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911 GT3 RS splashes out
Dan Trent writes:So, ‘our’ 911 GT3 RS has just been collected. And, for the first time since it arrived on Monday, it’s stopped raining.
Given that it runs on scarily bald looking Michelin Pilot Cup Sport tyres you’d have thought this would be time for wailing and gnashing of teeth at fate ruining what should […]
Posted: August 27th, 2010 under In the car park.
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Birds have got nothing on this BMW
Richard Aucock writes:
I thought I was seeing things. Now, some of us are used to car reversing cameras nowadays. While they do not substitute for proper over-the-shoulder checks (it says in the handbook), they are brilliant for slotting press cars in familiarly concrete post-strewn MSN Cars parking bays. This BMW 5 Series screen was […]
Posted: August 12th, 2010 under In the car park.
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Green at heart
Richard Aucock writes:
I just can’t help myself. Give me one Renault Megane, one claimed fuel-saving dual-clutch gearbox, one 1.5 dCi low-CO2 engine and a Renault ‘eco2’ sticker on the bootlid, and cue the inevitable. What’ll she do, Mister? To the gallon, that is.
I know. I am. But, for me, it […]
Posted: July 28th, 2010 under In the car park.
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Two things this morning…
cj hubbard writes:
First off, the BMW X1 we’ve currently got in on test looks like it’s been off-roading.
Neither that nor anything else so exciting. It has, in fact, so far only gone twice to Hemel Hempstead and back. The road over from mine is being resurfaced, however, and I got to the Beemer this morning […]
Posted: July 28th, 2010 under In the car park.
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Porsche 911 GT3 RS: oh no, not again
cj hubbard writes:
Just had a phone call from a roving Porsche press officer to say that our Porsche 911 GT3 RS road test booking can’t go ahead. Depression has set in here at the Harpenden branch office. The sky has darkened, the wind turned cold – bitter are our poor Porsche-deprived hearts. For this is […]
Posted: July 27th, 2010 under In the car park.
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I’m a Boxster! And I’m proud!
cj hubbard writes:
Will you just look at this:
That is quite possibly the most attention seeking Porsche Boxster on the planet. And I do mean Boxster – it’s not even the more powerful Boxster S.
That paint is called Riviera Blue, and it is not available on the options list. It’s a special order made “to sample”.
Dan […]
Posted: July 7th, 2010 under In the car park.
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I’m a Boxster! And I’m proud!
cj hubbard writes:
Will you just look at this:
That is quite possibly the most attention seeking Porsche Boxster on the planet. And I do mean Boxster – it’s not even the more powerful Boxster S.
That paint is called Riviera Blue, and it is not available on the options list. It’s a special order made “to sample”.
Dan […]
Posted: July 7th, 2010 under In the car park.
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Infiniti G37x – the charm offensive continues
Dan Trent writes:Gotta hand it to Infiniti. After all, launching an unknown (to the UK market at least) premium brand bang in the middle of a recession takes guts.But the task has been helped by a) some really cool, characterful products and b) a very focused press and marketing campaign.
First to a), in […]
Posted: June 18th, 2010 under In the car park.
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I can do macho too, says Citroen DS3
Dan Trent writes:Good car the Citroen DS3. Way better than its C3 underpinnings would ever have led you to believe too. Though, picking up from a rant started on the launch, it is rather colour sensitive. As proven by the press car we’ve just had delivered.
Now the DS3 is, in some of its colour […]
Posted: June 15th, 2010 under In the car park.
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VW Polo 1.2 TSI - it’s really the ultimate Porsche
Dan Trent writes:Bear with me on this one! For reasons that will become clear in due course I’m in the midst of swotting up on the history of the VW Beetle and its creator, Ferdinand Porsche. And the version I’ve been reading lately has it that the good Herr Doktor had long had a […]
Posted: May 18th, 2010 under In the car park.
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