Cars in the Fast Lane

The new Subaru WRX STI Spec C slims down about 70kg to give the car a weight of approx. 1,400kg. This was made possible, among other ways, with an aluminium trunk, lighter roof, thinner glass, Read the rest of this entry »

Just wanted to share a cool video about the GT2 vs the Corvette. This pits two very quick, high horsepower cars against each other. It’s nice to see how a Corvette fares against a GT2 that costs twice as much as it.

At the New York International Auto Show, Hyundai released the very sleek and aggressive looking Genesis Coupe. I would say it looks similar to the Infiniti G37 concept model.

Hyundai confirmed that the Genesis Coupe will offer two engines Read the rest of this entry »

Ingolstadt chose a most interesting racing version of its A4 to show at its 2008 Geneva Motor Show press conference.
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Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960 in Doncaster) is a controversial British motoring journalist and television presenter.

On places

There are signs directing you away from Birmingham but nothing enticing you in.

Oxford hates the car.

God may have created the world in six days, but while he was resting on the seventh, Beelzebub popped up and did this place. (Detroit)

Motoring in general

We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging.

Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… That’s what gets you.

I’ve seen gangrenous wounds better looking than this. ( Clarkson on the Porsche Cayenne)

(Referring to the Porsche Cayenne) 0-60 takes 5 and a half seconds…and about 17 gallons of fuel….

Now we’ve been told in this new series, we’ve got to feature more green cars. So here’s one. It’s really the greenest car we could find, really. (A bright green Lamborghini Murcielago)

Now we get quite a few complaints that we don’t feature enough affordable cars on the show, so we’re kicking off tonight with the cheapest Ferrari of them all. (a Ferrari F430) Read the rest of this entry »