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Farbio S400 CAR review

Rated 0 out of 5

Ben Whitworth, 21 November 2008 11:00

This is the new Farbio GTS 400 – the Bath-based carmaker’s hottest sportscar yet - and CAR Online is the first to take it out onto the road. Earlier this year we drove the standard 262bhp GTS and while we liked it very much, it was crying out for more power. Well, there’s now power aplenty - Farbio owner Chris ...

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Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series (2008) CAR review and video

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Ben Barry, 06 November 2008 16:00

This is the Mercedes-Benz AMG SL65 Black Series, the star of CAR Magazine’s December 2008 cover. CAR was invited to an exclusive test drive of this outlandish machine on road and track at Mas du Clos, France. Just 350 SL Blacks will be produced, with only nine coming to the UK. We’ll deal with the road test here, but you’ll ...

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Bentley Flying Spur Speed (2008) CAR review

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Georg Kacher, 06 November 2008 12:23

Bentley has given its monstrously quick but vaguely anonymous Flying Spur a mild facelift and introduced the aptly entitled Speed go-faster pack to further distance itself from top-end V12-powered Mercedes, BMW and Audi models. What’s been done to the base Bentley Flying Spur model? What should have been done when it was launched in 2005, to be blunt. An extensive ...

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Aston Martin DBS Touchtronic (2008) CAR review

Rated 4 out of 5

Ben Oliver, 29 October 2008 00:01

Not even James Bond has driven the Aston Martin DBS Touchtronic yet. Quantum of Solace is just about to open but Daniel Craig must content himself with the standard manual DBS. We’ve already driven his likely next car: the DBS Touchtronic with an automatic gearbox, a new Bang and Olufsen sound system and gorgeous new optional wheels. Read our full ...

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Photo of the day: Ferrari California crossed up

Rated 2.5 out of 5

Tim Pollard, 20 October 2008 12:36

Does the new Ferrari California drive like a real Ferrari should? Road test editor Chris Chilton tested the California V8 last week and thought it a brilliantly judged new addition to the Ferrari range (read his review here). But our eyes opened wider when an email landed today with a photo of European correspondent Georg Kacher behind the California's wheel ...

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Ferrari California: real-time CAR review blog

Rated 4 out of 5

Chris Chilton, 15 October 2008 17:03

Bit of a CAR Online experiment here. We're driving the new Ferrari California today and attempting what, as far as we're aware, is the first real-time review of the Cali on the internet. Road test editor Chris Chilton has filed his thoughts electronically from the launch in Sicily to CAR HQ where we've updated this blog minute by minute with ...

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Gumpert Apollo S (2008) CAR review

Rated 3 out of 5

Mark Walton, 24 September 2008 09:00

Everything you need to know about the Gumpert Apollo is there from the outset, worn on the sleeve and clearly visible the first time you look at it. Or should that be ‘stare’ at it. Compact, brutish, uncompromising, and fearsomely fast, the Gumpert Apollo looks like an old Group C racer for the road, and it’s probably as quick as one ...

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Audi Q7 V12 TDI CAR review

Rated 2.5 out of 5

Glen Waddington, 18 September 2008 10:30

There are big numbers at play with the Audi Q7 V12 TDI. Try these for size: 2635kg (big SUV), V12 (the first 12-cylinder diesel engine yet fitted to a passenger vehicle), 493bhp (it’s the most powerful, too), 738lb ft (that’s one hell of a stack of torque) and £96,295 (yes, you read that right). The question is, do all the numbers ...

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Corvette ZR1 (2008) CAR review

Rated 4 out of 5

Georg Kacher, 11 September 2008 10:00

The new Corvette ZR1 is the world’s quickest and rawest sports car – only mad supercars and insane track cars can best it. This is a bright yellow bullet, with 638bhp (making it the most powerful ‘Vette of all time), carbonfibre bodywork and Brembo’s biggest ceramic brakes. Just 1800 ZR1s will be built each year at GM’s plant in Kentucky, ...

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Tesla Roadster CAR review

Rated 4 out of 5

Ben Oliver, 19 August 2008 09:44

This story about the Tesla Roadster is different, because after years of hype, anticipation and the almost-inevitable delays in production, CAR Online has finally driven one at length, on British roads and in near-production trim. This is a car burdened by expectation; some created by its billing as the world’s first truly green supercar and the first electric car you ...

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