680bhp. That’s a whole lot of horsepower even in 2023 where only the fastest and most powerful supercars have more. Now imagine 680bhp back in the mid-1990s. This is what the Jaguar XJ220S brought to the table back then. 680bhp must’ve been an almost inconceivable figure for a road car. Considering that the standard XJ220Continue reading “All Hail the Jaguar XJ220S”
Monthly Archives: August 2023
In the Rear View | Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
Cars possess a unique position; they are built to appeal to and fulfil consumer desires, but the operation and functionality of a the motor car has stayed a constant for the last seventy years. A car remains useful long after it is new – people are still driving cars that are twenty or thirty yearsContinue reading “In the Rear View | Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4”
Big German Executive Cars | Mercedes CL-Class (C215)
Call this naivety or even ignorance, but I truly do not think there was a more exciting place in the automotive world than in the workshops and laboratories of Audi, BMW and Mercedes between 1990 to 2010. For two decades, the big three shared a monopoly on daring, engineering and panache; each striving to outdoContinue reading “Big German Executive Cars | Mercedes CL-Class (C215)”
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