Ford in Austria has finally let loose some concrete information on the much anticipated 2009 Ford Focus RS, which looks set to be one barn-stormer of a car. With almost 300bhp, a 0-60 time in the high 5 seconds and a top speed of 164mph, the Focus RS looks an enticing package for the boy […]
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Boris Dumps the Congestion Charge
Well, not completely – that would be too much to hope for. But London Mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped the recent extension of the Congestion Charging Zone, which took in most of Chelsea, Kensington and Westminster, and was hugely unpopular. The £8 per day charge was the subject of a public consultation, which found that […]
UK gets the last Reventon – actually, it doesn’t!
The Press in the UK has been full of stories of the last Reventon – #20 of 20 – being delivered to the UK this week. Well, we hate to step out of line, but our sources tell us they’re wrong! Car #20 was in fact delivered to Houston Lamborghini a short while ago. We […]
The Hamster needs a garage!
Poor old Richard Hammond. First he gets nearly killed playing silly-buggers with a mad rocket car, and now the poor man has nowhere to keep his own cars. Like Clarkson, Top Gear presenter Hammond lives in the sticks, in his case in rural Herefordshire close to the Welsh border, and about 50 miles from his […]
Aston Martin Rapide – First Official Image
Those clever chaps over at Car Magazine have managed to get their hands on what they claim to be the first official images of the Aston Martin Rapide, the Aston Martin answer to the forthcoming Porsche Panamera. Not that you’d ever guess where they came from, with all those ‘Car Magazine’ watermarks plastered across the […]
1962 E-Type Jaguar auction – a ‘Wags’ delight.
I’m really not too sure there are any footballers wives or girlfriends who hanker after a classic car. I suppose you’d have to think more along the lines of Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly, rather than Posh Spice or Coleen Rooney, for that sort of good taste. But if there is a Wag out there […]
Renault Megane gets top Euro NCAP Score
It’s becoming something of a habit at Renault – 5 star NCAP Ratings. And the Renault Megane has just achieved the equal highest Euro NCAP score of 37 points (shared with the Nissan Quashqai) in the latest round of tests. You’ve got to admire Renault. Their cars aren’t the most expensive in the world, and […]
Jaguar’s XF Coupe Revealed
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, I love you. Yes, I do!! Not since the Jaguar XJ came out in the late 60s, when I was but a slip of a lad, have I fallen in love with a Jaguar. But now, thanks to the renderings released today by Auto Express, I have once again. The image […]
Mini is the UK’s Slowest Depreciating Car
That vital tool of the used-car trade, Glass’s Guide, has today revealed that the Mini 1.4TD is the slowest depreciating car in the UK. For the second year running, the Mini tops the table, although even it has slipped a bit – retaining 63.2% of its value over three years, a fall of 7.8% since […]
Even Porsche is feeling the pinch
The last week has seen a raft of reports about the slow-down of sales at the luxury end of the market. Aston Martin is suffering badly, Bentley has serious problems and Jaguar & Land Rover, both owned by Indian firm Tata, are pushing the government for a £1 billion loan. And today comes news that […]