Five days on from the last video tease and a week from the New York Live reveal, the 2014 Range Rover Sport gets teased again on video. We did half expect another tease for the 2014 Range Rover Sport before now, especially after the first video tease for Land Rover’s latest Sport Rangie came just […]
New Mercedes SLS planned – & it won’t be a hybrid
AMG’s Tobias Moers has confirmed that a new Mercedes SLS is planned – as is a sub-SLS SLC – but it won’t come with hybrid power and electric assistance. [nggallery id=1301 template=customlinks] The Geneva Motor Show – which ends this weekend – has seen a proper supercar bonanza with the new LaFerrari and McLaren P1 stealing […]
Australian Grand Prix (2013) RESULT
A rain delayed qualifying ultimately saw a Red Bull front row for the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Did the race see Red Bull follow on from 2012? The start of the 2013 Grand Prix circus saw a rain-delayed qualifying in Melbourne, but when the clouds cleared and qualifying was completed it was Red Bull dominating – Vettel on […]
Koenigsegg can take the P1, LaFerrari & Huayra with the Agera R
Koenigsegg believe that the Agera R has more than the measure of the new toys at Geneva – LaFerrari and McLaren P1 – and Pagani’s Huayra lap at Top Gear was a farce. [nggallery id=548 template=customlinks] The 2013 Geneva Motor Show has been a Hypercar Fest, with the stars of the show being the McLaren P1, the […]
Australian F1 Grand Prix Qualifying: Postponed until Sunday by heavy rain
Final qualifying for the 2013 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been postponed until Sunday by torrential rain and poor light. The 2013 Australian Grand Prix is the opening event for the new F1 season, but the new season is off to a difficult start after torrential rain in Melbourne has forced the postponement of qualifying until […]
McLaren P1 goes round Top Gear Track with Sergio Perez (video)
We have video of the new McLaren P1 taking on the Top Gear track at Dunsfold in the hands of McLaren’s F1 driver Sergio Perez. We reported from Geneva that Ron Dennis has declared he put the new McLaren P1 round Top Gear’s Dunsfold track a full 10 seconds quicker than the contentious Top Gear […]
Mercedes G63 AMG 6×6: Official
Mercedes-Benz has built a six-wheeled – and six-wheel drive – Mercedes G63 AMG which isn’t just a one-off but is being produced to order. [nggallery id=1447 template=customlinks] You may think the Mercedes G63 AMG is about as extreme a G-Wagon can get (well, if you live in the UK where we don’t get the G65, […]
How car makers fix official fuel economy tests
Official fuel economy tests on new cars are being fixed by car makers using a number of legal ‘tricks’ that artificially boost economy ratings. Has anyone ever bought a new car and ending up getting the sort of economy the maker claimed? Probably not. In fact, we usually find car makers’ figures are out by […]
Fiat 500L: Now it’s the ‘Fatherhood’ video
Fiat has followed up their viral ‘Motherhood’ video for the new 500L with a new version to balance the gender bias – ‘Fatherhood’. [nggallery id=1138 template=customlinks] We’re not entirely sure that Fiat’s viral hit video advert for the 500L – the ‘Motherhood’ – actually did anything to increase sales of Fiat’s answer to the MINI Countryman, but it did garner […]
New Lexus IS UK debut
The 2013 Lexus IS – revealed at the Detroit Motor Show – gets its UK public debut at the Ideal Home Show at Earls Court. [nggallery id=1350 template=customlinks] The Lexus answer to the BMW 3 Series – the new Lexus IS – was revealed in January at the Detroit Auto Show, is currently strutting its stuff in […]