Just as Matt Farah did recently, /DRIVE’s Mike Musto got behind the wheel of an (until a few years ago) unusual Porsche – the four-door Panamera GTS. Whereas Farah knocked the Cayenne Diesel for its poor value and preferred two of its competitors, Musto was perfectly content with the Stuttgart company’s humpback human hauler. As […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | January 22, 2014
Well, folks, after becoming engaged by signing a letter of intent in July to enter a technical partnership, one of the big three German automakers and the official car company of James Bond are now, in the mechanical sense, wed. Thursday, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd and Daimler AG announced the signing of an agreement under […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | December 20, 2013
The Jagur F-Type is not the E-type. It is supposed to be the successor to that car, but the sooner the automotive world steps away from making that comparison, the better off we’ll be at appreciating the F-Type for what it is: a totally modern sports car. While the E-Type is pretty much the definition […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | November 19, 2013
What do you make of this ’65 Porsche 912 with a big ol’ V8 hanging out the back? Is this sacrilege, or righteous? What’s worse: jettisoning the flat-six out of a 911 and dumping a V8 in its place, or scrapping the wimpy 912’s four-banger in favor of a 327-cubic-inch small block? Think that’s an easy […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 13, 2013
Where they’re going, they don’t need roofs. The gorgeous, fast, and expensive MP4-12C Spider is officially out according to McLaren, complete with a hard-top retractable roof. It’ll only take 17 seconds to bring it down or put it back up. That’s not exactly fast, but we think the end result is worth it. It’s hard to […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | July 3, 2012
When you think of the Maserati Quattroporte, generally the first word that comes to mind isn’t “hot”. It’s elegant. Class pours from the ports on its fenders. When the guys at CDC laid their eyes on it though, they wanted something else. The result of their tinkering is a firestorm on wheels. The first order […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | June 11, 2012
Apparently the big shots at BMW have been listening. The guys at Bimmerpost spoke with the president of BMW America, Mr. Ludwig Willisch, who confirmed that the next generation of M3 will return with a straight 6. Spy videos of of the prototype running the Nurburgring suggested that it was a 6 cylinder (the sound […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | May 22, 2012
