British motoring icon Jaguar is to enter a team in the third season of the FIA Formula E Championship in the autumn of 2016. Formula E is the world’s first global single-seater championship for electric powered cars and Jaguar Land Rover believes it will provide a real world performance test …
Read More »Fancy a game of Citroen Footpool?
Citroën has applied its protective Airbump pads, as seen on the C4 Cactus, to Footpool – the “latest experiential sports-based craze”. As the official automotive partner of Arsenal Football Club, Citroën teamed up with four star players for a doubles match and a trick-shot masterclass on a special Airbump Footpool …
Read More »Brundle’s Jaguar XJR vs Jetman
Watch Formula One legend Martin Brundle drag-race the new Jaguar XJR against the fastest man in the sky, Yves ‘Jetman’ Rossy in the Dubai desert. Brundle had the new all-aluminium 550PS, 5.0-litre supercharged V8 Jaguar XJR at his disposal while Rossy was strapped to his 2m-wide fixed wing, powered by …
Read More »Ultimate winter tyre test
World Champion wakeboarder towed by a car across flooded causeway in unique Dunlop Winter Sport 5 tyre test. Nick Davies wake-boarded behind a car driven by the current British Touring Car Championship rookie of the year, Josh Cook, along the treacherous Holy Island stretch in NE England. The causeway can …
Read More »McLaren’s hardcore topless supercar
McLaren 675LT Spider confirmed – just 500 of the “most focused, fastest and exhilarating open top McLaren model ever” will be built, priced at £285,450 each – see and hear it here! With a top speed of 203mph, the 675LT can accelerate from 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds, and reach 124mph in …
Read More »Film festival ‘Oscar’ for Vauxhall
Vauxhall Motors’ homage to its historic Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant – featuring 50 years’ of Griffin-badged cars sliding, jumping and two-wheeling through the factory – has won Best Commercial Film at the London Motor Film Festival. Produced by evo Film, 50 Years of Ellesmere Port, beat entries from Bentley, Land Rover and …
Read More »Range Rover’s birthday challenge
Paper bridge stunt kicks off Range Rover’s 45th anniversary celebrations at China’s Guangzhou Motor Show. Land Rover’s flagship SUV was driven across a bridge made of paper, supplied by specialist British manufacturer James Cropper PLC. The freestanding structure in Suzhou, China, spanned five metres without glue or bolts to hold …
Read More »Historic Jaguar back on track
Racing driver Andy Wallace has been reunited with his 1988 Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJ-R9 LM at Silverstone. Andy also got bang up to date during his day-and-night track sessions, also driving the new 550PS, 5.0-litre supercharged V8 Jaguar XJR. Driving at night on the Silverstone circuit gave Andy the opportunity …
Read More »Jude Law takes to the wheel
Jude Law co-stars with a vintage 1930s Delahaye 135S racing car in enchanting short film. In the second instalment of the Gentleman’s Wager film series for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, two men (Law and Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini) enter a wager over a priceless car, which is not only the …
Read More »Lotus Evora 400 unleashed
Get the lowdown on the Lotus Evora 400 – the fastest and most powerful production Lotus ever. Watch the video here…
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