BMW Z8 (2000-03): Z Hits the Spot
A futuristic interpretation of retro styling, the Z8 combines classic proportion and details with sharp and avant-garde lines and style. On the outside, the Z8’s long bonnet, low waistline, swooping fenders, bulges and smoothly...
Cadillac Sixteen (2003): Sweet Sixteen
Back in the late 1920s cars were becoming ever fancier with Cadillac’s super-smooth V16 behemoths of luxury, refinement and style finally arriving by 1930 just before the great depression became greater. During the 2000s...
Lotus Evora S ‘Carabinieri’ (2010): Playing Cops and Robbers
However, it was perhaps a surprise when the Italian Carabinieri military police took delivery of two specially modified British-made Lotus Evora S models. The matter becomes less surprising when one takes into consideration that...
Nissan Leaf: The Everyman Electric Vehicle
Launched globally early this year, the new Nissan Leaf has a lot to live up to, as successor model to the world’s best-selling electric vehicle. With 283,000 sales since it arrived in 2010, and...
GMC Denali XT (2008): Down Under Design
The GMC Denali XT concept was however conceived, designed and built in Australia, which is the spiritual home of the Ute, with Holden and Ford Australia both offering Ute versions of their respective Commodore...
Mini Rocketman (2011): Pocket Rocket
Measuring almost 400mm less than the current Mini hatchback, the Rocketman concept unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motorshow is but a few centimeters longer than the original 1959 Mini and more closely follows its...
Ferrari 512BB (1976-84): BB King
With swooping curves and elegant lines mated to subtly muscular wheel-arches and a somewhat high set rear deck, the 512BB looked athletic, but also had an underlying aura of a beast about to pounce.
The...
Ferrari SP12 EC (2012): Creamy Curves and Wheels of Fire
Specially design for long-time Ferrari enthusiast and rock legend Eric Clapton, the SP12 EC is built on a contemporary 458 Italia platform and utilizes the same powerful, revvy and flexibly 4.5-liter flat-plane V8, with...
Maserati Quattroporte III (1979-90): Inter-Continental Ballistic Maser
With only literally a couple of handfuls built, the Maserati Quattroporte II was a disastrous endeavor built on a Citroen SM platform and featured one of the great Marcelo Gandini’s least inspired designs. Too...
Trabant nT (2009): Cold War Cool
Envisioned in the same spirit as the modern BMW-era Mini, new Fiat 500 and new VW Beetle, the Trabant nT remains very faithful to the original’s unmistakable people’s car design, yet moulds it into...
BMW M1 (1978-1981): The One and Only
Designed as a race car developed for road use under homologation rules, the M1 also contributed its gloriously charismatic 3.5-litre M Division straight-six engine to the BMW M5, which was arguably the world’s first...
Mercedes-Benz W123 series (1976-1986): King of the Bangers
The W123 E-Class-precursor is the banger that refuses to die and is likely to be around for a long time still, for its secret was solid engineering integrity in terms of quality and longevity...
Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa Zagato: Femme Fatale (2010)
The culmination of a 90-year association between Alfa Romeo and renowned Italian design consultancy Zagato, the TZ3 is a visually stunningly sultry interpretation of a race car that draws heavily on and pays tribute...
Lada Largus Universal: Russian With A French Accent
A new comer to the local market since Lada’s Jordanian comeback late last year, the Lada Largus Universal is practical, affordable, maneuverable and versatile people mover. First launched in 2012 as part of a...
Kia Kee: A Keen Proposal
It is only in very recent years that Kia is being set-up as a more upmarket and fun brand in the Hyundai group, rather than anonymous workhorses like the prolific Pregio van and Sephia...
Range Rover P400e PHEV: Frugal Flagship
Video Review: Range Rover P400e PHEV
Launched globally in recent weeks, the Range Rover P400e PHEV is Land Rover’s entry into the full-size luxury hybrid SUV segment. Introduced as part of a model-wide revision, the...
Six Best BMW Art Cars
BMW 3.0 CSL Le Mans racer – Alexander Calder (1975)
The first of BMW 17 art cars to date, the 3.0 CSL entrant in the 1975 Le Mans 24-hour race was a sensation starting with...
Honda NSX (1990-2005)
Benchmarked against the Ferrari 348 and with additional chassis tuning input from Formula One ace Ayrton Senna, the balanced, sweet handling and high tech mid-engine NSX featured light all-aluminium construction, double wishbone suspension and...
Lamborghini Silhouette (1976-79)
Though the junior stable-mate, the Silhouette was actually longer and of similar weight to the Countach LP400, with which it concurrently ran, yet it lacked its power, exoticism, complicated engineering and bespoke construction. The...
Mercedes-Benz E300 Cabriolet: The Convenient Convertible
Sat right in the middle of a broad range of two-seat roadster and four-seat boulevardier convertibles offered across the Mercedes-Benz range, the E-Class Cabriolet is the exhaustively well-equipped and luxurious second largest executive segment...
Aston Martin DB11 Volante: Stirring Stuff
Not one partial to the adventures of Britain’s most iconic fictional gentleman spy, the opportunity to drive his car brand of choice was one a curious and highly anticipated occasion tempered by detached neutrality...
Volkswagen Golf GTI (1976-84): Old School Hot-Hatchery
Credited with popularizing fast, practical, reliable and affordable motoring the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI arrived just after the Renault 5 Alpine/Gordini in 1976, and kick-started the hot hatch segment. With sharp styling, light weight,...
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (1965-69): Charisma, Class and Clarity
With a bassy low-end warble growing to rising to throaty mid-range bellow and coalescing to a metallic high-pitch wail, the soulful and melodic GTA’s symphony is interspersed with sputter on high rev up shifts....
Middle East Car Of The Year 2018: Volvo Victorious Again
The first manufacturer to win a second Middle East Car of the Year (MECOTY) top honour since the regional UAE-based awards started back in 2014, the Volvo XC60’s victory comes just two years after...
Lada 4×4 Urban: Attainable Adventures
Coinciding with Russia’s resurgence as a world power and it’s emerging role in the region, Lada is also making a comeback to certain Middle East Markets, including Jordan, as of late last year. The...
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