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The city car grows up: Audi A1 Sportback
We’re really rather taken with this little car from Audi. It looks the part and will certainly ensure that you’re cosseted from the world as you cruise down Jermyn Street for the fourth time looking for that elusive parking space. With none of the derivative looks of the current Mini or the Golf-in-drag pretence of VW’s Beetle, it looks to us as if the city car has finally grown up.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 25 November 2011
Our Prodigal crash at Spa’s notorious Eau Rouge
We love cars. We relish driving quickly and well. We adore circuits. But driving Spa-Francorchamps in the wet can represent a serious challenge, as Straight-Six finds out. The hard way.
By Straight-Six, published on 26 October 2011
Breakfast in Berkeley Square: The Linley limited edition Bentley Continental Flying Spur
New contributor pops our for a cappuccino and finds himself lounging around in the new Linley limited Edition Bentley Continental Flying Spur, chatting to David Linley himself. Funny old place Mayfair…
By Nic Wing, published on 5 October 2011
Clamp me harder, baby: high-performance brake lust
There’s nothing like the clamp of a high-performance braking system on your beloved ride of choice. Straight-Six gets new brake discs and pads and gets ready to bed them. Literally.
By Straight-Six, published on 29 September 2011
The new 911: Stunning evolution of the quintessential sports car
We’re positively drooling over the latest iteration of what is in our view the quintessential sports car: the 911.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 25 August 2011
Who wants to grow up!? The Caterham Supersport
Dublo takes a Caterham Supersport out for a spin and – against all the odds – lives to tell the tale. And what a tale it is…
By Dublo, published on 17 August 2011
Whine and whir: The electric car shiver
Straight-Six gets his Spiderman Y-fronts in a twist over RUF’s electric 911s. At least two of the eRUF models to be tested can hit 100 kph in five seconds, and power on to a top speed of 220 kph.
By Straight-Six, published on 25 February 2011
More on that vindictive Ferrari FF
A new Ferrari is always an occasion for us all to stop what we’re doing – and who we’re doing – and bathe in the sights and sounds of Maranello’s latest offering. Now, you’ll have already read a great deal online about what many are calling an Italian rip-off of the BMW Z3 M Coupe [...]
By Straight-Six, published on 27 January 2011
The new Ferrari FF: Really Ferrari? Really!?
Not a pretty sight is it? Head on over to evo for all the details if you must but we’ll be right here staring at this photo. Oh sure, the spec is impressive - it’s the company’s most versatile four-seater ever with best in class cabin space and boot capacity; it has four wheel drive and 651bhp [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 21 January 2011
Finally! New Lancia Stratos trumps the old
We really don’t have time to do this post and its subject justice. Honestly. On the run between meetings and lunch at a devastatingly good Italian restaurant (vongole and Tuscan white wine await…), we have mere minutes to share with you the storming success that is the New Stratos. Clearly, the cognescenti will know immediately [...]
By Straight-Six, published on 20 January 2011
