Koenigsegg will unveil a special edition Agera at the upcoming Monterey Car Week, known as the Agera XS. What makes this particular Koenigsegg special, aside from being one of an extremely small batch of vehicles that the Swedish manufacturer produces, is the fact it is the first Koenigsegg fully homologated […]
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Porsche Exclusive reveals 911 Targa 4S ‘Design Edition’
The Porsche 911 Targa is regarded as the modern classic of the sports car range, and to amplify its theme Porsche Exclusive has come up with the Design Edition. Based on the latest Targa 4S with its iconic B-pillar/roll-over bar, the Design Edition is painted in etna blue solid. This […]
2017 Mercedes-AMG E 63 Estate spotted, Black Series? (video)
Mercedes-Benz has been spotted test driving a mysterious prototype out on the streets, with all signs suggesting it could be a Black Series version of the upcoming E 63 AMG Estate. Mercedes-Benz, or Mercedes-AMG as it now calls itself, never produced a Black Series version of the tyre-tearing E 63. […]
Porsche China website confirms detuned 718 Cayman & Boxster
Yesterday it was reported that Porsche would introduce a special budget range for the 718 Cayman and Boxster. It seems the official specs of said cars have now hit the web. According to the Porsche website in China, the detuned Cayman and Boxster use the same 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder as […]
2016 Citroen C4 Cactus 1.2 petrol review (video)
Quirky cars normally come with more than a few sacrifices. The new Citroen C4 Cactus 1.2 PureTech, being one of the quirkiest of them all, is a bit different. When you scratch beneath the weird plastic surface it appears to shake that equation out of its roots. The inappropriately-named Citroen […]
Audi ‘RS 1’ rumoured to debut at 2017 Geneva show
A French website is purporting that an RS version of the Audi A1 compact car will be unveiled at Geneva next March – a claim which some find dubious but it’s not without merit. For starters, Audi already makes the 170kW, 370Nm S1 rocketship, capable of 0-100km/h in under 6.0 […]
Porsche planning ‘low-boost’ 718 Boxster / Cayman for China
In a bid to increase sales in China, Porsche is apparently planning to release a detuned version of the 718 Boxster and Cayman, with around 186kW, down from 220kW. Using the base 718’s 2.0-litre turbo flat-four as a base, rather than the Boxster/Cayman S’s 2.5-litre unit, the reduced output is […]
2016 Subaru Forester tS STI review (video)
Could the SUV be the new minivan? This style of vehicle has seen obscene levels of success in the last few decades, where it has more-or-less overtaken the sedan as the default go-to car. Not only are they fashionable, but the increased ride height gives many a feeling of safety […]