MINI, together with David Richard’s Prodrive, are taking the MINI Countryman back in to Rallying with a WRC title inside three years the target. Back when Adam was a lad (as was I, coincidentally) Mini were big in rallying. In fact they wiped the floor with just about everyone else in the ’60s, winning the […]
Audi A7 Sportback Launched: Price & Models
Audi has finally revealed the Audi A7 Sportback in Munich. On sale in the UK in January 2011 from £42,295 Finally, after much teasing and a little tormenting, Audi did the decent thing and put us out of our misery with the launch of yet another niche filler – the Audi A7 Sportback – at the Museum […]
BMW Gran Coupe to be BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe
BMW has revealed that the Gran Coupe Concept will be produced as the 6 Series Gran Coupe. It looks like we got it wrong. We couldn’t see the logic in taking BMW’s four door, swoopy coupe concept – the BMW Gran Coupe Concept – and tagging it with a 6 Series moniker. Why would BMW […]
Electric Porsche Boxster being developed
Porsche is developing an electric Boxster and will be running threee prototypes to get real world feedback in a programme named Modellregion Elektromobilität It’s not exactly a surprise that Porsche has announced its intention to develop an electric roadster based on the Porsche Boxster, after all – as part of VW – they have access […]
German Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Ferrari look to be ready to challenge Red Bull at the German Grand Prix, with the McLarens just behind. Did the Ferrari’s perform, or was it another Red Bull day? It held so much promise, the 2010 German Grand Prix. The Ferrari recovery seems to be underway and capable of fighting with the Red Bulls. […]
Mercedes CL63 AMG 2011: Official
A week after the leak of the 2011 Mercedes CL63 AMG & CL65 AMG, we get official details and photos. We had the first leak of the 2011 Mercedes CL AMG last month when we first saw the nips and tucks Mercedes had inflicted on what we thought was about to be renamed the S Class Coupe (which apparently won’t […]
Top Gear: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Lewis Hamilton & Veyron Super Sports
Big Top Gear episode tonight with Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Lewis Hamilton in an Ayrton Senna Film, Hammond with Snowmobiles in Sweden & May in the Veyron Super Sports. Update: We’ve added the Star in a reasonably priced car VT with Cruise and Diaz at the bottom. It’s live at the moment, but Top Gear […]
Audi A7 Sportback – Official photo leak
The first official photos of Audi’s new Audi A7 Sportback have leaked ahead of the reveal tomorrow We reported last week that Audi were due to reveal the Audi A7 Sportback tomorrow (Monday) at the Pinakothek der Moderne München in Munich. So it’s hardly a shock that the first official photos of the new Audi A7 Sportback […]
New BMW X3 (2011) M Sport Package
The M Sport Package for the 2011 BMW X3 has leaked out, offering a butch bodykit, interior tweaks and revised suspension and steering. It’s only just over a week since BMW revealed the 2011 BMW X3, an evolutionary makeover for BMW’s middle ranking SAV. And now we get – although not officially from BMW yet […]
Pagani C9 delayed until 2012
Pagani sources are telling Cars UK that problems with handling on the Pagani C9 – and delays with the production facility – will delay the C9 until 2012. We love the Pagani Zonda and we love pretty much all that Horacio Pagani has achieved in the last decade. He’s gone from a wannabe hypercar maker […]