Four chapters of German automotive history are reviewed by Ford Germany this year… the Ford Sierra turns thirty, the Granada is forty, the 12M P4 celebrates its fiftieth birthday and the Ford Taunus 12/15M… the one with the globe at the front… is sixty years old.
Allover the world – although less in Germany – there are AMG special models hitting the highway. The latest is exclusive for Canadian buyers, the Affalterbach Edition of the C63 AMG.
Jaguar is fighting to establish its new direction and attract younger buyers. No model demonstrates this better than the XJ. This is the car going head to head with the Audi A8, the BMW 7-Series and the Mercedes S-Class and it is doing battle in a way which is both very British and very modern.
Electric powered cars can also be fast cars. Nissan will underline this with their ‘Esflow’ e-driven sports car concept to be introduced at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Nissan promises emission free driving pleasure with the two-seater presented for the first time in Geneva (3rd to 13th of March).
What do Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong and G-Power have in common? They are or were record chasers as obsessed as any single in a bar on the weekend chasing skirts. The difference, though: While the athletes can be suspected of using performance-enhancing substances, G-Power resorts only to fully legal doping to make their Hurricane RS Touring the fastest estate car in the world.