Shelby SuperCars reveals that the Ultimate Aero II – pretender to the world’s fastest car crown – will be called the SSC Tuatara when it arrives Shelby SuperCars has been the bane of the Bugatti Veyron’s existence almost since its inception, because it’s the American Muscle response to the Bugatti technological tour de force. And it keeps on coming, this […]
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Jay Leno learns to drive his own McLaren MP4-12C at Dunsfold +video
Jay Leno gets to visit McLaren to see his MP4-12C and gets a driving lesson at Dunsfold in the 12C from McLaren’s chief test driver Chris Goodwin. You happen to be one of the worlds’s best-known petrolheads, and you also own one of just 64 McLaren F1 road cars ever made. So when the company that made […]
Alfa MiTo 1.3 JTDM-2 – paint job by Louise Dear
Alfa Romeo are promoting their congestion charge busting Alfa MiTo 1.3 JTDM-2 85bhp with an ‘Art Car’ painted by Louise Dear. Alfa Romeo are pushing quite a few PR buttons with the congestion charge busting Alfa MiTo 1.3 JTDM-2 85bhp, the latest of which is the ‘Art Car’ in the photo above. Recently, we had Alfa pitting […]
Infiniti JX (7-seat crossover) tease continues
Infiniti are playing tease with a new 7-seater crossover concept – the Infiniti JX – ahead of a reveal at Pebble Beach in August. We hold our hands up. We’re starting to find the whole idea of teasing a new car launch with a series of images which somehow piece together a jigsaw of identity in your mind a […]
Fiat 500 First Edition arrives in China
The Fiat 500 has been launched in to China with a limited edition Fiat 500 First Edition, 100 cars with graphics by young Chinese artists. The next stage of Fiat’s quest to make the Fiat 500 the world’s favourite retro-cute car hit the world’s biggest market this week. Yep, China got its first Fiat 500s. Now Fiat appears to […]
BMW M3 DTM revealed
BMW are back in DTM Racing from 2012, and last night revealed their carbon fibre BMW M3 DTM at an event in Munich. Most people would consider the regular BMW M3 a quick car. And it is. But it doesn’t come close to the latest M3 to be revealed – the BMW M3 DTM. Last […]
Top Gear: Rowan Atkinson, Jaguar XKR-S & Caravan Trains
In this week’s episode of Top Gear, the team create a train that uses caravans as carriages, Jeremy drives the Jaguar XKR-S and Rowan Atkinson is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. This weekend’s edition of Top Gear is the usual mix of daftness and octane, but the big news – after making overtures […]
2012 Lexus GS Spied
The 2012 Lexus GS has been spied testing at the Nurburgring ahead of a likely debut at Pebble Beach in August. It’s not exactly a huge surprise that there’s a 2012 Lexus GS pounding around the Nurburgring in disguise, or that we managed to grab spy photos. Well, there is perhaps the question of ‘Why […]
Bentley SUV confirmed? Maybe
It’s being reported that Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer has confirmed that the Crewe company are working on a Bentley SUV. There was a time, not too long ago, when there was a reasonable expectation that most car makers would, at some point, deliver up an SUV. Yes, there was even talk of a Bentley SUV. But […]
New Suzuki Swift Sport in 2012
It’s reported that the Suzuki Swift S-Concept revealed at Geneva 2011 is going in to production as the 2012 Suzuki Swift Sport There was a time when the little Suzuki Swift was the biggest oxymoron in motoring. But things have improved a lot and the Swift is now a fun and lively little car; perfect for city […]