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Lotus Evora called UK's best drivers car by Autocar

The gang at Autocar have singled out the new Lotus Evora as the best drivers car in the U.K. for 2009. The award came following an evaluation that included the 2010 Nissan GT-R and nine other new models launched in the past year. The defending champ GT-R dropped all the way to fourth in this year's roundup following the new Lotus, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage and the Porsche 911 GT3. The key to the Evora's victory appears to have been its impressive handling capabilities and in particular its forgiving nature. Apparently, potential ... Read more →

VIDEO: Embarrassment of Riches - Ferrari F40 meets 430 Scuderia Chris Paukert

When you think of a successor to Ferrari's watershed F40 supercar, the 430 Scuderia, incredible as it is, probably doesn't come immediately to mind. Instead, you're more likely to have visions of ...

VIDEO: Audi Q7 V12 TDI versus BMW M5 Jonathon Ramsey

Autocar decided to find out which was faster among two unlikely bedfellows sharing one common trait: 500 horsepower. In one lane you've got the BMW M5, with ten petrol-powered cylinders. In the ...

VIDEO: AutoCar Ad of the Year - Volkswagen's Singing Dog Jonathon Ramsey

AutoCar readers have voted on the year's best car commercial, and unsurprisingly, it's not from America. Neither is AutoCar, sure, but that still doesn't quite explain why we get GM's Our Country ...

Takuma Sato gatecrashes Autocar's party Justin Gardiner

Steve Sutcliffe was wrapping up Autocar's annual 0-100-0 test when a well spoken Japanese gentleman wandered over and started checking out the cars. Now what would you do if you had a car park full ...

Autocar pits GT2 against Z06 in a drag competition 1 year ago on Autoblog

What do you do with a Porsche GT2, a Corvette Z06, and an abandoned aircraft runway? That's obvious: you line both cars up, nail the throttle and crown the victor. Thankfully, that's exactly what the chaps at Autocar did when they pitted the new GT2 against the Z06 on a long piece of ...

VIDEO: Nissan GT-R vs BMW M3 vs Porsche 911 GT3 1 year ago on Autoblog

Britain's Autocar hit the track with the BMW M3, Nissan GT-R, and Porsche 911 GT3 to see which of the musclebound sports cars could best its immediate competition, and they captured the three-way face-off on video. There's been plenty of GT-R vs. Porsche chatter since the Nissan's launch, but how ...

PistonHeads.com bought by publisher of Autocar 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 8-year old online publication that is PistonHeads was recently bought by "traditional media" publisher Haymarket. Haymarket owns WhatCar? and Autocar in the UK, much like Hachette-Filipacchi operates Car and Driver and Road & Track in the States. And just like that duo, the British pair ...

Geneva Debut for Audi A5 set 2 years ago on Autoblog

Audi will introduce its new A5 coupe the Geneva Motor Show according to the UK's Autocar. Quoting an unnamed "senior company source," We've been following the progress of the A5 for some time now, and we're ready to see the finished product, which is likely to bear a more-than-passing resemblance ...

British mags set indoor speed records 2 years ago on Autoblog

The indoor speed record is a mantle not commonly fought over. In fact, it seems those whacky Brits are the only ones even mildly interested in even trying for it. The crew at BBC's Top Gear made a go of it in an empty hall at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London this past summer, where the Stig ...

Chevrolet Caprice Wins Luxury Award In Middle East 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Chevrolet Caprice, designed and manufactured by GM Holden in Australia, has been named Best Luxury Car at the 2006 Autocar Middle East Awards. The all-new rear wheel drive Caprice, part of GM Holden's A$1 billion (US$780 million) development of the new Commodore range, emerged as a clear winner ...






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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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