As I’m sure many of you will have seen at the weekend, Clarkson got to play with the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car based on the Lotus Elise. Made for interesting viewing. It was obvious that the weight of the batteries would compromise the handling, but its actual straight-line speed was a real revelation. […]
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2009 SSC Ultimate Aero
The SSC Ultimate Aero, made by Shelby Super Cars in the USA, is an astonishing car. In current guise it puts out 1183bhp and has a top speed higher than the Bugatti Veyron. In fact, it holds the record for the fastest production car in the world. But that doesn’t mean the guys at SSC are resting […]
Volvo S60 Concept shows its face
A few weeks ago, we brought you some teaser images of the upcoming Volvo S60, and we speculated that it would look just like every other Volvo when it arrived. Well, it’s only the concept, but it looks like I might have to eat my shoes – it looks very good, and very un-Volvo like. […]
Ford confirms Focus RS prices
Just over two weeks ago, we brought you the first pictures of Ford’s hot-hatch, the Focus RS, and speculated that although the Euro price equated to around £32.5k at today’s exchange rate, we expected the UK car price to be about £25k. Well we were out a bit. But only by a fiver! When the […]
Aston Martin stake up for sale
Aston Martin has had a chequered financial history. Always the builder of some of the most desirable cars on the planet, and the most beautiful, Aston Martin has lurched from one financial crisis to another. But that seemed to come to an end when Ford bought Aston Martin. But Ford has had its problems long […]
2009 Mercedes-Benz S Class
It somehow seems a little odd that car makers are carrying on with new models and updates to existing models when their industry seems to be on the brink of collapse. But of course these plans are long-standing, and it would be foolish to scrap them, so it is nice to see that things are, […]
BMW M Car sales keep growing
Now here’s a conundrum. Why do sales of BMW M Cars keep growing, when every other car maker (bar a couple of exceptions like Audi) are seeing sales decimated? Is it because the cars are so good? After all, the M3, M5 and M6 variants do offer an enormous amount of fun and performance for […]
2009 BMW Z4 announced
BMW has officially released details of the next BMW Z4, due to be shown at Detroit and in UK showrooms in the spring. The new Z4 looks like a big improvement on the outgoing model. The old Z4 had Marmite looks – you loved it or hated it – but the new BMW Z4 has […]
All the thrills & spills of F1 2008
The 2008 F1 Season was probably one of the best for many a year. Thrills, spills, arguments, back-stabbing, overtaking – you name it, F1 had it. But with the world’s economic woes currently biting at the heels of F1 (Honda leaving F1 being the first casualty) this could well be the last F1 season for […]
U.S. Car Makers bailout fails
This is a really difficult one. Do you save the U.S. car makers from oblivion, or do you use taxpayers money to rescue them? The Democrats were clear – give them the money. But the Republicans, either for sound economic reasons or political spite, have blocked the bill to fund the car maker’s recovery. So […]