Motorsport

WEC GALLERY: Austin, Texas

Rain caused chaos at the recent round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, leaving kiwi Brendon Hartley fighting to bring the Porsche 919 Hybrid he shares with Tim Bernhard and Aussie Mark Webber home in fifth place. Bernhard spun the car when the heavy rain hit at the 100 minute mark, but was towed out of the […]

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New Cars News

The sound of three cylinders…

Now this is something that could be rather promising… This video is supposedly of the BMW i8 doing a quick run through the gears with its Active Sound Design technology (fake noise…) turned OFF! If that is actually true, then the sound coming from BMW’s little 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine is FREAKIN’ EPIC! If it […]

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New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Lexus ES300h Limited

Where the Lexus ES350 is the powerhouse of the newly re-introduced ES range, the ES300h is its smoother, quieter and far more economical hybrid brother. And, we have to say, probably more in keeping with the wonderfully serene – and traditionally Lexus – atmosphere created by the company’s newest mid-size luxo-machine. As we mentioned in […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Peugeot 3008 HY4

Hybrids. They’re the future, buddy. Except they’re not. A feel-good stop-gap between internal combustion and true emission-free motoring, to be sure, but hardly the long-term future. But as a short-term solution, the diesel-hybrid goodness of the Peugeot 3008 HY4 is about as good – and certainly as quirky – as they come. Forget all this […]

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