The Gordon Murray T.50 is revealed as Murray’s follow-up to the McLaren F1, with a naturally aspirated V12 and low weight. Just 100 being built. It’s getting on for 30 years since Gordon Murray designed the McLaren F1 to be the ultimate supercar, since when it’s all gone downhill, in Murray’s eyes, as supercars got […]
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Jaguar Land Rover LOSES Land Rover Defender Trademark battle with Ineos – UPDATED
Jaguar Land Rover has had attempts to trademark the shape of the original Land Rover Defender rejected in the battle with Ineos and the Grenadier. Update 4/8/20: As this story from last November states, Jaguar Land Rover appealed the decision to reject their trademark application for the Land Rover Defender. That appeal has now been […]
Volvo XC40 passes 300,000 units as Volvo’s CMA Platform racks up 600,000
Volvo has built over 300,000 XC40s, and if you add in production from Lynk and Co and Polestar on the same CM Platform it’s over 600,000. It’s actually 10 years this week since Geely bought Volvo from Ford and set about transforming Sweden’s finest in to a proper premium car maker to challenge the might […]
Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series costs MORE than an AMG GT R Pro and top-end Range Rover combined
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series – the range-topping AMG GT and the return of Black Series Performance – costs from £335,000 in the UK. The return of a Black Series Mercedes in the guise of the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series a few weeks ago revealed a monster AMG GT with everything taken to the extreme. […]
Lexus LC 500 Convertible Regatta Edition REVEALED as reservations open in the UK for the LC 500 Convertible
The Lexus LC 500 Convertible Regatta Edition is revealed a a Yacht-inspired LC 500 Convertible limited edition as Lexus opens LC 500 Convertible reservations in the UK. It took a long time for Lexus to take the achingly good-looking LC 500 from concept to production and now, following an official reveal early last year, the […]
Bentley find new ways to get you to spend more on the ‘NEW’ Bentayga
Bentley announces new options for the updated 2020 Bentayga, from a throaty Akrapovic exhaust to a set of Bentley Bentayga scatter cushions. The Bentley Bentayga SUV has been with us for five years, and in that time it’s sold 20,000 plus as the world gets used to an SUV from a proper luxury car maker. […]
Hamilton WINS British Grand Prix – which went from soporific throughout to nail-biting at the end
Lewis Hamilton wins a British Grand Prix in a race devoid of spectators and excitement, although the closing laps were nail-biting. It did seem that the lack of an inspiring crowd at the British Grand Prix during qualifying left Lewis Hamilton unable to bring his ‘A’ game to play, although he turned that around in […]
British Grand Prix Qualifying – Hamilton on POLE for Mercedes 1-2 start
Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the 2020 British Grand Prix, with team mate Bottas starting second and Red Bull’s Verstappen third. Despite Silverstone being devoid of spectators, Lewis Hamilton turned what, for him, seemed an uninspired qualifying and turned it in to an impressive pole position, beating team-mate Bottas in to second by 0.313 […]
Porsche beats Covid-19 crisis with £1.1 billion PROFIT in the first half
Despite the huge problems the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought on the car industry, Porsche has posted a profit of £1.1 billion for the first half of 2020. Not surprisingly, the issues arising for the car industry during the Covid-19 pandemic have led to some mighty losses, with car makers from WV to JLR and Renault […]
Koenigsegg Gemera 1700bhp Hybrid MEGA Saloon heading for a UK debut at Salon Prive
The Koenigsegg Gemera, the first hybrid saloon car from Koenigsegg with a 1700bhp hybrid powerplant, is heading for a UK debut at Salon Prive. Saloon cars may have gone out of fashion in recent years, but the Koenigsegg Gemera – revealed back in March – is a very long way from any other ‘Saloon’. Yes, […]