Land Rover has teamed up with the specialists at Centigon to release an armored variant of the Discovery 4 luxury SUV. The armored Discovery 4 can take on machine gun fire, 33 pounds of TNT and even a pair of DM51 grenades. The additional security has been certified by QinetiQ. Hardly a light vehicle in...
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If you like going around a track faster than just about anyone else, the Radical SR3 is the car for you. It is also currently the fastest ‘street-legal’ car to lap the 13-mile Nurburgring circuit in an incredible 6min 48 secs. For pure driving enthusiasts, the fact you can tweak this car in infinite ways...
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Having already introduced numerous special edition models for 2010, Aston Martin has just released a selection of three more, all based on the DB9. The three new models are named Morning Frost, Carbon Black and Quantum Silver and can be ordered as either a coupe or Volante convertible. The Carbon Black and Quantum Silver models...
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Lotus, a company best known for producing great sports cars like the Elise and the iconic Esprit, is about to head into a whole new direction. While it will continue building sports cars, Lotus CEO Dany Bahar has announced that in October, 2013 the company will produce its City Car, which was shown as a...
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Arguably the best looking MINI yet, the new Paceman (not Pacman) concept is what the fun British brand refers to as a Sports Activity Coupe. Along the lines of the BMW X6, the Paceman takes MINI’s new Countryman crossover and lops-off two of the doors. Normally we might criticize a vehicle like this for not...
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The Ariel Atom is one of the most pure driving machines on the planet. It has no doors or windows or roof. It’s essentially an exoskeleton shell with all its moving parts exposed to the elements, including the driver. Since it has very few parts, it is very light and that makes for an incredible...
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McLaren previewed what a race-ready version of their MP4-12C sports car will look like, when a small batch of GT3 class cars goes on sale in time for the 2012 FIA GT3 Series in Europe. Apparently the GT3 version was developed alongside the road car, and considering that the race-trim McLaren F1 was able to...
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Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos are a lot of sound and fury but ultimately signify nothing. A combination of great editing, a specially prepared car and an unrivaled hype machine has propelled Block to the top of the Youtube heap. But his newest video, barely 2 minutes in length, is genuinely awesome. Piloting a 1978 Ford...
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While the upcoming Lotus Esprit has been announced using a supercharged version of the Lexus IS-F’s 5.0-liter V8, that may all change when the new high-powered exotic comes to market in 2012. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, in an interview with AutoCar, commented that the storied British sports car maker is now examining the possibility of...
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The words Rolls-Royce and sporty don’t often go together, but that is about to change… but maybe just slightly. Rolls-Royce has just announced that for the 2011 model year, the Phantom Drophead Coupe will be getting some upgrades, which will make the car more sporty to drive. No, the sportiness is not limited to a...
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Although the good Lord chose to take the Pontiac G8 from us far too early in its life, other countries can still enjoy GM’s Zeta platform superstar in all it’s Holden Commodore-based goodness. The United Kingdom is particularly privileged, as it gets this Vauxhall VXR8, seemingly adorned in Rape Yellow, and it comes equipped with a...
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Spec Racing classes are touted as one of the best ways to find out who the best driver really is – with identical machinery, talent should be the only thing separating the heroes from the zeros, and most spec classes feature slower cars like Miatas, Porsche 944s and BMW E30s to let driving skill take the...
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German firm X-Raid is already preparing a MINI Countryman, a vehicle that’s been on sale for less than a month, for competition in the upcoming Dakar rally. While most of the photos show a finished product, the vehicle prep shots show a pretty thorough re-working of the biggest MINI, as well as a gorgeous custom...
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MINI will return to its roots at the Geneva Auto Show next year, showcasing a new entry level model that will compete with cars like the Smart fortwo and Toyota iQ. The long-rumored city car has one again been hinted at by MINI boss Wolfgang Armbrecht, reports AutoCar. The new vehicle is likely to be...
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You’d expect that with Bob Lutz signing on with Lotus as a consultant that he’d be endlessly spouting-off about the brand’s endless possibilities and bright future. Not so. Instead, the always candid former head of General Motors is giving the British sports car maker’s plan for the future a 60 percent chance at success. That...
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Caterham is a rare breed among British car companies. While other British makes have fallen in the hands of foreign companies, Caterham still remains British owned and operated. What is even more surprising is the fact that their product line-up has been based around one single model, the 7, which is based on the Colin...
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Race car magnate Tom Walkinshaw has died at age 64 after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Walkinshaw began his career as a driver, and then established legendary firm Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) in 1976, and contested European and Australian motor racing, with his team winning the Bathurst 1000 endurance race in 1985. TWR was also...
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Land Rover will skip the hybrid powertrain version of their new compact Evoque crossover and instead apply the new technology to their truck-based LR4, a company spokesman said. “Our approach to Evoque is more viable for the company and customers because hybrid technology on a relatively small car would load the price and add weight....
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With the recent reveal of the Range Rover Evoque and its excellent reception by the press, it comes as little surprise that sister-company Jaguar is also looking to expand into the crossover realm. That being said, it’s highly unlikely that Jaguar would produce an all-new platform for the vehicle and so it’s likely to share...
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One of the most eagerly anticipated cars for 2011 has to be the limited edition Aston Martin One-77. This $2-million rolling sculpture features a 7.3-liter, V12 that produces 750 hp and 553 ft-lbs of torque. All that power will be transferred to only the rear-wheels via a six-speed paddle shift gearbox, made especially for this...
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One recent discussion taking place at Autoguide HQ was how long it’s been since we’ve driven a car that was truly worth a bad review. Most cars these days are pretty good, and the true stinkers are few and far between. The other side of the coin is that competition for your dollars is fierce,...
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In what might be the most perverse story of the day, the New York Times is reporting that the Environmental Protection Agency is classifying the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe as a compact car, due to their standards for classifying vehicles, which measure interior volume. The same regulation has the Aston Martin DBS classified as a “minicompact” alongside the...
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British luxury auto brand Rolls Royce is looking to expand its product portfolio with a whole host of new models, based on its new Ghost model. The Ghost, which went on sale in early 2010, will soon spawn three new models, a convertible, a coupe and a long wheelbase sedan. The long wheelbase model will...
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Lotus made a less than successful return to F1 in 2010, after being out of the sport since 1994. However, it seems there will be lots of Lotus F1 cars on the grid for the 2011 season. So apart from Team Lotus (formerly known as Lotus F1) which is a privately owned team, Group Lotus...
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