Driving difference.
French manufacturer, Renault, is set to revive Gordini, the brand that helped it achieve a string of major motor sport successes in the 1960s. The blue and white stripe decals of the iconic go-faster label will be back on two special versions of the French firm’s top-selling supermini models next year.
After being previewed at the [...]
This weeks’ ride is an Aprilia RSV4 Factory and I have been waiting in anticipation for this bike. It really is the most focused sports bike I have ridden in recent months, or years come to that. Every time you stop it takes 3 or 4 attempts to find neutral when you stop. The gearbox [...]
Like it or not, this country has speed limits. Their validity remains a hotly debated topic with slogans like “Speed Kills” on the one hand and “It’s not speed that kills but the sudden stop” on the other being bandied about.
Traffic law with regards to speed offences is and remains a fairly ambiguous point of [...]
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In what has been described as a very unfortunate situation by both respective camps, Koenigsegg Group AB has terminated their planned purchase of GM’s Swedish arm SAAB. Now that Koenigsegg has pulled out of negotiations SAAB’s future hangs in the balance as it remains unclear whether or not GM can afford to hold on to [...]
When we had the spectacular Audi supercar at Drive for a couple of days there was no question in our minds that one of the first items on the agenda would be some track time. This video is of our very first hot lap, the rather shaky camera is a handheld cellphone camera.
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Very cool little movie, well worth a watch. Quite factually accurate too, this car genuinely does beat all comers.
So Porsche has started a competition on their website in which you can win a Porsche 911 Evolution driving course at Silverstone, that’s not news is it? Well maybe not the prize but the nature of the competition itself is because it really does reward petrolheads, especially ones that are fans of the German brand.
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McLaren have decided to launch a series of videos chronicling the development process of their upcoming MP4-12C, one of the most technologically advanced cars in the world. It certainly makes for interesting viewing to see just how one goes about doing that.
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Whilst the last financial year has been turbulent for everyone, it is still surprising that Porsche has posted huge losses amounting to $6.6 billion in the financial year ending 31 July 2009. This could easily be dismissed as yet another recession casualty but remember that Porsche had record profits in their previous financial year.
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Yesterday the news of Mercedes buying Brawn GP and McLaren buying back Daimler’s 40% stake in McLaren hit the motorsport headlines and many people including Drive staffers were rather surprised. I wasn’t, in fact it’s been on the cards for some time now in my mind. During a time when manufacturers seem to be [...]
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