Photos of the Peugeot 508 have turned up a day before the official release – the saloon and the estate. It seems like a very long time (it was November last year) since we first reported that Peugeot are dropping the 407 and the 607 and replace them with a new car – the Peugeot 508. Which makes […]
British Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
With the Red Bulls at the front of the grid, Hamilton in 4th and Button in 14th are the Brits destined to fail and Red Bull to succeed? It was probably the best weekend weather-wise at Silverstone for an F1 Grand Prix in some considerable time. But the sun didn’t shine on McLaren in qualifying […]
Top Gear: Rapide, Panamera & Quattroporte four-seat supercars tonight
Tonight’s Top Gear sees a four-door supercar shoot out, Rubens Barrichello and Rupert Grint on track and a Camaro / E63 comparison. Another week flies by and we’re almost half way through the latest series (Series 15) of Top Gear. Episode 3 tonight at the normal 8pm on BBC2. Although there’s a fair chance the […]
Mercedes SLM AMG – the mid-engined baby SLS
Mercedes are planning a mid-engined, baby SLS. Is this Mercedes’ way of raining on McLaren’s MP4-12C parade? Ever since the Mercedes SLS launched – in truth, even before – there have been rumours of a smaller version. Just like we’ve had with the Audi R8. But it seems that unlike Audi – who will be […]
Range Rover Evoque & Victoria Beckham. Bad move?
Land Rover revealed the Ranger Rover Evoque last week and also the involvement of Victoria Beckham with the interior design. Good move? The Range Rover Evoque finally made its debut – of sorts – at a party at Kensington Palace last week to celebrate 40 years of Range Rover. I say ‘of sorts’ because we […]
Mercedes C Class Coupe (2011) Spy Shots
We have the first spy shots of the replacement for the Mercedes CLC – The Mercedes C Class Coupe – which we expect in the Spring of 2011. Mercedes recently let the old C-Class Coupe wither and die because – without putting too fine a point on it – it was a failure. It didn’t […]
Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo (2011) Press Release
Alpina has revealed their BMW 5 Series based Alpina B5 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This is the press release. The finely honed balance between athleticism, comfort and every-day luxury that has defined ALPINA automobiles for decades reaches a new dimension in the BMW ALPINA B5 Bi-Turbo. Five different generations of 5 Series-based ALPINA […]
Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo (2011) launches
Alpina revealed the 2011 Alpina B5 Bi Turbo at Goodwood this last weekend offering over 500bhp, 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds and 191mph. If you went down to the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend you may well have come across Alpina’s latest offering – the Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo – which, following the news yesterday […]
BMW 1 Series M Coupe – Official +video
The BMW 1 Series M Coupe is finally official. We have a teaser video and BMW has set up a web site dedicated to the 1 Series M Coupe. The whole ‘Will it – Won’t it’ debate about a BMW 1 Series ‘M’ version has been rumbling on for decades (not quite, it just feels […]
Rubens Barrichello does Top Gear
This weekend is the British Grand Prix and Top Gear have managed to grab Rubens Barrichello to do a Top Gear lap in the reasonably priced car whilst he’s in the UK. Top Gear does like to get a Formula One driver or two to drive their track in a reasonably priced car. They’ve not managed to […]