[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Lamborghini welcomed VIP guests and visitors to Salon Privé, Blenheim Palace, from August 30 for four days as the Italian super sports marque continues celebrations of its 60th anniversary year. Highlight of the Lamborghini stand was the new Revuelto, the first HPEV (High Performance Electrified Vehicle) V12 hybrid super sports car, alongside the recently…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] I test-drove both the 911 and M3. However, the Lotus Evora intrigued me. I perused the Lotus classifieds, and then suddenly an immaculate yellow, manual Evora S emerged on the market. Against the advice of one of my clients (a car collector), who joked to me Lotus stood for ‘Lots of Trouble Until…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Jorge Martin will start the San Marino and Rimini Riviera MotoGP in pole position after smashing the lap record at Misano Adriatico in Saturday’s qualifying. Pramac rider Martin blazed round the Italian circuit in one minute, 30.390 seconds, chopping almost half a second off the record set by Marco Bezzecchi on Friday. “For…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] At a dead stop under a cloudy sky, I reposition my hands on the steering wheel and ensure the proper bend of the elbows, oblivious to whether or not I’m breathing. Focus, instead, is on projecting a confident nonchalance to the engineer in the passenger seat, but it’s a struggle. Tom Petty was…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Featured on AutoHunter, the online auction platform driven by ClassicCars.com, is this 1991 Acura NSX. Oh, how I wish that I could fit in the NSX comfortably! But at 6’4″ tall, while it is a car that I can drive through sheer force of will, it is not a car I would want to drive for thousands…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] New generation double cab has lost the title of being Mzansi’s fastest bakkie. Volkswagen and the Blue Oval became the latest two carmakers to collaborate on a project when the new VW Amarok joined the latest generation Ford Ranger on the assembly line in Silverton last year. While the VW Amarok range has…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] A huge car with a propensity for luxury is often called a “land yacht.” Our Pick of the Day is a car that can stake that claim better than just about every automobile out there: a 1968 Mercury Park Lane convertible with the Colony Park Paneling option. It is for sale on ClassicCars.com…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Fastest Toyota Corolla ever lines up against Mzansi’s hottest hatches for an enticing drag race. It is hard to believe the company which brought us one of the more mundane cars on the planet in the Toyota Corolla is now offering one of the most exciting. The transformation happened courtesy of the addition…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] In Germany, Andreas Flocken was also bitten by the electric vehicle bug and in 1888, showed off his Flocken Electrowagen (below), a battery-powered four-wheel ‘chaise’. Fitted with a 0.9kW electric motor, and weighing around 400kg, the Flocken Electrowagen could reach a top speed of around 15km/h. Although never commercially viable, it is today…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] At the end of June, Robb Report attended the unveiling of Ferrari’s SF90 XX Stradale and SF90 XX Spider at the marque’s Fiorano test track. More recently, Ferrari’s global marketing director, Emanuele Carando, walked us around the coupe version during the 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, as seen in the video below. The…