By all accounts the Beijing Auto Show is set to be a hit, possessing the perfect cocktail mix of evolutionary groundbreaking new cars, spread through over 220,000 square meters of the ultra modern China International Exhibition Center and all spiced up with stunning girls on the ground. While the media gets a sneak preview a…
The Top Marques Monaco is officially over and out. It may have drawn back the curtains yesterday and turned off the flood lights, but not without leaving a remarkable impression on its many international guests. Having presented this year in its 13th edition, the show has forged a reputation as the only event in the…
Read MoreThe release of sales results last month record that the top selling sports car in Germany is not the Porsche 911, like all of us would have thought, but rather the Ford Mustang. Figures record that while 752 Porsche 911s were sold throughout the nation, they still, albeit marginally, trailed behind Ford’s 780 new Mustangs…
Read MoreRumours are spreading that BMW is knee deep in plans to develop Hydrogen fuel cell cars, with blueprints for a 7 Series model and more recently, a hydrogen powered i8 prototype. The public’s interests seem to be solely focused on Battery Electric Vehicles that are currently being spearheaded by the production of the Tesla Model…
Read MoreIn the increasing trend for supercars and luxury sports cars, to incorporate automatic paddle shifts in favour of manual gear boxes, Aston Martin has tactically chosen to buck the trend by installing a seven speed manual gearbox into the V12 Vantage S. This decision comes as part of the aspiration to keep giving drivers “a…
Read MoreFor any dedicated petrol head, taking the opportunity to drive a luxury Porsche supercar in Germany is a life aspiration. In many cases a rite of passage, if you will, for full acceptance amongst your peers in that internet chat forum that you frequently find yourself furiously typing away at 3am. Rightly so as well,…
Read MoreWelcome back to our “Match On” series where we compete two similar high performance cars against each other. Last time it was a spin off between the top electric-powered supercars of the Tesla Model S P98D and the Porsche Mission E. In that episode we pitted them against each other in a stiff battle of beauty,…
Read MoreWe heard the rumours and then the plans, that a pure electric supercar would be available for the masses, but it was only last Thursday that we saw the car. Unquestionably, it is a good looking model, perhaps smaller than its forebearer, the executive Model S, it is still impressively striking as Tesla has done…
Read MoreSaturated in sunshine and offering a medley of varied landscapes the Costa del Sol offers an escape from the tedium of reality. In a drive along the curving highway that hugs the coastline, set your sights upon the sweeping views of the azure mediterranean seas where the waters move like swaying silk upon the horizon.…
Read MoreFor those suffering with a bad case of wanderlust finding the ideal rewards program becomes the absolute necessity. But often the search for the best frequent flyer program becomes a journey in itself, only of the much more tedious kind. Times have moved on, and what was once good for the goose is no longer…
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