Aston Martin Vantage N24 (2008) review Price: £100,000 21 April 2008 by Nick Trott We at CAR have a soft spot for the Aston Martin Vantage N24. Back in 2006 we sensed there was a story brewing when Aston Martin announced that it would enter a road-legal V8 Vantage in the legendary... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 1 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes SL63 AMG (2008) review Price: £94,000 09 March 2008 by Chris Chilton Mercedes’ SL gets a new face for 2008 but there’s far more to the SL63 AMG than simple cosmetic surgery. As the name suggests, the big Benz sports car finally adopts the naturally aspirated V8 that’s... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Corvette C6 (2008) review Price: £45,995 27 February 2008 by Glen Waddington GM sees the Corvette as a genuine Porsche 911 rival, so much so that it claims to have benchmarked this lightly revised version of the sixth-generation car directly against it. The 911. Yes, you read... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400 (2008) review Price: £94,000 19 February 2008 by Tim Pollard It’s a sign of the times at Gaydon that Aston Martin has produced three new models since it walked away from Ford ownership in 2007. Sounds impressive until you realise that all of them are special... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Lamborghini Reventon (2007) review 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team You’re driving Darth Vader’s car! Yes, Lamborghini’s outrageous Reventon is unlike anything else we’ve seen. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, the Reventon is about the meanest, baddest... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Nissan GT-R (2008) review Price: £65,000 04 December 2007 by Gavin Green Nissan GT-R. Finally, the full-blown road test… Yes, after all the hype, the teaser images, the passenger rides and interviews, we’ve finally been let loose in the Nissan GT-R, one of the most... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Nissan GT-R (2007) – first ride review Price: £60,000 24 October 2007 by Ben Barry You’ve had a ride in the new Nissan GT-R, then? We have, as you might have seen on our video clip. When CAR was invited to photograph the GT-R in Hokkaido (on a strictly look but don’t touch basis),... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 0 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Aston Martin DBS (2008) review Price: £160,000 19 October 2007 by Chris Chilton I know Bond drove it last year but what’s all the fuss about? It’s a DB9 with a bodykit isn’t it? Steady on. The DBS is certainly based on the DB9 but then so is the DBR9 racer that won the GT1 class... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 0 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Porsche 911 GT2 (2008) review Price: £131,070 28 September 2007 by Georg Kacher Another yawnworthy 911? Or a yee-hah one? Definitely the latter. 911 Turbo not hard enough? Then how about removing the four-wheel drive, sir? Want to smash the magical 200mph barrier? Soak in the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Ferrari 430 Scuderia (2007) review Price: £172,500 25 September 2007 by Ben Barry So you’ve driven the Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Remind me, what is it? The Scuderia is essentially a pared back and re-focused Ferrari F430. Scuderia means team in Italian and, for Italian car fans, the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Caparo T1 (2007) review Price: £210,000 30 August 2007 by Chris Chilton What’s this, some refugee from last weekend’s Grand Prix invading CAR Online? No, this is in fact a road car. Well it’s road-legal anyway. It’s the Caparo T1, nee Freestream, and it’s the closest... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 1 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes McLaren SLR Roadster (2007) review Price: £350,000 24 July 2007 by Georg Kacher That name's quite a mouthful, isn’t it? Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster is indeed a tongue twister. And make sure you get Merc and McLaren the right way round, otherwise the men from Germany will... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford GT Roush 600RE (2007) review Price: £145,300 21 May 2007 by James Foxall Isn’t the Ford GT pretty tasty already? Yes it is, but this model is even more special. Ford has actually stopped producing the GT so it decided to do something exceptional with the last handful of... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (2007) review Price: £145,000 23 March 2007 by Georg Kacher What's so special about this evil-looking bit of kit? It's a harder, faster and lighter Lamborghini Gallardo, a kind of pre-emptive strike against the Ferrari F430 Challenge Stradale due for launch... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Aston Martin Vanquish S with Works Service Manual conversion (2007) review Price: £177,100 01 March 2007 by Nick Trott Hang on? Isn't the Vanquish about to end production? Yep, but it's going out fighting. First Aston Martin released details of an 'Ultimate' (read 'Final') edition Vanquish S, and now they have... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 Edition (2007) review Price: £350,000 02 February 2007 by Ben Whitworth Are you telling me this beast has 722bhp under the bonnet? Not quite. The 722 – or the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722 Edition to quote its full name – is a limited run of tweaked SLRs, named after the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Caterham Seven Roadsport 125 (2007) review Price: £19,195 22 January 2007 by Jonny Smith Nothing looks particularly different here. Where’s the change? This year heralds the 50th anniversary of the Seven. Besides making a cluster of special edition livery paint-schemed cars, the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi R8 (2007) review Price: £76,825 18 January 2007 by Phil Mcnamara A mid-engined supercar from Audi – how extraordinary... Make no mistake, this is a seminal motoring moment. The R8 is Audi’s first mid-engined supercar, designed to prove that Ingolstadt can mix it... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Brooke Double R (2006) review 19 December 2006 by Angus Fitton Time to test the oddball Caterham Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Porsche 911 GT3 UK (2006) review Price: £80,660 13 December 2006 by Georg Kacher What's the GT3 for, and hasn't it been around for ages? We first drove the car in our dark pre-website days but thought we'd revisit it now that the first few have rolled off the boat onto UK soil. As... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...