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Meet Justin Law, his garage has the largest collection of Jaguar XJ220’s in the world and the Jaguar XJ220 project that’s keeping the classic super car alive. Video source – Praemio
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Volkswagen’s small family car is arguably the German manufacturer’s best-known and most-loved model ever. It is certainly VW’s best-selling model, with more than 33 million finding buyers since it first hit showrooms in 1974. However, September 2015 saw the Golf and the wider VW Group suffer a publicity nightmare, after it emerged that many VW
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When you think about classic British sports cars, there are a few models that spring to mind and the MG MGB is definitely one of them. It even became the world’s best-selling sports car! Let’s look over the MGB’s 18-year production run and see how this iconic car evolved. The first version of the MGB
Who said Mustangs couldn’t corner? Today’s Motor Vision video comes from the Ford Performance youtube channel and it sees Vaughn Gittin Jr drift the hell out of a Ford Mustang from the assembly line straight on to the Ford test track.
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The new Porsche Panamera has only been on the market for a few months but the German sports car manufacturer has wasted no time in fleshing out options for the four-seat four-door luxury saloon. A new three-litre V6 turbo engine and a new long-wheelbase Executive trim has been added to the second-generation Panamera range, culminating
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We’ve put a convertible from Mercedes and BMW head-to-head, comparing what each brings to the table and ultimately deciding which we’d rather take out for a drive. First up is the BMW M4 Convertible, a performance convertible that delivers controlled performance and comfortable practicality, along with some pretty impressive sounds! Then we have the Mercedes
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Another drag race video today, we know how much you love them. But today’s video is probably the closest one we’ve ever seen. A muscle car taking on a hot-hatch, you might think there’s only one winner, but this is an extremely close one. Who’s your money on? Video source- Top Gear.
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This is how a 2 time King Of The Hammer winner, Loren Healy makes a milk run to the shops. Throughout the milk run, he will race a Dodge Viper and tackle a desert, amongst a number of crazy activities. Video source- Driving Line
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Watch the ultimate road test as the new Range Rover Sport takes on the mighty Inferno Mürren downhill ski course in the Alps. However, the Range Rover does have the stig at the wheel. Well, the old stig anyway, AKA Ben Collins. Video source- Land Rover Youtube channel.
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What a quandary. You’re head over heels in love with the new Audi A5 but you’re a sucker for that wind-in-your-hair feeling and just can’t resist getting the roof down at the slightest trace of direct sunlight. Well, here’s some great news: Audi has taken a tin-opener to the A5 saloon and its souped-up S5
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Ever wondered how 2 second pit stops in F1 are possible? Well the Red Bull team explains to us how. The video comes form the Red Bull Racing Youtube channel and the Red Bull race team manager; Jonathon Wheatley talks us through every team member’s responsibilities to make the 2 second pit stop possible. We
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Ariel. You may associate that name with the Atom – a bonkers barebones single-seater track car that made Clarkson look like this… Alternatively, the name might spark fond memories of washing detergent or Disney’s red-haired mermaid that goes around trading her ability to speak with villainous sea witches. Forget about that though, Ariel is a
There are few cars like the BAC Mono. This street-legal track-day car has just one seat, no roof and no windscreen. But what it does have is a 2.5-litre four-cylinder Mountune engine pumping out 305bhp, and if you stick that in a car that weighs little more than half a ton (580kg), you have an
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Henrik Fisker, the ex Ford Motor Company designer, has dabbled in electric vehicles before with the short-lived Karma. The good news is that Fisker Inc. (known as Fisker Automotive back then) is back with another crack at the burgeoning EV market with the great looking Fisker EMotion. Of course, every electric vehicle project to enter
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The much loved Dodge Viper has reached its 24th birthday and to commemorate the event, it seems only right that we take a look over the beast’s history. The first generation of Viper was the RT/10 Roadster which went on sale in 1992. The engine was the main focus point of the car as it
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Executives throughout the UK have a new dream car to drool over on their office wall and this is it: the freshly reworked Mercedes-AMG E 63 4MATIC+. It is the most powerful E-Class yet and it will set a new standard for performance saloons when it goes on sale early 2017. Tobias Moers, chairman of
The ambitious Chinese technology and media company LeEco have unveiled an autonomous concept that will rival Tesla’s Model S. The man behind LeSee’s creation, the CEO of LeEco; Jia Yueting wowed the crowd at the Beijing Motor Show in April when he commanded the car to drive itself on to the stage using a mobile
It’s not every day that a new car brand rolls on the scene, so please be withstanding for Lynk & Co with its premium hybrid SUV – the 01 – expected to land in the UK late 2018. Yeah, ‘Lynk & Co 01’ doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but ignore this new brand at
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Rolls-Royce are taking luxury to a new level with a special edition Dawn Inspired By Fashion available to order from November. Rolls Royce have teamed up with coveted fashion designers to bring the special edition Dawn Inspired By Fashion to reality, taking inspiration from the catwalks of London, Paris, New York and Milan to give
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The name of Mercedes’ new pick-up concepts has finally been revealed, X-Class, with the two variations attaining better names still. ‘The Stylish Explorer’ and ‘The Powerful Adventurer’ both sound like names from an underinvested superhero movie, but we’re not going to knock them just yet, this is Mercedes after all! The new Benz models have
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Mini have revealed the spec for their 2017 Countryman, and it’s said to be bigger and bader than before. When we say bigger, we mean bigger. Mini are really stretching the boat as the new Countryman reaches a large 4.3 metres in length. Fun Fact – that’s a whole 20cm longer than the previous model!
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There are many iconic JDM cars from the likes of Honda, Mitsubishi and Nissan. We have picked our favourite range from each manufacturer to give you a brief history and tell you why they’re the best of the bunch. Honda Civic From the Civics of the early 70’s through to the new 2016 model, this
Porsche has revealed its updated GT racing car ahead of 2017’s racing season. Initially, the refreshed 911 GT3 Cup will only appear in Porsche’s Carrera Cup Deutschland and Mobil 1 Supercup, an event held alongside the Formula 1 races. From 2018 though, it will also be available for other brand cups. So what’s new about
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Following on from our article earlier on the same topic, here is the official video of the Porsche 919 and the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid through London from Porsche’s Youtube channel, starring Mark Webber.
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