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Audi R8 GT Joins Superlight Club

Like most performance car manufacturers these days, losing those extra kilos in their flagship coupe showcases their abilities to build a more serious out and out coupe than the base model, which has to cater to a wider audience and is still built to a certain budgeted cost. Manufacturers like Porsche have long known this […]

Englon – A New London Taxi

Almost nothing truly British are sacred nowadays. If you entered a restaurant in the UK you may encounter a Polish immigrant baking those scones and macaroons. If you went to Harrods you’d know that some rich Middle Eastern chap owns it. If you wanted a pair of British brogues from Church’s (like the ones Pierce […]

Electric Mini Tracks Quietly at Nurburgring

The future of motor racing’s so quiet I gotta use loud speakers. Yes. Loud speakers pumping out a fake V8 soundtrack while purely electric racers run around race tracks just whizzing around with hardly any sound coming from them. You wouldn’t know if an electric race car is coming or going. And its very possible […]

Lamborghini Showcase Its Talents – But Not Through Motor Shows

Sometimes a car manufacturer does not only do motor shows in order to showcase its capabilities and cars. It does other types of trade shows too. Lamborghini is in Paris showcasing its skills and capability in the development and application of carbon fibre at the JEC Composite Show held on the 13th to 15th April […]

The Australian Formula 1 GP Makes Racing Better When it Rains

Yes, things are much better this time around in Melbourne, Australia. The Quantas Australia Formula 1 Grand Prix 2010 saw Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes taking the chequered flag, Robert Kubica of Renault taking second and Ferrari’s Phillipe Massa coming in third. But the good thing was it rained and there was racing instead of […]

Lamborghini’s Sant’ Agata Factory Goes Green

Recently Lamborghini announced that a new 17,000 square meter photovoltaic or in layman’s terms a solar panel energy producing system has been installed and officially inaugurated at Sant’Agata. We all know that this is the manufacturing center of Lamborghini and is basically the heart and soul of Lamborghini. This photovoltaic system together with other environmentally […]

BMW 1-Series Is A Rear Wheel Drive?

I am awfully sorry BMW, but all your efforts to try and convince yourselves that those who bought your 1-series are avid driving enthusiasts have failed. BMW had built the 1-series with the intention of spreading their gospel of the ‘ultimate driving machine’ and part of that picture they painted was the fact that rear […]

An Exquisitely Handcrafted Car – The New Bentle Mulsanne

A Blurb on the soon to be on sale Bentley Mulsanne from the Bentley website: “Something large, fast, refined and comfortable. This philosophy resonates deeply at Bentley and has, over time, created a legacy that embodies all of these characteristics: record-breaking feats, daring exploits and a host of exquisitely handcrafted and beautifully engineered cars. Now, […]

Mercedes-AMG SLS GT3: AMG Prepares The Gullwing For Racing

Looks like there will be another Mad Mercedes is on the way. But only for GT racing. Coinciding with the official market launch of the road going AMG SLS on 27 March 2010 Mercedes-AMG has showcased the SLS AMG GT3 for FIA GT3 Racing teams to consider. The SLS AMG GT3 is designed as a […]

Bentley Mulsanne – A Handcrafted Car

A Blurb on the soon to be on sale Bentley Mulsanne from the Bentley website: “Something large, fast, refined and comfortable. This philosophy resonates deeply at Bentley and has, over time, created a legacy that embodies all of these characteristics: record-breaking feats, daring exploits and a host of exquisitely handcrafted and beautifully engineered cars. Now, […]