The best motor show…. in the world …. is on right now in Geneva. The movers and shakers from the automotive world are all there, except for you and I. Sadly, I’m writing this from my sofa in Australia and you’re reading it when you should be working, wherever you are (other than Geneva) 🙂 Here are the hits and […]
I’m preparing a bumper entry on my likes and dislikes from the Geneva Motor Show. It looks like another epic show over there. Amazing. In the meantime, here’s a Volvo video showing the new Apple CarPlay system. — I took a long time to get on board with iPhone but I have to say it’s the best phone I’ve ever
Welcome to V8 Supercar racing, Volvo. It’s nice to have you around. The video below shows the end to Race 2, last Saturday. The guy in the Holden, Jamie Whincup, happens to have won five V8 Supercar championships, so he’s no chump. The guy in the Volvo is just 20 years old and it’s Volvo’s first weekend in the V8
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I saw this 1965 Porsche 911 on my RSS feed this morning and noticed that the auction was about to finish, so I tracked it to the end. It sold on Ebay just a few minutes ago. It’s a matching numbers car – which appears to be more important than oxygen these days – and it has a 2 litre
It’s the first Sunday of the month and normally that means Classics By The Beach here in Hobart. Today, though, was a little bit different. I went down to ‘Classics’ like I usually do and this was the scene: Pretty desolate. The reason it was so quiet at Classics this morning is because of the annual Shannons Classic Car Show
Sweden is a country of subtleties. It’s not in the Swedes nature to stand out from the crowd and those who do are often frowned upon. Sometimes, the Swedes are too subtle, however, and I fear that might be the case with Koenigsegg’s new One:1. First there was the supercar. Then there was the hypercar. Christian von Koenigsegg has crafted
Volvo, whatever real-world model it is that you create from this Estate Concept, it had better be good. Really good. Because this concept car, to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show in the next few weeks, is absolutely fantastic. OK, it’s only got three doors (including the rear hatch) so it won’t be as practical as Volvos past. And
I thought it was about time I gave an update on the Porsche 968 experience. It’s my first time owning a P-car and it’s fair to say I’ve had my ups and downs with it. Read on….. Driving a Porsche 968 Clubsport is absolutely fantastic. It is – by some distance – the most impressive car I’ve ever owned in
Porsche Problems [dropcap]S[/dropcap]omething must be really wrong with the Porsche 911 GT3 because Porsche have told owners to stop driving them. As owners of early Boxsters and 996’s with cratered engines will tell you, Porsche aren’t always up-front about their problems. —— Alfa Romeo 4C at Goodwood On a brighter note, here’s the new Alfa Romeo 4C dominating the hill
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Italian styling. American muscle and reliability. British class. And the best name in the history of cars. That’s the Jensen Interceptor. The Jensen Interceptor that we’re talking about here is the 1960’s and 70’s model. There was an earlier Interceptor, but that was a totally different car. The one we’re looking at today is the big GT with a classic
[hr] The first few times I heard about a “barn find”, it was a case of someone finding something highly desirable that had been stored for years, with the owner of the barn generally not really knowing the real value of what they had. Sometimes the barn owner didn’t even know the car was there (if you believe all the
