Today is a good day for your ears. At the LA Auto Show, Jaguar has unveiled the most powerful and fastest cabrio in its history: the XKR-S convertible. Happy birthday, aural canals! Like the fixed-roof XKR-S, the convertible Jag uses a 5.0-litre V8 with a twin-vortex supercharger to develop an eardrum-rupturing 542bhp. Though it weighs [...]
Yes, yes, Dario Benuzzi needs no introduction. But sometimes it seems he’s an introduction and nothing else. The same few things about him are part of automotive lore, but beyond that no one knows anything extra. Even his Wikipedia entry is just eight lines. For the sake of completeness, let’s get the introduction out of [...]
The Ampera is here as an example of technology that’s managing to sneak under the social radar and win the green game by stealth. It combines a load of realistic green technologies to produce a car that’s practical and easy to use (this really could be your only car), at a price – £29k – [...]
Ferrarists! Start panting! This is the latest eyegasmic Spider from Maranello ahead of its launch at the Frankfurt motor show. Isn’t it a peach? This rather pleasant thing shuffles alongside the 458 Italia (watch Jeremy drive one here) in Ferrari’s lineup, and despite the fully retractable hard top, keeps its mid-rear engined layout. In fact, [...]
Earlier this week, one of the motoring world’s iconic names was given a fresh take; the new SL has landed. But, despite the similar badging, it’s not really the successor to the all-conquering 300SL supercar of the 50s. This got us thinking. The Mercedes most closely allied to the 300SL’s roots is actually the SLS [...]
This is the new Audi A4, and as you can quite probably tell, it looks… pretty much the the same. Before you scurry off to another corner of the Internet however, bear with us. The A4 has reached its mid-life surgery moment, and there are differences to note. The most significant changes are in the [...]
