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Monaco Grand Prix: It’s a Mercedes front row

Cars UK — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:22:24 +0000

Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position in the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix by 0.091s to take his third consecutive pole and the second Mercedes front row in succession. Two weeks ago in Spain, Nico Rosberg pipped team mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position, and he’s pulled the same trick on the streets of [...]

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Aston Martin teases new car – could this be the ‘Final Edition’ V12 Vantage? (video)

Cars UK — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:59:07 +0000

Aston Martin has released a video teasing a new car, but rather than a new car it looks like it could be a ‘Run Out’ Edition of the V12 Vantage. We reported recently that Aston Martin had told its dealers to stop taking orders for the V12 Vantage Coupe, which we took to mean the [...]

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Jaguar’s 2013 Mille Miglia adventure – photos & video

Cars UK — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:07:07 +0000

Jaguar have been off playing at the 2013 Mille Miglia, and we have pictures and video of their outing with a pile of famous faces – and an F-Type or five. We’re pretty sure the Jaguar entries for the 2013 Mille Miglia were all about celebrating Jaguar’s great history in the original Mille Miglia event. [...]

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BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé revealed ahead of debut at 2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

Cars UK — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:45 +0000

The BMW Gran Lusso Coupe – designed by Pininfarina – has been revealed ahead of its debut at this weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. A couple of weeks ago, we had the first teaser photos of the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé, a big, V12 Coupe looking like it could be a preview of the first new BMW 8 Series in [...]

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Renault Twin’Run gets 316bhp & pays homage to the Renault 5 Turbo

Cars UK — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:45 +0000

The Renault Twin’Run Concept has been revealed in Monaco as the performance version of the Twin’Z and previewing the 2014 Renault Twingo. Last month we had an electric preview of how the 2014 Renault Twingo will look in the guise of the Renault Twin’Z Concept, and now we have something at the opposite end of [...]

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Nissan 370Z Nismo cost £36,995 & rest of 370Z range gets a price cut

Cars UK — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:35:32 +0000

Nissan has revealed that the range-topping 370Z Nismo will cost £36,995 and the rest of the 370Z range gets tweaked and cut in price for 2013. Back in February, Nissan revealed that the 370Z Nismo would finally be coming to the UK and Europe to try and give the 370Z a bit of a performance [...]

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McLaren P1 Nurburgring record time is…a fiction for designers inspiration

Cars UK — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:53 +0000

The claimed Nurburgring record for the McLaren P1 – a stunning 6m 33s – isn’t real but a mood board inspiration for designers working on the P1. Yesterday, Jalopnik ran a story that the McLaren P1 seemed to have shattered the Nurburgring lap record for a production car by a massive 15 seconds, pushing the track-focused – [...]

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Jaguar tops J. D. Power Survey again in 2013

Cars UK — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:37:13 +0000

Jaguar has retained its crown in the J. D. Power Survey in 2013 as best car maker, beating Lexus in to second place for the second year running. We did wonder if Jaguar would be able to hold on to its crown as J.D. Power Survey ‘Best Car Maker’ it snatched from Lexus in 2012. [...]

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McLaren 50 12C & 12C Spider celebrate McLaren’s 50th anniversary

Cars UK — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:18 +0000

McLaren is building a maximum of fifty each of a limited edition 12C – the McLaren 50 12C and 12C Spider – to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2013. One of the joys for McLaren of having a road car once more is that they can use the tried and trusted method of celebrating special occasions with a ‘Limited [...]

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BAC Mono for sale: The only brand new Mono for sale…in the World

Cars UK — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:23 +0000

The stunning, single-seat, track focused but road-legal BAC Mono is as rare as hen’s teeth, but now a UK BAC dealer has a brand new, unregistered Mono for sale. It’s two years since the BAC Mono – a proper track car that just happens to be road-legal – arrived, and all the production slots, both [...]

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