Land Rover send us the 2011 MY Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography to review and road test. Is the new 4.4 litre diesel a worthy addition? This year has seen lots of reporting on the Range Rover, mainly because Land Rover’s modern icon has reached the grand old age of forty. Hard to believe in […]
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Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2011 MY) part 2
In part 2 of our review and Road Test of the 2011 MY 4.4 litre Diesel Range Rover, we look at the improvements Land Rover has made to their range topper. As we said when we reviewed the 3.6 Range Rover recently, you really can’t compare the Range Rover to anything else, and certainly not […]
New Porsche Supercar at Detroit Motor Show?
Porsche are intending taking something ‘Spectacular’ to the Detroit Motor Show in January. Could it be a new Porsche Carrera GT based on the 918 Spyder? Porsche has been absent from the Detroit Motor Show for four years, but is planning a return to next month’s show with a bang, according to Porsche spokesman Hans- Gerd Bode. “We’ll have […]
Mercedes SLK (2011/2012) promo video leaks
A promo video of the 2011 / 2012 Mercedes SLK has leaked out, highlighting all the features of the as yet unveiled new roadster from Mercedes. The best laid plans of mice and men…and car makers. Mercedes has been busy teasing us with bits of the 2011 Mercedes SLK (or probably 2012 Mercedes SLK if you’re […]
Philip Hammond: Winter Tyres are no good in the UK. Wrong.
Philip Hammond – Secretary of State for Transport – tells the Commons that winter tyres are not suitable for the UK. Oh, dear. Throughout all of last year’s snow we lost count of the number of times we were asked if winter tyres were a good idea. You see, winter tyres are not something the Brits know much about. […]
Lamborghini Estoque: Stephan Winkelmann’s 3rd Lamborghini
Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann has said that Lamborghini’s third model is likely to be the 4-door Lamborghini Estoque, not a Lamborghini SUV. As regular readers know, we do try to steer clear of the daftest rumours that circulate on the interweb. We try to sort the wheat from the chaff – not always successfully – and only […]
Ferrari 458 Challenge revealed
Ferrari has revealed the 458 Challenge racing car at this week’s Bologna Motor Show destined for a one-make series from 2011 It seems Ferrari had a bit of an issue when they decided they wanted to take the 458 Italia racing – it was just so good in standard form. So instead of giving the 458 Italia […]
Citroen DS3: Top Gear Car of the Year
Top Gear has declared their car of the year as the brilliant Citroen DS3. Bravo – an outbreak of common sense for COTY polls. We’ve seen some pretty barking ideas about what deserves to be a Car of the Year. The most barking of the contenders has been the Nissan LEAF, a car that is […]
2011 Nissan GT-R: 0-62mph 3.0 seconds
Nissan has updated their Supercar – the Nissan GT-R – for 2011 with cosmetic tweaks and a power hike to 523bhp. 0-62mph now 3.0 seconds. That supercar for the PlayStation generation – the Nissan GT-R – keeps on evolving. And Nissan has been busy tweaking the GT-R for 2011 with a plethora of tweaks and […]
Freelander 2 SD4 Sport Limited Edition
Land Rover is debuting a Limited Edition version of the new Freelander 2 with the more powerful 190PS engine – the Land Rover Freelander 2 SD4 Limited Edition It may be only two minutes (well, four months) since Land Rover revealed the 2011 updates for the Freelander 2, but we’re already getting a Limited Edition […]