph sprint in 4.8 seconds and drives on to a whopping top speed 186mph. […]
Here’s the latest from MINI on their newest car, the Countryman. Sure to be a success, the new MINI is now ubiquitous on UK roads and I can vouch for the popularity – a street only a couple of hundred metres from my house has 4 MINIs! The Countryman is the largest in the MINI […]
Lexus may get a bad rap thanks to the Alan Partridge association, but since producing the mighty LFA they certainly got my attention! This new 2011 IS certainly looks the business – a very sleek design mated to a 360hp engine and paddleshift gearbox can only mean good things. I’m actually quite impressed, though I’d […]
The very first Focus RS500 has become an icon and the very first model, PR001, is set to join the company’s heritage collection. This means that the car will be shown at a variety of shows as well as at certain Ford dealers throughout the year. The PR001 is representative of a very small run […]
In this video, Vicki Butler-Henderson tackles the might and power of the Mazda3 MPS – one of the fastest hot hatchbacks around. As you all know, I’m a massive fan of the hot hatch. A car that isn’t too large, has plenty of power and the ability to car a reasonable amount of stuff in […]
In recent years, Lotus has enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, what with the immense popularity of cars such as the Exige, which whilst not being massive production models have a reputation as being tremendous when it comes to performance. Equally, the Evora has taken everyone by surprise, offering two rear seats but maintaining the fun […]
Here’s a release you might just be interested in if you’re a safety conscious driver: On sale in the UK from next week; the all-new Suzuki Swift has been rated as one of Europe’s safest cars, achieving a maximum 5 star rating in the 2010 test by Euro NCAP. Euro NCAP’s (New Car Assessment Programme) […]
Gone are the days when people used to spend hours trying to locate where they were on a map; today we have the ‘Sat Nav’ which uses GPS to direct drivers from one location to another, however sometimes ignoring that reassuring voice you hear is the best option; as these drivers found out when they […]