Mercedes S400 Hybrid (2009) CAR review
Mercedes always strives for its S-class to be at the technological cutting edge, so it must have been pretty miffed when Lexus beat it to market with its S-rivalling, hybrid-powered LS600h. This, then, is Mercedes’ riposte: the S400 Hybrid. Brilliant, an S-class hybrid! When do I get mine? Ah. Yes. Thing is, you won’t, not unless you [...]
Lotus Evora (2009): the new CAR review
So Lotus is rinsing out another Elise variant, eh? No, the Evora really is new, the first all-new Lotus for nearly 15 years in fact. It’s built to take on the likes of the Porsche Cayman and 911 and slots into the Lotus range above the Elise and below the forthcoming Esprit. You might have read our [...]
Nissan GT-R Spec V (2009) CAR review
This is the ultimate GT-R. While Porsche has RS, Lamborghini has SV and BMW has M, Nissan’s best GT-Rs (or Skylines) have come with a V-Spec designation. Now reversed, the Spec V is Nissan’s newest GT-R, with carbon brakes, a stripped-out interior and a bank balance-breaking £115k price tag. So what turns a ‘regular’ Nissan GT-R [...]
VW Polo GTI and harder Golf GTI: the Wörthersee 09 cars
Volkswagen today unveiled two hot hatch surprises at the 2009 Wörthersee hot hatch festival: a potential Polo GTI and a harder, faster Golf GTI, likely to give clues to the R model tipped by CAR for launch later this year. Both models pictured here are concepts at this stage. The Golf GTI Wörthersee 09 edition gains [...]
Mercedes S400 Hybrid (20...
Mercedes always strives for its S-class to be at the technological cutting edge, so it must have been pretty miffed when Lexus beat it to market with its S-rivalling, hybrid-powered LS600h. This, then, is Mercedes’ riposte: the S400 Hybrid.
Brilliant, an S-class hybrid! When do I get mine?
Ah. Yes. Thing is, you won’t, not unless you [...]
Lotus Evora (2009): the ...
So Lotus is rinsing out another Elise variant, eh?
No, the Evora really is new, the first all-new Lotus for nearly 15 years in fact. It’s built to take on the likes of the Porsche Cayman and 911 and slots into the Lotus range above the Elise and below the forthcoming Esprit.
You might have read our [...]
Nissan GT-R Spec V (2009...
This is the ultimate GT-R. While Porsche has RS, Lamborghini has SV and BMW has M, Nissan’s best GT-Rs (or Skylines) have come with a V-Spec designation. Now reversed, the Spec V is Nissan’s newest GT-R, with carbon brakes, a stripped-out interior and a bank balance-breaking £115k price tag.
So what turns a ‘regular’ Nissan GT-R [...]
VW Polo GTI and harder G...
Volkswagen today unveiled two hot hatch surprises at the 2009 Wörthersee hot hatch festival: a potential Polo GTI and a harder, faster Golf GTI, likely to give clues to the R model tipped by CAR for launch later this year. Both models pictured here are concepts at this stage.
The Golf GTI Wörthersee 09 edition gains [...]
Aston Martin V12 Vantage...
This is the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage, and it has the potential to be one of the company’s greatest cars to enter its hardly shabby history books. The recipe is simple: take your smallest and lightest chassis and shoehorn into it (to the accompaniment of some polite British swearing) your biggest and most powerful [...]
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