BMW finally manage to officially reveal the 2011 / 2012 BMW 6-Series Coupe ahead of its debut at the Shanghai Motor Show. Having turned new car release convention on its head by revealing the 2011 BMW 6 Series Convertible first, BMW has now decided they ought to make the BMW 6 Series Coupe official ahead […]
Jaguar XKR-S: UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Jaguar reveals that the Jaguar XKR-S will make its UK debut at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Jaguar has revealed that its fastest car in a generation – and its fastest series production car ever – the Jaguar XKR-S is to make its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Which has surprised […]
Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato gets green light
The Zagato Fiat 500 Concept from the Geneva Motor Show – Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato – gets a green light for a limited run. When we counted up the number of cars that appeared at the Geneva Motor Show this year it came to over 200. Not all the cars were new arrivals and many were a bit dull. But one […]
Morgan AeroMax For Sale: Hammond Morgan – just one prang
Richard Hammond has his Morgan Aeromax up for sale for £100k, despite a prang just after he bought it. As well as the joy of having a BBC budget to play with endless cars around the world, being a Top Gear presenter is also quite lucrative. Beyond the not inconsiderable salaries attached to presenting TG, […]
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Silverstone test +video
McLaren have taken the track version of the MP4-12 C – the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 – of to Silverstone for a bit of tack time. We have the video. There’s nothing quite like a bit of track success to boost car sales. From the prosaic to the extraordinary, car makers love the lift a bit of […]
CPP buys Bowler Offroad
CPP Global Holdings Ltd has taken over Bowler Offroad, makers of bonkers offroad racers. Production will move to CPP in Coventry. Goodness, CPP Manufacturing are busy little bees at the moment. No sooner do we learn that CPP has bought Spyker Cars (well, strictly speaking it’s CPP Global Holdings Ltd who are hoovering up with […]
Ferrari FF: Lust on a mountain top
Ferrari has enlisted the Italian Air Fore to helicopter a Ferrari FF up a mountain at the ski resort of Plan De Corones ahead of press drives. Ferrari are taking no chances on the Ferrari FF disappearing from view in the mass of launches and endless four wheeled objects of desire doing the rounds with the […]
Aston Martin V8 Vantage S: The Video
We have video footage of Aston Martin’s new Vantage – the Aston Martin V8 Vantage S – on track at the Ascari Circuit in Spain. We’re always up for a bit of Aston Martin goodness, so we were more than happy to report in January that Aston Martin has added a bit of extra oomph to the […]
BAC Mono: Single-seat road thrills
Briggs Automotive Company has revealed the BAC Mono, a single-seat road racer with a 2.8 second 0-60mph and 170mph. Costs £67k +tax. No, Battersea Arts Centre hasn’t suddenly gone in to the car business, and nor has BAC Windows. This BAC is Briggs Automotive Company and they’ve built the BAC Mono, said to be the first single-seater production […]
BMW i8 Spied
We have a spy photo of the new BMW i8, the £150k eco-supercar bound for a showroom near you in 2013. Just the other day we brought you the BMW i3 out playing in Scandinavia so, to complete the set, we thought we’d add to that with the BMW i8 doing exactly the same. These […]