Today was the day when Toyota was supposed to reveal its hotly anticipated Supra sports car to the world. It was to happen at Goodwood. It happened….but not really. Also, what the hell Toyota!? The new Supra was indeed at the event but was entirely cloaked in development camouflage, the […]
Design
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So, BMW’s finally taken the wraps on their new 8 Series coupe and….well….it kinda looks like a big Infiniti Q60. At least to me anyway. That’s not to say its bad or that BMW was in some way copying the Q60. Quite the opposite: I think they’ve penned a tasteful […]
News coming out of the Beijing Motor Show is that Volvo’s Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid is going to land on US shores with a $155k starting price. Let that sink in for a moment…$155k…for a Volvo. If you’ve forgotten, Polestar is going to be Volvo’s high-end, go-fast, skunkworks brand akin […]
Continuing their steadfast march back into relevance, Lincoln is unveiling their Aviator Concept at the New York Auto Show this week. And Sweet Jesus is it a good-looking beast! I’ve been a fan of Lincoln’s new design language that we first saw on the Continental and then the Navigator, but […]
Subaru, the auto industry’s version of nice hiking boots, has a knack for releasing slick concept cars only to neuter them on the way to manufacturing. I’m not sure why they do this, but they do it on a fairly regular basis. This year’s example; the sleek Subaru Viziv Tourer […]
Cool, measured guy that appreciates design and the path less taken, meet your new sports car: the Volvo Polestar 1 Volvo’s go-fast division, Polestar, (think Mercedes’ AMG and BMW’s M) has unveiled its first all-in creation at the Geneva Motor Show today, and Sweet Fancy Moses is it a beauty. […]
I’d recently been thinking of selling my Audi R8 and Hyundai Genesis Sedan and replacing them with a single vehicle. So I set about making a list of the cars that could cover the dual duties of being a quick sports car as well as a child-chauffering sedan that I’d […]