President Obama is visiting Ireland and being chauffeured around in the Presidential Cadillac. Which couldn’t cope with Dublin’s speed bumps, and got beached. Americans take no chances when their leader travels abroad. After all, no other country has a leader so they couldn’t possibly know how to organise things. So the President of the United States travels the world […]
Aston Martin V12 Zagato wins Design Award at Villa D’Este
The glorious Aston Martin V12 Zagato has won the 2011 Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes at Villa d’Este. It seems it’s not just us who think the Aston Martin V12 Zagato a stunner. But then, we never thought it would be. But it’s always possible that the beauty we see in every Aston Martin is influenced a […]
Spanish Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
Another Red Bull front grid, but this time it’s Webber on pole with the McLarens and Alonso behind. Can Alonso take the win for his home crowd? Well, it was almost business as usual at the front of the grid for the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix. Almost, but not quite. Instead of Sebastian Vettel sitting […]
New Small Jaguar – Not before 2016
Jaguar are delaying plans to replace the X-Type with a new small Jaguar until after a bigger and more refined Jaguar XF launches in 2015 We’ve discussed the replacement for the Jaguar X-Type – dubbed the New Small Jaguar – almost endlessly over the last year or two. Which with both the Jaguar XF and the Jaguar XJ replacing cars that were good […]
BMW 328 Hommage Villa d’Este debut
BMW are paying tribute to the 1936 BMW 328 with a tribute in the forma of a concept car – the BMW 328 Hommage – which debuts at Villa d’Este this weekend. The BMW 328 of 1936 is an legendary car in the annuls of BMW history. It set the highest average speed at the Mille […]
Lexus LFA and IS-F on track at Bruntingthorpe
Lexus has taken the first LFA in the UK off to Bruntingthorpe for a bit of track time, and a bit of jousting with the Lexus IS-F Just a couple of weeks ago we reported that the first Lexus LFA in the UK had put in an appearance at Goodwood to delight the Supercar Sunday Breakfast Club. The visit to […]
Lexus CT 200h SE-I Review & Road Test (2011)
This week we have the entry-level Lexus CT 200h – the Lexus take on the Prius – in for review and road test. A Prius in posh clothes or a sporty hybrid? The surprise isn’t that Lexus has decided to build its own version of the Toyota Prius – the Lexus CT 200h – it’s […]
Bentley sells like Hong Shao Rou in China
Bentley has revealed that it sold 396 cars in China in the first four months of 2011 – a quarter of all Bentleys sold worldwide. In case you’re wondering, Hong Shao Rou is a Chinese dish of cubes of braised pork belly glazed with caramelised sugar and Shaoxing rice wine. It was Chairman Mao’s favourite dish and so, […]
Aston Martin V12 Zagato revealed
Aston Martin has revealed the Aston Martin V12 Zagato – based on the V12 Vantage – ahead of its debut at Villa d’Este. Just last week we brought you a tease from Aston Martin of a new collaboration with Zagato to create a new Aston Martin and take it off to the glorious setting of Villa d’Este […]
Fiat 500byGucci. Yep, another ‘Special’ Fiat 500
Fiat has revealed another limited edition Fiat 500 – the Fiat 500byGucci – designed by Gucci and advertised with the legs of Natasha Poly Somewhere along the way both Fiat and MINI decided that the ultimate marketing tool for their trendy, retro-inspired superminis was an endless stream of variations and special editions. And it’s worked. So it’s no surprise then that we’ve got another new Fiat 500 to add […]