" OK: so it goes without saying that the Porsche Turbo is probably the most iconic performance car brand in Automotive history. So, when the company releases a new edition of the Turbo, it's going to cause waves. The 2010 Turbo S, "
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Now Maserati Rock Ice
" Ok, so you're about to bin your Corolla, you can't get an extension to your mortgage to build that third bedroom you so desperately need, and you're working out how your favourite Premiership side is going to last the season "
Porsche 909 Bergspyder
" Every manufacturer of performance cars is obsessed with power-weight ratio. You don't have to be a physics professor to realize why. If you take away the adornments of luxury and concentrate all efforts on optimizing performance you’ll give yourself "
LA Crash
" No city in the world is more geared toward the motor car than Los Angeles. It's a commonplace to discuss the fact that the vast majority of Angelino interactions take place through the windows of a car; that no one "
Hip to Be Square?
" Sometimes sophisticated industrial processes are over-rated. Sure, we love the hand-wrought curve of fine steel wrapped around a frame and some rolling gear. But luscious curves alone do not a cool motor make. The Americans, in particular, have always known "
Barn Finds and Sleeping Beauties
" It's the holy grail for every lover of old cars and every obsessive tinkerer with hopeless automotive projects. Finding that neglected vintage car in a dusty barn is something every petrolhead should aspire to. Rumours of Aladdin's caves containing many "
Honda CRZ: Believe
" There has been rampant skepticism towards Honda's forthcoming CRZ Hybrid – mostly revolving around wether or not a truly sporty, exciting hybrid is a contradiction. But even if the CRZ's performance levels or fuel-efficiency will be particularly noteworthy we are loving "
Alfa Giulietta Launch – Cyber-Tease
" Many of you Alfaholics out there will be aware of the forthcoming official unveiling at this year's Geneva International Motorshow. But in the lead up, Alfa Romeo is rolling out a 'virtual ownership' programme so you can get your vicarious "
Fast Ladies: Women in Motor Sport
" We stumbled upon an interesting book this week that shored up a couple of intriguing stories of women making their mark in the early days of motorsport. Here's just a couple of vignettes. The formidable Violette Morris (above) was the "
Gran Turismo Omologato
" Those Italians certainly know how to weave magic with words, eh? Touring car constructed for homologation' doesn't really have the same ring, does it? But no matter how you say it, the GTO badge has been applied to an interesting "
The Chimaera of Speed
"The perfect illustration (below) of the glorious absurdity of the very, very fast car. The Bugatti Veyron will do 253 miles per hour. But it can’t do 253 miles in an hour, because at that speed its fuel consumption is so "
Supersonic
"The land speed record is the ultimate answer to that age-old question: How fast will she go? It sounds so simple, when the essence of speed is distilled to just those five words. But they disguise so much of the "
The Bonneville Story
"If you were dropped blindfold in the middle of the great Salt Lake of Utah you could be forgiven for thinking you had arrived on another planet. The sun angles off its ancient surface and sends contusions of light that "