In addition to a three door coupe and crossover Bentley are reported to be working on a Porsche Panamera rivalling Super-Hatch The Germans like a niche. The British expect to stick to what works. Somewhere in between there’s a balance, and Bentley are a company trying to strike it. Despite reservations within the company – […]
Abarth Coupe coming
Abarth – Fiat’s ‘Hot’ division – is planning its first stand-alone car since becoming part of Fiat 40 years ago – The Abarth Coupe. For any but the oldest of our readers – even me included – Abarth is simply the ‘Hot’ Fiat. The badge that denotes the fastest of Fiat’s offerings. But Abarth isn’t a made-up division of […]
Jaguar XKR 75: Goodwood debut
Jaguar has revealed the Jaguar XKR 75, a Limited Edition version based on last year’s Goodwood Special XKR to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar. We did say last week that Jaguar were about to make a production car out of last year’s XKR Goodwood Special. And as usual we had a punt at the name. […]
Toyota’s Hiromu Naruse dies in LFA Nurburgring accident
Toyota’s Chief Test Driver Hiromu Naruse has been killed after crashing the Lexus LFA Nurburgring he was driving on the 410 near the Nurburgring. Frankly, we’re not too sure of all the details, but it appears that Hiromu Naruse, Toyota’s Chief Test Driver – and Akio Toyoda’s personal driver – has been killed on a […]
Alvis 4.3 Litre to be reborn
Alvis owners Red Triangle are to re-create the 1936 Alvis 4.3 Litre as a bespoke run of cars costing £170,000. Red Triangle own the rights to all things Alvis, and have been providing parts and expertise to owners of Alvis cars since the ’60s. And they have a plan. An interesting plan. They’re going to start building a new Alvis. But […]
Jaguar XJ – The Chauffeur’s Choice
Jaguar are making sure the lucrative chauffeur market takes to the new Jaguar XJ with the Jaguar Chauffeur Programme. It’s a big market for high end cars. The Chauffeur market, that is. And in the new XJ Jaguar has built a car that’s pitched perfectly at that lucrative market, especially with the LWB 3.0 litre […]
Goodwood Moving Motor Show: Toyota Auris Hybrid Debut
Toyota will debut the Auris Hybrid at the Goodwood Moving Motor Show next week, and let 80+ prospective buyers have a drive. It’s only just over a week away from the first Moving Motor Show at Goodwood, and although performance and luxury cars – a trademark for the Goodwood Festival of Speed – will be […]
Audi A1, Damien Hirst & Elton’s White Tie & Tiara Ball
Elton John will be auctioning an Audi A1 at his White Tie and Tiara Ball this year. But it’s an A1 with a difference. It has a paint job by Damien Hirst. Elton John hosts a White Tie & Tiara Ball event at his home in Windsor every year, with an auction for charity as part of the […]
BMW M3 Frozen Gray Limited Edition announced – & sold out.
A U.S. only Limited Edition BMW M3 – the BMW M3 Frozen Gray – sold out in just 15 minutes No sooner had BMW sprung a nice Limited Edition BMW M3 on an unsuspecting U.S. public – the BMW M3 Frozen Gray Coupe – than they announced it was sold out. In about fifteen minutes […]
MINI’s big Porsche competing PR shambles +video
MINI threw down a challenge to Porsche to race at the Atlanta Track. Porsche declined. MINI milked it. And then blew it. So MINI threw down a challenge to Porsche. “Come Race us” they said. “No thanks”, said Porsche. Cue lots of ribbing by MINI’s US boss Jim McDowell – a former Porsche employee, no less […]