The 2011 Mercedes ML 63 AMG Premiers at the LA Auto Show

from Mercedes Passion Blog For the first time, Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts will see the ML 63 AMG. This will be at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 18th. The Mercedes-Benz ML 63 has 5.5 liter V8 biturbo engine which can produce more than 750 Nm of torque and 518 HP. According to some reports, [...]


Koenigsegg Agera R sets world record

A few months ago, Mr Koenigsegg dispatched one of his Agera R hypercars, a driver with a lead foot and a tracking box to a proving ground in Sweden. Said driver performed some lightly astonishing feats of acceleration. Six, to be precise. He then wrapped these up into a little package and sent them off [...]

Brand new Top Gear Magazine – out now

The brand new issue of Top Gear Magazine is out now, and to introduce it, a word from Editor-in-Chief, Charlie Turner: Wings make cars better, no question. Ok, so that statement might have something to do with spending my formative years staring at a poster of a bewinged version of Gandini’s Countach, but the fact [...]

Video: this is how you drive in the wet

OFFICIAL: it is very, very cold today. And wet. And awful. And, if the view from our office – postured mere feet from London’s glittering Westway flyover – is anything to go by, people are driving fiendishly slowly. Which is a good thing. But what if it’s 1978, your name’s Patrick Depailler, the weather’s similarly [...]

Official: Bentley’s new V8 Continental

As rumoured for some time, Bentley has finally confirmed a brand new twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 engine for its Continental GT and GTC models. Set to debut at next month’s Detroit motor show, the new V8 delivers 500bhp and 487 torques said to be accessible “across virtually the entire rev range” from 1,700rpm to 5,000rpm. Bentley [...]

Behold: the Suzuki Regina concept

Calling a concept car Regina is, we assume, meant to make us Brits summon up positive images. Solid, durable, inoffensively feminine. The other end of the automotive spectrum to early Range Rover Sport in black, say. Or to put it another way, the other end of the social spectrum to an early Vitara. In pink. [...]