The path is well trodden: unknown British car manufacturer builds a lightweight track special with “Veyron-rivalling acceleration” and “race-car thrills”. Said lightweight turns out to be built in a garden shed from recovered girders and tin cans by a man with no welding skills. Or fingers. Not the BAC Mono. This single-seater, dreamt up by [...]
City cars are pure. City cars are disciplined. City cars are great. Two simple factors govern their entire design and development: they have to be cheap, and they have to be small. And so it follows that they have to be clever. You’ll find far more innovation and smart thinking in your average city car [...]
Before you sandblast our rusty little Internet with your incessant pedantry, yes, the pictured car is technically a Chevrolet Sonic. Only we in the UK get it as a Chevy Aveo. And, since we’re in the UK, we prefer the term barrel roll, rather than ‘kick-flip’, which the 14-year-old loitering outside the office reliably told [...]
Image by pure9 via Flickr Five models and about 7,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles are being recalled. The cars, namely the 2011 E-Class, M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and 2012 S-Class are being recalled because of potentially fuel filters that are leaky “around the heating component.” Starting November, Mercedes-Benz USA will be calling owners for free inspection and replacement. [...]
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UNDERFUNDED MINIATURE PETROSEXUALS – this is your next car. It’s called the Traxxas XO-1 and it’ll go from 0-62mph in 2.3 seconds (0.16 seconds faster than a Veyron), hit the ton in less than five, emit nothing but speed and only cost a pint over £700. Largely because it’s 27 inches long. And the fastest [...]
