So you fancy driving a Bugatti Veyron, but don’t quite have the £1,000,000 required to go out and get one, or the £40k+ it will cost you to insure? So what do you do? Well, I suppose you could pretend to be Mr Clarkson and persuade Bugatti to drop one off at your one bed […]
Bugatti Veyron Centenaire – first car comes to the UK
The Bugatti Veyron L’Edition Centenaire was shown to the world at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event in May, and the first car to be delivered to a Bugatti Dealers has turned up this week at Jack Barclay (H.R. Owen) in London. Veyron Limited Editions are becoming so prolific that before long it will in truth […]
Ferrari Hybrid confirmed
Hybrid cars of every shade are now flavour of the day. And, as we’ve said before, this has more to do with the targets imposed by Governments in the West than by any real need to see small, niche car makers contributing to CO2 reductions. After all, the average Ferrari probably does less than 2,000 […]
McLaren F1 Fire – the update
Last week we reported, with a tear in our eye, the sad demise of a McLaren F1 in a fire in Santa Rosa, California. The car was driven by its owner – Irv Kessler – for the first time in six months when passing motorists started to notice smoke coming from the F1. By the […]
Nissan GT-R Price, Specifications and Data
The Nissan GT-R is a spectacular machine. Even in top spec Black Edition it still comes in at below £60,000 and gives supercars costing several times more a run for their money. Here you will find full specifications, prices and data for the standard GT-R, the Premium Edition and the Black Edition. For more information […]
Lamborghini CO2 reduction Press Release
LAMBORGHINI ANNOUNCES NEW, AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS FOR REDUCING CO2 • 35 million Euros investments • The construction of a large photovoltaic plant, combined with an energy-saving project, will achieve a 30% reduction in the factory’s CO2 emissions by 2010 • Modifications to vehicles will result in a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2015 Automobili Lamborghini […]
Lamborghini going Green
All the emissions targets being set by Governments in the West has had even luxury car makers scrambling to find ways to cut emissions of ‘Green House’ gases, and hit the targets that have been set. Much as they may prefer to ignore the targets (and many have doubts about their efficacy) in the real […]
Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster – in the wild
We managed to moan earlier today when we brought you a picture of the Lamborghini LP670-4 SV without the big wing that Lamborghini news had been a bit thin on the ground lately. No sooner had we written that piece than in dropped a picture of the first Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster out on the road […]
Lamborghini LP670-4 SV – the ‘Wingless’ Spec
In the run up to the Geneva Motor Show this year – and beyond – we had a flurry of news from Lamborghini. First came the news of the Lp670-4 SV – the new ‘Poster’ car for this generation – followed by the reveal of the Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster. Then the official launch of the […]
Electric Audi R8 – perhaps
The Audi R8 has been a runaway success. Even in these difficult times it’s still selling better than ayone could have expected. And the launch of the Audi R8 V10 recently at the Detroit Motor Show has just upped interest in Audi’s ‘Halo’ car. But where do Audi go from here? Well, we know that […]