Car Blog & Car News
Well, Mondays are always pretty bleak, so I thought you’d enjoy a few shots of the Ferrari 458 Italia. It’s a gorgeous, gorgeous car that has a triple exhaust setup to allow the 4.5 litre V8 to breathe. It’s a two seater, rear-mid engine that is replacing the Ferrari F430, though based on a new […]
Perhaps older news now – but still worthy. The humble 3 way seatbelt (as designed by Volvo) has saved more than 1 million lives. Here’s the story from the release: More than a million people globally are estimated to have survived a car accident thanks to a 50-year-old invention designed by Volvo – the three-point […]
The SEAT Leon Cupra R is coming! This hot hatch has 265PS from a 2 litre TSI turbocharged petrol engine. This makes it (by quite a margin) the fastest Leon in the range – and one of the more potent hot hatches now on the market. All the power goes to the front wheels, but […]
This year has been a tumultuous one for F1 – with more stories, scoops and changes than just about any other sport. It’s certainly living up to being the ‘pinnacle’ of motorsport, though some would argue for all the wrong reasons. Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have both quit the Renault F1 team, following revelations […]
Does what it says on the tin, this is the second part of the Autocar video I featured on the site here.
Most people want a car that’s decent in every area, from driving dynamics to performance to styling. That’s because, simply put, we can’t all afford a people carrier every day and a Ferrari at the weekend. Which is where the Peugeot 207 Economique comes in. With a 1.6 litre, 90bhp engine, the car is no […]
It’s an old slogan but it’s a truism. The Institute of Advanced Motorists has a great section of driving tips that you’d do well to take a look over. Here’s a snippet from the bike awareness driving tip: “Ask most drivers if they feel safe in their car, and the answer is invariably yes. We […]
My YZF-R125 is proving to have been worn in quite nicely now. The clutch isn’t quite a temperamental, the gear change is slicker and there have been no issues with getting it into neutral and sticking there. Perhaps the biggest issue over the past 10 weeks remains the seating position. Whilst riding something that’s got […]
Monza certainly lived up to the fearsome reputation for speed this afternoon – though there were several smaller dramas than one big one. There were a couple of accidents in the pit lane (never surprising when this happens given the speed at which these guys work) and sadly Mark Webber was knocked out of the […]
Toyota’s new concept car is the Auris HSD full hybrid concept. What the ‘full’ part means is that the car is capable of being driven by petrol, electric power or a combination of both. Partial hybrids are not set up to do this, being permanently a synergistic setup. The concept previews at the Frankfurt Motor […]