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McLaren X-1 - rebodied MP4-12C supercar (2012)

Rated 2 out of 52

Gavin Green, 17 August 2012 16:00

Sometimes, the best just isn’t good enough. That’s why a wealthy anonymous car collector – garage already full of McLaren F1, McLaren Mercedes SLR and MP4-12C, and goodness knows how many fabulous non-McLarens – thought he’d like to produce his very own one-off supercar. The new McLaren X-1, which makes its debut at The Quail, part of the Pebble Beach ...

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McLaren X-1 - rebodied MP4-12C supercar (2012)

McLaren X-1 - rebodied MP4-12C supercar (2012)

Rated 2 out of 52

Gavin Green, 17 August 2012 16:00

Sometimes, the best just isn’t good enough. That’s why a wealthy anonymous car collector – garage already full of McLaren F1, McLaren Mercedes SLR and MP4-12C, and goodness knows how many fabulous non-McLarens – thought he’d like to produce his very own one-off supercar. The new McLaren X-1, which makes its debut at The Quail, part of the Pebble Beach ...

Honda Civic (2011) at Frankfurt motor show

Honda Civic (2011) at Frankfurt motor show

Rated 3 out of 53

Gavin Green, 12 September 2011 20:00

This is the ninth generation of Honda’s small car star, which has gestated from trend setting (Civic Mk1 of 1972) to stylistically dull if technically advanced (most) to sci-fi-style wacko but technically mainstream (Civic Mk8). New Civics, over the years, have been about as easy to forecast as David Beckham’s next hairstyle as Honda engineers – never the most predictable ...

Infiniti's new M and hybrids at Geneva motor show

Infiniti's new M and hybrids at Geneva motor show

Rated 4 out of 54

Gavin Green, 03 March 2010 09:15

Infiniti, Nissan’s upmarket wing, can finally have a serious stab at the European luxury car market after launching its Renault-based turbodiesel V6. Its pleasingly idiosyncratic range of cars – ultra modern, finely crafted and mostly fun to drive – have been hamstrung in the showrooms by a range of V6 and V8 petrol engines which have been designed for customers ...

The Detroit motor show 2010 review, by Gavin Green

The Detroit motor show 2010 review, by Gavin Green

Rated 3 out of 53

Gavin Green, 12 January 2010 10:30

Motown may not have rediscovered its mojo but at least the car makers formerly known as the Big Three have regained a little bit of their old swagger since the misery of last year’s Detroit show. After all, it’s not every year that two out of three national car makers go bankrupt. The survivor, Ford, unsurprisingly looked the most confident ...

Rolls-Royce 200EX concept (2009): first official photos of baby Roller

Rolls-Royce 200EX concept (2009): first official photos of baby Roller

Rated 4 out of 54

Gavin Green, 19 February 2009 17:00

Rolls-Royce will show its new ‘baby’ car – though these things are relative – at the upcoming 2009 Geneva motor show, a year before sales commence in spring 2010. The Geneva ‘concept’ car is tagged 200EX but don’t be fooled by the experimental suffix. It’s the real thing – Rolls’ new £180,000 RR4 saloon (the production name is still secret). ...

Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom

Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom

Rated 3 out of 53

Gavin Green, 23 October 2008 11:21

Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves would like to make an electric-powered Phantom. ‘Many of our customers do small mileages exclusively in the city,’ says Purves, who took over the helm of BMW-owned Rolls-Royce in July 2008. ‘For these customers, an electric Rolls-Royce would be ideal.’Purves has just driven the new electric Mini, which debuts at next month’s Los Angeles auto show, ...

Lexus at the Paris motor show 2008

Lexus at the Paris motor show 2008

Rated 3 out of 53

Gavin Green, 02 October 2008 20:08

A coupe/cabriolet version of the appealing IS250 was Lexus’s highlight at Paris. Its three-piece folding metal roof completes its gymnastics in just 20 seconds before folding flat in the cavernous boot. All very well, but the ugly rear end totally undermines any showroom appeal. Tell me more about the Lexus IS250C It further expands the range of Lexus’s 3-series rival, ...

Toyota at the Paris motor show 2008

Toyota at the Paris motor show 2008

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Gavin Green, 02 October 2008 19:16

Toyota showed the latest, third-generation Avensis, a car that typically whips up as much excitement from car enthusiasts as the Eurovision Song Contest does with music aficionados. The Avensis is one of those cars that typically provides loyal service to company car reps before naturally seeing out as its days as a minicab, pine scent dangling from rear-view mirror. The ...

Ford Ka at the Paris motor show 2008

Ford Ka at the Paris motor show 2008

Rated 3 out of 53

Gavin Green, 02 October 2008 10:26

Ford’s latest Ka – high style meets low cost – makes its bow at the Paris show. It’s a funky little thing based on the Fiat 500/Panda, and built in the same Polish factory. It dials up driving brio and youthful appeal compared with the industrial Panda and the mature chic of the 500 and will likely follow its successful ...

Kia at the London motor show 2008

Kia at the London motor show 2008

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Gavin Green, 23 July 2008 01:32

Expansionist Kia shows no sign of slowing down its forays into the European car market – and the London show provides more evidence of what's to come from the Koreans. What’s new on Kia's London motor show stand?  Nothing. But the Kia people are proffering photos of the new production Soul, set to make its show debut at Paris in ...

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