3.5
Georg Kacher,
12 February 2013 12:30
The new ‘981-generation’ Porsche Cayman S is 30kg lighter than the outgoing model, 5bhp more powerful, and boasts same the classy interior as its soft-top Boxster sibling. Is it still the £40-50k sports car benchmark? Porsche Cayman S: the spec The new Cayman is bigger than before: its wheelbase is 60mm longer, and it now rides on 19-inch rims as ...
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the CAR road test team,
12 February 2013 09:30
Month 9 running a Lotus Evora S: final report and goodbye to the Evora The aftermath of Dany Bahar’s plan to take Lotus back to the big time might, to him, feel like the fuzzy waking moments after an epic night of consumption – ‘There’s a picture of me and Swizz Beatz on Facebook? I should call Bob Lutz about ...
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Ben Pulman (photography by Paddy McGrath),
11 February 2013 11:45
When CAR met 'Drift King' Keiichi Tsuchiya, we took Toyota's new GT86 coupe – and its legendary AE86 predecessor – along to see what the original oversteer hero made of the slidey new model. Read on for the full story of how Tsuchiya brought drifting to the world, and his thoughts on the Toyota GT86 and AE86. Toyota GT86 meets 'Drift King' ...
4.5
Steve Moody,
28 January 2013 10:24
Driving the new 205mph Bentley Continental GT Speed around Thruxton, Britain’s fastest racetrack: now that’s a day out you look forward to. After all, this fastest-ever (roadgoing) twin turbocharged, W12 Bentley has 616bhp, up from 567bhp the standard W12. It does the 0-62mph sprint in four seconds, and the lap record around the gentle rolling straights of Thruxton was set ...
Watch CAR magazine's video road test of the new 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish in our player above. Dep ed Ben Barry tested the new DBS replacement on the taxing roads of north Wales and you can hear his verdict in CAR's new film. The Vanquish uses the latest evolution of the VH architecture – the aluminium-intensive manufacturing philosophy which ...
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- 30 November 2012
3.5
Steve Moody,
27 November 2012 10:30
Despite the name, this CLS Shooting Brake isn’t a huntsman’s best friend. For a start, it cannot be adapted to four-wheel drive for right-hand-drive markets, as the driveshaft to the front wheels comes out of the right-hand side of the engine, just where useful things such as the steering column would get in the way. That’s a shame, because in ...
3.5
the CAR road test team,
26 November 2012 04:00
Parting with the Mini Coupe isn't such a sorrow after all - 26 December 2012 So after 23,598 miles, the Mini has gone. Like a gauche but nonetheless entertaining houseguest on the verge of outstaying his welcome, the red-and-black-striped eyesore is no longer part of my daily routine. In many ways I’m glad the good people at Mini came and ...
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Georg Kacher,
14 November 2012 12:15
BMW has downsized the new M6 – but the good news is that less means more. As with last year’s M5 super-saloon, the charismatic F1-derived 5.0-litre V10 has been replaced with a more mainstream 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8. In the process, though, fuel economy has been improved by 30 percent, and power increased by 10 percent to 552bhp. The new V8’s ...
What happens when a 48-year-old Porsche 911 meets a current-day 991? CAR magazine recently found out when we pitted old and new against each other on the marvellous roads criss-crossing the Swiss Alps – and you can watch our video above. The Porsche 911 was named as our greatest car of the past 50 years in CAR magazine's October ...
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- 31 October 2012
4.5
Jason Barlow,
23 July 2012 09:00
‘Never judge a man unless you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.’ – John DeLorean, quoting a native American Indian saying You sit low in this car, very low. You can’t see the bonnet. The windscreen is sharply angled and the side glass has an unconventional shape – not least because there’s a smaller, second piece set within the main ...
