Aston Martin One-77 supercar (2009): first picture 08 August 2008 by Ben Pulman This is Aston Martin’s new One-77, an ultra-exclusive £1.2m supercar-cum-work-of-art. A maximum 77 of these bespoke creations will be produced, hence the name, each one underpinned by an all-new... Read more ...
Pininfarina boss dies in road accident 07 August 2008 by Tim Pollard Andrea Pininfarina – the chief executive of the fabled Italian coachbuilder bearing his name – died today in a road accident. He was the grandson of founder Battista Farina and son of Sergio... Read more ...
First details on 2008 Goodwood Revival 07 August 2008 by Tom Richards The 2008 Goodwood Revival this autumn will be even more of a throwback to the ‘good old days’ of motor racing, the organisers promise. The Revival celebrates two milestones this year – the 60th... Read more ...
BMW Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo Coupe: first pictures 06 August 2008 by Tom Richards The BMW 330d Coupe has just been made redundant because Alpina, the Buchloe-based tuner, tweaker and BMW bedfellow, has released the D3 Bi-Turbo Coupe. Alpina engineers have taken BMW’s twin-turbo... Read more ...
Gatso revenues ‘quadrupled’ under Labour 06 August 2008 by Tom Richards A million extra speeding tickets are being dished out every year compared with when Labour first came to power in 1997, the Opposition claimed this week. The Conservatives have published figures... Read more ...
Aston Martin-Mercedes tie-up: secret plans revealed by CAR 06 August 2008 by Tim Pollard Aston Martin and Mercedes are plotting a wide-ranging tie-up that could see the two famous brands collaborate on engines, hybrids, transmission and even entire platforms, CAR can reveal. The... Read more ...
VW Golf Mk6 (2009): first photos 06 August 2008 by Tom Richards This is the sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf - officially unveiled today after a string of leaks - with new looks inspired by the Scirocco and a higher-quality interior. But underneath the new Golf's... Read more ...
Nissan showcases crashproof cars and an eco pedal 06 August 2008 by Tim Pollard Nissan has unveiled a brace of new technologies to make driving in the 21st century cleaner and greener – but they also signal a further erosion of driver independence, ceding more control from man to... Read more ...
Honda Jazz: first look in the metal 05 August 2008 by Tom Richards Here are the first pictures of the all-new Honda Jazz, the follow-up to the super-clever supermini that’s been on sale since 2002. You’ll have to wait until autumn 2008 for Honda’s UK dealers to... Read more ...
Ferrari A1GP car completes wind tunnel testing 04 August 2008 by Tom Richards Ferrari likes to win, and so, not content with having to fight McLaren for the Formula 1 championship, it is venturing into the A1GP series. From the start of the 2008/09 season all A1GP cars will be... Read more ...
London motor show 2008 ‘visitor numbers up 14 percent’ 04 August 2008 by Tom Richards Official figures for the recent London motor show today reveal a 14 percent increase in visitor numbers. The British International Motor Show at London's Excel arena attracted 472,300 people over the... Read more ...
September 2008 wallpapers 04 August 2008 by Ben Pulman We've added nine new images to our Wallpaper gallery from the September 2008 edition of CAR Magazine. Click here to see the new wallpapers. CAR Magazine has the best photographs of the world's most... Read more ...
Toyota Winglet: first pictures 04 August 2008 by Tom Richards Toyota has just unveiled the ‘Winglet’, one of its ‘people-assisting Partner Robots’. It isn’t exactly a car per se, but it has wheels, a motor, and it is a valid alternative to walking. It even has... Read more ...
Porsche Cayman S Sport and Boxster S Design Edition 2: first photos 04 August 2008 by Tom Richards Jealous that you can’t afford one of the umpteen variations of Porsche’s new 911? Can’t get hold of the sold-out Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 and Boxster RS60 Spyder? Never fear, because Porsche... Read more ...
New VW Golf Mk6: leaked pictures 04 August 2008 by Ben Pulman This is Volkswagen’s new Mk6 Golf, and these first pictures have been leaked onto the internet by a foreign website ahead of the new Golf's official unveiling later this week. Mechanical details are... Read more ...
London motor show 2008 video A-Z 04 August 2008 by Tim Pollard A video guide to the best bits from the London motor show Read more ...
CAR Online is two today! 01 August 2008 by Tim Pollard CAR Online is two years old today! We launched on 1 August 2006 as the official website of CAR Magazine, and since CAR Online has grown its community of users twenty-fold to become one of the UK's... Read more ...
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport (2009): first photos 01 August 2008 by Ben Pulman The covers – and the roof – have come off the latest Bugatti Veyron. This is the new Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, a targa-top version of infamous 987bhp supercar. Details are still scant, Bugatti... Read more ...
Ford Ka (2009) unveiled: first photos 01 August 2008 by Ben Pulman and Ben Barry Ford’s Ka – the cheeky, lovable and classless city car – is back. Still called Ka, the new model will make its show debut at Paris in autumn 2008, before going on sale in the UK by the end of the... Read more ...
CAR launches new supercar zone 31 July 2008 by Tim Pollard CAR Online today launches its new supercar zone – a celebration of all things supercar related. We name the greatest and most significant supercars over the past four decades to coincide with the... Read more ...
Porsche supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard For a company that specialises in more accessible sports cars, Porsche has grade A provenance in the supercar sector. The original '70s 911 Turbo was a prescient car, proving that Zuffenhausen had the... Read more ...
Lamborghini supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard As with so many supercar companies, Lamborghini was the vision of one man: Ferruccio Lamborghini. He founded it in 1962 after a successful career making tractors. The Sant'Agata Bolognese birthplace... Read more ...
Pagani supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard It's a small world, Supercar Valley. Former Lambo man Horacio Pagani upped sticks and set up his own Modenese business, using composites experience garnered on his watch at Sant'Agata to showcase his... Read more ...
Mercedes supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard The SLR is the fruit of a strange motor industry marriage. Collaborating as they do in motorsport, Woking and Stuttgart decided to build a road car that showcased their full-bodied technical know-how. Read more ...
BMW supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard For a company that calls itself a purveyor of 'ultimate driving machines', it hasn't much form in the supercar arena. However, its one real entry is one hell of an effort. The '70s M1 was a... Read more ...
Ferrari supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard Say 'supercar' and the man in the street thinks of Ferrari. Eponymous founding father Enzo set up in Modena in 1929 as the Scuderia race team, and it wasn't unitl 1947 that the first road cars... Read more ...
McLaren supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard Conceived as Ron Dennis and his closest allies were held up in an airport lounge, the F1 remains for many the definitive supercar. Woking-based McLaren Automotive is part of the F1-focused McLaren... Read more ...
Bugatti supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard You could say that Bugatti has been round the houses. Originally founded in 1909, it ceased trading in the Sixties. Rich Italian maverick Romano Artioli revived the brand in 1987 and in the following... Read more ...
Ford supercars 29 July 2008 by Car magazine The Blue Oval might be more at home building Escorts and Mondeos, but it too has dabbled in the superecar arena in the past four decades. And considering the company's main engineering focus, the two... Read more ...
Jaguar supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard Luxury saloon specialist Jaguar has one genuine supercar contender under its belt, CAR would postulate. The XJ220 was born at the height of the supercar boom – but suffered the market collapse, and... Read more ...
Koenigsegg supercars 29 July 2008 by Tim Pollard What happens when the Swedes take on the might of the supercar fraternity? Answer: the Koenigsegg. Christian von Koenigsegg's operation is way more than Ferrari meets Ikea – his products exude a... Read more ...
VIDEO: Ford Focus RS – old and new 28 July 2008 by Tim Pollard See Ford's new Focus RS in CAR's new video – where we drive the Mk1 RS and pore all over the new 2008 RS, with a little help from the man responsible for both models: Jost Captio. CAR's new video is... Read more ...
Ascari supercars 28 July 2008 by Ben Oliver Ascari is a newcomer to the supercar stable – and has a cosmopolitan flavour shot through its whole DNA. The company is owned by a Dutchman, the cars are built in England and they own their own race... Read more ...
Audi supercars 28 July 2008 by Ben Oliver Audi is the fledgling player in the supercar arena. Yes, it's shown numerous concepts over the years, but it wasn't until the 2007 R8 arrived that we could actually drive a supercar with Ingolstadt's... Read more ...
Video highlights: CAR reviews the London motor show 2008 25 July 2008 by Ben Pulman The best bits of the London motor show on video Read more ...
CAR reader reporters at the London motor show 25 July 2008 by Tim Pollard A team of CAR reader reporters joined us at the international press day of the London motor show earlier this week – and you can now rate their reports live on CAR Online. You might be familiar with... Read more ...