ICONIC RANGE ROVER TURNS 40 The Range Rover celebrates its 40th birthday on 17 June 2010 The Range Rover was the world’s first fully capable luxury 4×4 There have been three generations of Range Rover: the original (Classic) in 1970, second-generation (P38a) in 1994 and third-generation (L322) in 2001 Second model line – Range Rover […]
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Range Rover turns 40 +video
Land Rover are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Range Rover and have sent us a ’40 Years of Range Rover’ video and a lengthy press release. Whatever you may think of the Range Rover, it is a motoring icon. Iconic is bandied around at the drop of a hat these days, but the original […]
Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car up for auction
One of the original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 cars – FMP 7B – is being auctioned by R.M. Auctions at their ‘Automobiles of London’ sale in October. Expected to fetch over $5 million. Maybe it’s my age – maybe it’s just a boy thing – but if ever I think of a ‘James Bond’ […]
The Guardian calls Cars UK “The Petrolheads’ favourite web site”
Cars UK has been called the petrolheads’ favourite website by the Guardian, in a piece condemning new Transport Minister Philip Hammond’s views as ‘Saloon Bar Ignorance’. Oh, dear. Being proclaimed the Petrolheads’ favourite website by the Guardian – not a newspaper renowned for its love of cars – we’ll take as a compliment. Although it […]
2010 / 2011 Audi TT Facelift: New photos +video
Audi have made a video explaining the raft of changes to the facelifted 2010/2011 Audi TT, plus we have a new set of photos of a Lamborghini Orange TT RS. Audi have been busy putting out new photos of the Audi TT facelift – and even a video – to assure TT lovers that the […]
Citroen C4 2010/2011: Details and Photos
Citroen have released photos and details of the 2011 Citroen C4 which will launch at the Paris Motor Show this year and go on sale shortly after. Yes, we knew there was a new Citroen C4 coming to this year’s Paris Motor Show (there’s also the C4 based Citroen DS4 as well). What we hadn’t […]
Jaguar Land Rover – new 4-pot engines & ‘Made in China’
Jaguar Land Rover are working towards building their own 4-cylinder engines in conjunction with parent Tata, and are setting up production in China. If ever you want an example of a car company re-inventing itself you don’t have to look any further than Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) since Tata took control. It’s been not just a renaissance, but […]
Freelander 2 RS200 by Project Khan
Project Khan has turned their attention to the Land Rover Freelander 2 to create the Freelander RS200, which is both surprisingly tasteful and a bit of a bargain. I suppose you could say we opened our mouth too soon. It’s only a couple of weeks ago – when we reviewed Land Rover’s latest Freelander 2 HSE – […]
Mercedes S350 CDI BlueEfficiency – U.S. bound
Mercedes is to offer the first S Class diesel in the USA – the Mercedes S350 CDI BlueEfficiency – in an effort to get Americans to love the diesel engine. We should feel happy for our colonial cousins. The decimation of the car industry in the States through this recession has introduced them to the […]
Turkish Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Turkey’s turn to host the F1 circus this week, with the Red Bulls & McLarens filling the front two rows of the grid. Will it stay like that through the race? Turkey is all about East meets West. The Turkish Grand Prix was about two different comings together – that of the fight between Red […]