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May 24, 2013

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Nissan 370Z Nismo cost £36,995 & rest of 370Z range gets a price cut

Photo of Nissan 370Z Nismo Price

Nissan has revealed that the range-topping 370Z Nismo will cost £36,995 and the rest of the 370Z range gets tweaked and cut in price for 2013. Back in February, Nissan revealed that the 370Z Nismo would finally be coming to the UK and Europe to try and give the 370Z a bit of a performance [...]

McLaren P1 Nurburgring record time is…a fiction for designers inspiration

Photo of McLaren P1 on track

The claimed Nurburgring record for the McLaren P1 – a stunning 6m 33s – isn’t real but a mood board inspiration for designers working on the P1. Yesterday, Jalopnik ran a story that the McLaren P1 seemed to have shattered the Nurburgring lap record for a production car by a massive 15 seconds, pushing the track-focused – [...]

Jaguar tops J. D. Power Survey again in 2013

Jaguar XFR with black Pack photo - winner JD Power 2013

Jaguar has retained its crown in the J. D. Power Survey in 2013 as best car maker, beating Lexus in to second place for the second year running. We did wonder if Jaguar would be able to hold on to its crown as J.D. Power Survey ‘Best Car Maker’ it snatched from Lexus in 2012. [...]

McLaren 50 12C & 12C Spider celebrate McLaren’s 50th anniversary

McLaren 50 12C Spider in orange photo

McLaren is building a maximum of fifty each of a limited edition 12C – the McLaren 50 12C and 12C Spider – to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2013. One of the joys for McLaren of having a road car once more is that they can use the tried and trusted method of celebrating special occasions with a ‘Limited [...]

BAC Mono for sale: The only brand new Mono for sale…in the World

Photo of BAC Mono for sale

The stunning, single-seat, track focused but road-legal BAC Mono is as rare as hen’s teeth, but now a UK BAC dealer has a brand new, unregistered Mono for sale. It’s two years since the BAC Mono – a proper track car that just happens to be road-legal – arrived, and all the production slots, both [...]

2013 Mercedes E-Class Coupe & Cabriolet: Price and Specification

Photo of 2013 Mercedes E-Class Coupe & Cabriolet

The recently revealed facelift for the 2013 Mercedes E Class Coupe and Cabriolet now has a price and specification. The E-Class Coupe will cost from £35,095 and the Cabriolet from £38,465. The recent facelift for the Mercedes E Class Cabriolet and Coupe – and the saloon and estate – was so extensive it could almost [...]

2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 spy video

2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 spy video still

We have video of the next generation Golf R – the 2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 – testing on track at the Nurburgring ahead of a likely debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. We did think, a few weeks ago when VW were playing tease with a ‘Frozen Beast’ teaser, that they were about to [...]

Tesla repays government loans – a first, say Tesla. Chrysler disagree.

Photo of Elon Musk & Tesla Logo

Chrysler has repaid $465 million of loans from the US Department of Energy nine years early as sales rise – a first, say Tesla. But Chrysler disagrees. 2013 is turning in to a very good year for Tesla. The Tesla Model S has had more praise heaped on it than almost any car ever has, they are making [...]

Lexus IS Coupe arriving in 2014 & IS F V8 on the way

Photo of Lexus LF-CC Coupe Concept at 2012 Paris Motor Show

It looks like Lexus are going to turn the very appealing LL-CC Coupe from last year’s Paris Motor Show in to a production model for 2014 – the Lexus IS Coupe. The Lexus LF-CC Coupe turned up at the 2012 Paris Motor Show as a concept version of the new IS, complete with many of [...]

Lotus Exige S Roadster Official: Price (£52,800) and Specs

Photo Lotus Exige S Roadster

The soft top version of the Exige S – the Lotus Exige S Roadster – has been officially revealed at the same price as the Coupe Exige. Now available to order. Earlier this month Lotus teased the arrival of the Exige S Roadster in time for Summer – and now it’s here. It’s the first properly good [...]