The concluding part of our review of the Lexus LS 600h. Is it a serious luxury car option, or a rather pointless hybrid statement? The entire raison d’être of the LS 600h is as a car to be driven in. As a passenger the LS 600h is hard to fault. It’s quiet, comfortable and very stable. Despite being ‘Soft’ […]
Lexus LS 600h L Review & Road Test (2011) Part 2
In part 2 of our review of the Lexus LS 600h we ask if, even though it may not be a driver’s car, can the LS 600h hustle and is there any joy in the drive? With an ‘h’ tagged to the end of its name – and the Lexus predilection for all things hybrid […]
Lexus LS 600h L Review & Road Test (2011)
We spend a week with the Lexus LS 600h to review and road test. Is the first hybrid luxury car in a league of its own, or a bit of a let down? For a car with a made-up name and a short history, Lexus has made a real impact. Now perceived by few as being just the […]
Fisker to sell 7,000 Karmas this year. On any particular planet?
Fisker are planning to get the first Fisker Karma to customers by July 2011, and expect to sell 7,000 this year. which seems a bit far fetched. The Fisker Karma does look an impressive car. And it promises a great deal, even if it has been promising a great deal to come very soon for a very long […]
Bertone B99 Jaguar NOT for Jaguar. Perhaps Lamborghini will be interested?
Jaguar has proclaimed the Bertone B99 – Bertone’s take on a new small Jaguar – as ‘Not for them’. Perhaps it could become a Lamborghini? We thought we were in a minority of one when we proclaimed the Bertone B99 – Bertone’s take on a new Small Jaguar – to be the wrong direction for Jaguar. We […]
Jaguar E-Type ‘Growler’ to be built
Swedish company Visualtech are planning on building the ‘Growler’, a Jaguar E-Type look-alike based on a 600bhp Jaguar XKR. Price from £420k. As you can’t have failed to notice, 2011 is the Jaguar E-Type’s 50th anniversary and Jaguar are busy making sure everyone knows it. From the original Geneva E-Type show car at this year’s […]
Ferrari FF: 4WD explained +video
Ferrari has created a video to explain how clever, how light and how efficient the new 4WD system is on the Ferrari FF. We’re still trying to agree on which car was the star of the show at Geneva 2011. But whatever we eventually settle on – if we ever do – the Ferrari FF […]
Why is Jaguar stalking the world’s supercars?
Jaguar are busy quietly measuring up a wide range of mid-engined supercars. Are they pushing ahead with the Jaguar C-X75, or something else? It’s all too common for car makers to buy product from their competitors. Either to benchmark an existing or future car. To find out just how it’s been put together. To see […]
Mitsubishi lose the ‘O’
Mitsubishi are dropping the Mitsubishi Evo to redefine themselves as makers of electric cars and hybrids. What ‘O’? Yes, it’s Sunday morning and none of our brains are exactly on fire. But we still seem to be thinking more clearly than Mitsubishi, who have revealed they are to drop the Evo and concentrate on electric […]
2011 World Car of the Year: Three finalists – one’s not a car
The Nissan LEAF has been voted as one of the World Car of the Year finalists in 2011. We’re not even sure it qualifies as a car. It looks like the WCOTY (World Car of the Year) is infected with the same set of vested interest as the European Car of the Year – they’ve […]