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Short and sweet

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0200

With their first Quattro Coupé Audi revolutionized the automobile industry. The top of the range model was the Sport Quattro… extremely fast, extremely compact, extremely rare and extremely expensive.

Here is the new SL63 AMG!

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0200

The new Mercedes SL is not yet in the showrooms but already the Stuttgart car maker is wooing the potential clientele for a sports version. The Mercedes SL63 AMG will be available from May in two performance versions.

More sport for 1, 3 and 5-Series BMWs

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:22 +0200

News from BMW M Performance… at the Salon de l’Auto in Geneva there will not only be the new tri-turbo models to admire but also sporting refinements for the new 1, 3 and 5-Series models

Bond goes Bavarian

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:22 +0200

Fifty years ago the first James Bond film reached the cinema screens and this gives us a pretext for a glance in the rear-view mirror at the cars driven by 007. This time we take a closer look at the most formidable of all BMW models, Bond’s 750iL in ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ with remote control via cellphone, tyre spikes ejection and rockets in the sliding roof..

Mini Clubvan: Lifestyle and practicality

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:22 +0200

Just right for the Salon de l’Auto in Geneva. BMW presents their eighth iteration of the Mini. The Clubvan is meant to combine utility and functionality with the lifestyle character of the marque Mini.

The Wankel world

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:22 +0200

There is a small cohort of car lovers who have no use for engines with reciprocating pistons. They swear by the ‘rotaries’, autos driven by motors based on the invention of the German engineer Felix Wankel. One of the most famous of these was the iconic Mazda Cosmo and nobody knows this Ur-Wankel better than Senji Hoshino.

Audi A1 Quattro: Costly sports compact

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:52:55 +0200

Audi is launching the smallest Quattro it has ever produced. Now the A1 speeds ahead on all fours, bringing 256 horsepower onto the snow covered roadway and happily drifting in the bends.

Design icons by Bertone

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:52:55 +0200

It was in 1912, a hundred years ago, that Giovanni Bertone founded the Carozzeria Bertone in Turin. We take a look back at some of the most exciting automobile designs of a century.

RS-Racingteam M3: Street as Nordschleife

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:52:55 +0200

‘RS-M3’… the designation of choice for all of those who want to drive their racer made in Munich on the open road and not just on the closed racing circuit. RS-Racingteam have made of the standard M3 an uncompromising light-weight track racer.

The new Porsche is called Macan

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:03 +0200

We were expecting a Cajun but it’s going to be the Macan, the baby SUV Porsche will be selling in 2013.

Wheelsandmore McLaren MP4-12C

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:03 +0200

Wheelsandmore bring even more exoticism into their workshops by taking on the challenge of the new super sports car McLaren MP4-12C. And they don’t recoil from modifying the very complex suspension.

Skoda Citigo 1.0: Fun by the litre

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:03 +0200

This is another model cloning the VW Up, the Citigo by Skoda.

Centenary celebration: The Nuccio

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:03 +0200

At the Salon de l'Auto in Geneva the designer Bertone will mark a hundred years of their existence with the concept study for a new extreme sports car model.

Opel Rekord D: A classic turns 40

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:23:15 +0200

It followed in formidable foot-steps, the Opel Rekord D when it appeared in 1972. The preceding model ‘C’ had been very popular and so the new car needed to go one better.

A racing rucksack: Audi’s RS4 is back

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:23:15 +0200

In Geneva Audi will be showing the long-awaited successor to its high-performance estate model, the RS4 Avant. Now with 450 V8 horsepower and a wealth of technical highlights, family outings promise to be rather exciting… and quite expensive.

Irmscher Insignia and Cruze

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:23:15 +0200

Irmscher have developed tuning solutions for the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer and for the Chevrolet Cruze. The tuner who specializes in Opel models has made the Insignia fitter for off-road driving and the Cruze gets a sporting upgrade.

Bentley Continental GT V8: When less is more

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:08:23 +0200

Forty percent less fuel consumption, ten percent less cost. The new Bentley Continental GT V8 retains established virtues and adds a few new ones.

Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDi: No rattling?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:08:23 +0200

Five years after the launch of the i30 model range Hyundai is proposing a second generation of its compact sedan. It has been much praised in advance of its launch, but does it keep its promises?

Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:08:23 +0200

Ford is making its engines smaller. Where before there was a 1.6 litre four-cylinder motor with 125 horsepower (92 kW) there is now a three-cylinder mill with similar output and the Cologne car maker has big plans for the new power plant, to be deployed first in the Focus model.

The BMW 528 E12: Class struggle

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0200

It was the era of high-waisted flared jeans! Forty years ago the BMW 5-Series was born. The birthday can be celebrated with this yellow 528 as we look back to the wild seventies, when BMW cultivated a revolutionary image and, indeed, successfully shook up the establishment.