At the moment, there’s a sense of ‘opening all your presents before Christmas Day’ about the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. We’ve already had the Ferrari 488 GTB, Volkswagen has shown off the new Touran, and now Aston Martin gives us the Vulcan. At this rate there’ll be no surprises left. The phrase ‘track-only supercar’ is certainly becoming a…
Review – Top Gear Live 2015 at Metro Radio Arena
Turning an immensely popular global television success story into an arena show – how hard can it be? The short answer is not particularly difficult. The longer answer is whether or not such relative ease truly adds anything to the Top Gear brand, other than around 90 minutes of fireworks, flames and digs at the Argentinians. It’s…
Geneva 2015 – The Mercedes-Benz G 500 4×4² – Not for sale?
Nope, we don’t really know what’s going on with the world anymore. Perhaps winning the Formula 1 World Championship last year has sent Mercedes-Benz a little mad. But, for whatever reason, they’ve built this fluorescent yellow/green monster. Mercedes wants to stress that this G500 4×4² is only a show car. But one that’s almost production ready, and with a 4.0…
Friday Photo – McLaren P1 GTR and McLaren F1 GTR
Compared to Ferrari, Lamborghini, or even Porsche, it’s easy to accuse McLaren of lacking a little bit of soul and passion at times. Their technical, logical, approach to road – and race – cars often leaves us a little cold. But, with the latest addition to the P1 stable, McLaren is trying to inject some passion…
Geneva 2015 – Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Ignore the fact the basic car first went on sale almost a decade ago Instead, look at the mental riot of a beautiful road car married to genuine race car inspired enhancements, with performance to match. It might seem a cheap shot poking fun at the age of the Aston Martin Vantage, but there’s no escaping…
Geneva 2015 – New Audi R8
The 2015 Geneva Motor Show seems to be sending car manufacturers into overdrive when it comes to teasing photos and facts. We blame it on 50 Shades of Grey. Maybe. Anyway, here’s a tantalising glimpse of one of the big hitters coming to Geneva in a couple of weeks; the new Audi R8. As you can tell, Audi…
More Info – The 167 mph 2015 Honda Civic Type-R
Honda, please, enough! We’ve been teased with videos, titillated with photos, and fed various factual tidbits for what seems like forever. The end is in sight, with the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show, but Honda is still keen to tantalise us up until the big reveal. Given how we were tormented with details and sneak peeks of the new…
Friday Video – Porsche Cayman GT4 vs. Ford Focus RS
Ok, there’s a little bit of artistic licence used in the title for today’s feature. But we do have ‘in-action’ footage of two of the hottest new cars from this week: the Porsche Cayman GT4 and the Ford Focus RS. Both of these caused the Twittersphere to descend into meltdown it seems, especially Porsche officially announcing the…
News and photos – Ferrari 488 GTB
You have to feel a little sorry for Ferrari. On the day it launches a 660+ bhp twin-turbocharged supercar, the motoring world goes crazy for a five-door hatchback with half the power instead. Oh, and a new yellow Porsche. Anyway, now the Cayman GT4 and Focus RS frenzy has subsided, let us indulge Ferrari with…
News and photos – Porsche Cayman GT4
Porsche has just announced information about the new Cayman GT4. Intended to be the top dog in the Cayman family, the GT4 is the most hardcore version of the mid-engined two-seater coupé yet. Using a 3.8 litre flat-six derived from the bigger 911 Carrera S, the GT4 becomes the most powerful Cayman so far, with…
Finally Here – The New 2015 Ford Focus RS
When Ford releases details and pictures of a new car wearing the RS badge, it’s a big deal. Does the third instalment of the Focus RS live up to the hype, and successfully carry on the ‘Rallye Sport’ lineage? The biggest news is the fact the third generation Focus RS comes with All-Wheel-Drive. After almost 15…
Friday Photo – Toyota Yaris WRC
Yes, we know last week’s Friday Photo was a WRC car too, but this is an exciting new one. So here you are; Toyota’s return to the World Rally Championship with the Yaris supermini. Don’t get too excited just yet; it’ll be another two years until the Yaris WRC officially hits the dirt in the 2017 World…
