Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations is launching the Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience offering the chance to drive some of Jaguar’s greatest all-time cars. Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations is bringing the chance to drive some of Jaguar’s most iconic historic cars – and its newest too – in a new driving day scheme – the Jaguar Heritage […]
Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC wins MPG Marathon
The Honda Civic Tourer with Honda’s latest 1.6 i-DTEC ‘Earth Dreams’ engine has managed to do 97.2mpg in this year’s MPG Marathon event. Last year Honda took the CR-V 1.6i-DTEC out MPG Marathon playing, and managed to return an impressive 78mpg in a car the official figures say should do 63mpg, disproving (to a point) that cars just […]
Porsche Macan ‘FAILS’ Moose Test – but there’s a reason (+video)
Swedish Magazine Teknikens Värld has conducted a Moose (or ‘Elk’) test on the new Macan S Diesel and have released a video to show its odd behaviour. [nggallery id=1699 template=customlinks] The Moose (or Elk) test is a maneuverability and stability test commonly carried out in cold countries to test the behaviour of cars when subject […]
Audi A9 range-topping concept teased ahead of L.A. debut
A tease photo of what we must assume is the long-awaited range-topping Audi A9 Coupe/Fastback has been revealed ahead of an L.A. Auto Show debut. There have been rumours that Audi will launch a coupe version of the current range-topping A8 for many a year, but it looks like we’re finally about find out exactly […]
2014 Mercedes C-Class RECALLED for steering fault
Mercedes-Benz is recalling 8,146 C-Class cars in the UK to rectify a steering fault, with the affected cars built between January and September 2014. [nggallery id=1729 template=customlinks] The new Mercedes C-Class only started to arrive in the UK this year, but Mercedes is already having to recall 8,146 UK cars after a steering fault became […]
Volvo S60 Review (2014): S60 D4 SE Nav 181 PS manual
[nggallery id=1969 template=customlinks] We spend a week with the now quite venerable Volvo S60 D4, but this one has the new Drive-E 2.0 litre diesel with 181PS and improved economy and performance. Most of the Volvo news of late has been about the new XC90, and Volvo’s new range of engines – the Drive-E range […]
Jaguar XE Estate & Coupe “…a very difficult business case”
Jaguar’s design guru – Ian Callum – has said that extending the new Jaguar XE in to a family including estate, coupe and convertible is going to be tough. [nggallery id=1938 template=customlinks] We’ve banged on for years about Jaguar extending their saloon car range (well, the XJ and XF as that’s all they had until the […]
Audi RS7 to lap Hockenheim – DRIVERLESS
In a demonstration of autonomous technology, Audi is planning to take an RS7 round the Hockenheim track this week – at race speeds – without a driver. Every car maker – from Mercedes to Volvo and Ford – is working hard to make autonomous driving a reality, and it looks like we’re just a few years […]
Russian Grand Prix (2014): RESULT
With Lewis Hamilton once again on pole, can the first F1 Grand Prix in Russia see Hamilton take a win from mercedes and extend his lead over Nico Rosberg? Lewis Hamilton has seemed unassailable in recent races, and the deficit he had in the Drivers Championship has turned in to a small lead over team mate […]
Russian Grand Prix: Hamilton on pole for Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton has grabbed pole position for Mercedes in qualifying for the first Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi. Rosberg is second, Bottas third. Amid tight security thanks to Russia’s ongoing spat in Ukraine, and a muted appetite for exuberance after Jules Bianchi’s dreadful crash with a JCB on track last weekend, the rest of the […]