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May 22, 2013

Bentley Blowers take on the 2013 Mille Miglia

Bentley Blower driving on road

Bentley are heading to the 2013 Mille Miglia with two 4 1/2 litre Supercharged Blower Bentleys, one a former demonstrator the other run by Tim Birkin. It’s not just Jaguar heading off to the 2013 Mille Miglia with classic cars, Bentley are going too and they’re taking a pair of Blower Bentleys to pummel the [...]

BMW Gran Lusso Coupe Pininfarina teased

BMW Gran Lusso Coupe Pininfarina

BMW are teasing a one-off V12 Gran Lusso Coupe designed by Pininfarina ahead of its reveal at the 2013 Villa d’este Concorso d’Eleganza. It’s been quite some time since BMW produced a V12 Coupe, but the Gran Lusso Coupe teased by BMW ahead of the Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’este later this month has distinct echoes of the [...]

New 2015 Honda NSX – Made in America

Photo new Honda NSX

Honda has announced that the new NSX Supercar – due in 2015 – will be built at a new Performance Manufacturing Centre in Ohio. Finally, after a very long gestation time, the all new Honda NSX (Acura NSX on the other side of the Pond) is getting close to a reality (the new NSX order book [...]

Lamborghini Urus SUV confirmed to arrive in 2017

Photo fo Lamborghini Urus

The Lamborghini Urus SUV will go in to production by 2017, Lamborghini has confirmed, and will probably get a twin turbo V8 with 600bhp. The ‘Will they, won’t they’ discussions about the Lamborghini SUV going in to production are over after Lamborghini confirmed the Urus is heading for Lamborghini showrooms by 2017. The Urus will be VW [...]

2014 BMW M5 facelift leaked – by BMW’s own website

2014 BMW M5 facelift leak photo

Images of the 2014 facelift for the BMW M5 have been leaked after BMW accidentally added the new look M5 to their website configurator. It’s not the first time a new car has leaked after a car maker accidentally uploaded images to their own website, but BMW did a bit more with the facelift for the M5 than upload an image – they [...]

BMW are rolling out their ‘BMW Genius’ programme across UK dealers

BMW Genius explaining BMW technology

BMW are following Apple’s lead by employing ‘BMW Geniuses’ across their UK dealer network to explain the latest technologies available on new cars. Even when you’re immersed in the latest car news day in and day out, it’s often quite tough to keep up with the new technologies car makers are offering, so many buyers must struggle to know exactly [...]

Toyota Auris Hybrid emissions cut to 84g/km

Photo of Toyota Auris Hybrid Hatch & Estate

The emissions of the Toyota Auris Hybrid have been cut to just 84g/km as Toyota tweak the Auris to deliver lower emissions and improved economy. The latest Toyota Auris is a much better car than the previous generation, and the new Auris Touring Sports is a sensible addition to the range. But it’s the hybrid [...]

Tesla Model S outsells Mercedes & BMW say CNN. Rubbish.

Photo of Tesla Model S

The Tesla Model S EV sold more in the first quarter of 2013 than the Mercedes S Class, BMW 7 Series or Audi A8 in the USA. But it’s not a valid comparison. We don’t have much time for the push to make the electric car a replacement for the ICE car. But we do applaud – and covet [...]

Rolls Royce sponsors Bloodhound 1000mph World Speed Record attempt

Photo Bloodhound 1000mph Record car

The Bloodhound 1000mph World Speed Record attempt has got a new sponsor in the guise of Rolls Royce who are providing a Typhoon jet engine. The last time we had news about a sponsor for the Bloodhound 1000mph World Record attempt aproject, it was all about a carbon off-set company sponsoring the project with off-set credits [...]

Mercedes E 63 AMG S: UK price from £83,740

Photo of Mercedes E 63 AMG S

The Mercedes E 63 AMG S – the most powerful E-Class ever built, with 577bhp – goes on sale in the UK at £83,740 for the saloon and £85,530 for the estate. Mercedes revealed the 2013 facelift for the E 63 AMG back in January and in the process introduced a new E-Class AMG – [...]