So, the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series is for sale from the end of 2008! We’ve been seeing spy shots of it for quite some time but now, finally, Mercedes have revealed the car.
Based, obviously, on the face-lifted SL, the SL65 Black Series shares very little with its lesser siblings, not least the performance. This [...]

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As anyone who has read here before knows, I am a big Bentley fan. Even more so since Volkswagen acquired Bentley, as the marque has found its identity again. Sure, there are detractors who say the new Bentleys are just Phaetons in drag, but they miss the point. Bentleys are all about the soul. And [...]

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When we first saw the pictures of the current BMW 7 series for sale we had to conclude the designer had lost his way half way through. But he hadn’t (apparantly), because the ‘afterthought’ boot found its way on to other BMWs. It certainly helped the aerodynamics, but it didn’t help the aesthetics one bit! [...]

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“Never heard of it” I hear you say. Well, that’s because it doesn’t exist - yet!
We’ve had news from that paragon of Italian car design, Pininfarina, that they are working on a very special project for a client - a 2-door, 2-seater convertible in the style of those great 1930s coachbuilt cars. This harks back [...]

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Earlier this year, very much tongue in cheek, I wrote about Porsche’s impending takeover of VW. I mused on what that might mean for the Porsche line-up and, although I was quite serious about some of the possibilities, the one I mentioned that seemed least likely was a Golf-sized Porsche. How wrong can you be!
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It’s always been the same at Porsche. According to Clarkson they employ the laziest designers in the car world. You’d have to be a complete Porsche fanatic to spot the changes in each iteration - 993, 996, 997 - and mid-cycle facelifts are even more difficult to spot. But change they do, albeit subtly, and [...]

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Back in December we had a handful of the new Bentley Continental GT Speeds for sale. It was quite a coup. They were new, they were very desirable and we had some for sale. A couple of guys (and one lady) treated themselves, and I know they are extraordinarily happy with them. But since then [...]

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A new Ferrari is always a cause for celebration, especially when it’s a front-engined Ferrari. So the piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the new Ferrari California due to go on sale, probably next year, caused a wave of emails.
“They’ve shown it with the top down, because it’s going to look awful [...]

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Zagato, the world famous Italian Coachbuilder, has a long history of restyling British Cars for marques such as Jaguar, Aston Martin and Bristol. And now it’s added Bentley, with the announcement of the Bentley GTZ Zagato for sale with the full backing of Bentley.
Zagato’s styling tends not to be massively radical. In many ways it’ [...]

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However deep your pockets are, you can’t simply look for a Ferrari FXX for sale. It doesn’t work like that. The FXX is not a road car, and Ferrari will only let you buy the car if you ‘Stack Up’. But if you do, and you can afford it, you get the huge privilege of [...]

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