With the brand new 2012 Ford Focus coming in stronger and stronger with the ST version on the way and with who knows how many other versions just around the corner, some may feel their former top of the line model is left behind. Fear not you “poor” Ford Focus RS owners, the British working
Even though it is one of the most criticized cars ever made and a general target practice situation for the automotive journalists, Aston Martin’s Cygnet is in very high demand. That isn’t exactly bad news for the British company which stands to make quite a decent amount of money from the process as well as
Your favorite lightweight focused British manufacturer just came up with another new model, it’s the pretty interesting 2012 Lotus Exige S. Meant to be the ultimate vehicle Lotus can make it does seem to have all of the best parts the company has in its bin, mixing the smallest and lightest car with the biggest
True fans of the Mini brand are about to get themselves into a world of surprises as their favorite British car maker is about to unveil something new. Sadly though, it’s not exactly going to be to their liking. After taking several complaints for coming up with the new Mini Countryman, they haven’t had enough.
The up and coming British tuners at Project Kahn have unveiled a new piece of work on Ferrari’s very recent California they dubbed the SA Kahn Monza Edition. As we’ve been used to by the Brits, the modifications are skin deep with occasional flourishes just beneath that level and this time we got the works.
I have not lost my marbles, the British at Aston Martin have announced that they will be unveiling the V12 Zagato at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. There’s one slight detail of that information missing as this soon to be released Aston Martin is the production version of the V12 Zagato we’ve been hearing so
Rolls Royce is a luxury brand, it’s a brand that does nothing more, so whatever is related to them feels like it has a whiff of the same thing. Their recent success in sales, the new dealership openings in Abu Dhabi and Asia and the generally growing number of Rolls Royce cars headed out for
Jaguar can’t really update their cars as fast as their German rivals and so, even though they now have a pretty deep pocketed investor backing them they are a little behind. In hoping to close the gap between themselves and legendary rivals such as BMW’s M5, Jaguar is working on an even hotter version of
Few countries have just as much of an open top motoring heritage as the British so it’s not that big a surprise to see plenty of their cars still coachbuilt to this roof shape. Jaguar’s very lovable XJ L recently got its popular solid roof replaced with a set of nuts, bolts, folding cloth and
The British arm of Mazda has a bit of a surprise for their customer base in the form of two new limited editions of their most popular of products, the Mazda 2 and the iconic MX-5 Roadster. These two new limited editions will each be called the Black Edition and, interestingly enough, neither of them
The new McLaren supercar, the MP4-12C is genuinely fast and brilliant in every single measurable way but as early reviews have been telling us, it’s missing something. Everybody appreciates the speed, the handling, the price, the engine, the brakes and so on but I’m guessing that this is the big reason behind the sales record
Bentley is the sort of company that can’t really update its products often so they need to be very careful about their presences at motor shows. This is why they won’t be unveiling the convertible version of the newly facelifted Continental GT until the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. It all sounds pretty reasonable on
After being caught rather unprepared yesterday, the British at Aston Martin came through with a full press release on the production of a road going version of their V12 Zagato. In it, the British company confirms their plan to grant their Nurburgring racing Aston Martin V12 Zagato a limited production run of 150 units, all
News from Lotus: The small British company with a big heritage toots its horn once more, this time they claim their future Lotus Esprit may end up being the fastest car made in the UK. Quite an impressive claim, and as we will find out in just a few, attached to quite some impressive numbers.
The Brits will be Brits, that’s the best way of describing how Rolls Royce are going to participate in the Masterpiece London 2011 exhibit with one of their finest models. In the interest of overkill maintaining brand prestige, Rolls Royce is making the Phantom Drophead they’re going to show off a unique one. The key
Yeah sure, there’s a financial crisis aftermath out in the world and much of the population is still going through it. In the luckier corner of the world however, people are ordering McLaren MP4-12Cs. According to a recent report, there’s so many of these lucky types that are interested in supercars that McLaren’s new MP4-12C
It is rare that people don’t customize their very own Smart ForTwo. As a car that is aimed at environmentalists and fashionistas alike, owners tend to reflect their strong opinionated nature in the appearance of the Smart they own. What is rare however is when tuning companies or other such endeavors actually take the time
The British at Rolls Royce may have a lesson for us on how to spend their money. They already know how to spend the serious cash they’re going to get from selling the 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom 10EX. A prized prototype of substantial value will make a new owner very happy to have such a
If I were to say “Mega Mac” to you, there would probably be nothing on your mind that relates to the British at McLaren. That however is simply not the case, “Mega Mac” is not a fast food offering, but the latest project the infamous Formula 1 team and sports car maker who gave us
The Bentley Continental GT does crave a few custom packages and given the money rolling around purchases for the British brand tuning companies are only too happy to oblige. As one of the less than discrete offerings, Luxury tuner Onyx decided to update their Bentley Continental GTO package.
