Aston Martin is a very different car. The V12 Vantage S is a very different Aston Martin. This car loves drama, and pausing for effect. The drama comes largely from the fact that Aston Martin’s smallest car is equipped with its most powerful V12 engine. The drama growls in your …
2015 F-Type V6 Convertible Review Notes
I couldn’t be blamed if I thought I were seeing things. I could easily have been delirious after spending the weekend in a Jaguar F-Type V8 S. Now, I was waiting for the V6 to turn up after dropping back the Supercharged V8. And rolling into the parking lobby was …
Jaguar F-Type Convertible 2015 Review: Kitty Kitty Bang Bang
The Jaguar F-Type is one of those cars that stun you at first glance. It gives people who have ever considered buying a sports car in their lives an affirmative response that they certainly should. UPSIDE – Powerful and playful, Stunning design, Terrific sport mode, Thrilling sound effects, Excellent music …
Audi RS4 Avant 2014 Review: What’s in a badge?
In the grander scheme of things within the Audi family, the RS4 is the odd one out. While the S6, S8, the RS6 and RS7 gets the 4.0 L bi-turbo V8, the boastfully booming fuel-efficient engine, the RS4 uses the 4.2 L Quattro V8 to drive its metal – the …
Audi RS7 2014 review: Sportin’ a pin-striped suit
Taking off from where we left the Audi RS6, there is not much of a difference between the RS7 and its estate edition. At the heart of it, and even in the façade – if you overlook the aluminium strips that frame the air dams – both shone with a …
Audi RS6 2014 Avant Review: The sixth estate
Who would want to buy a station wagon that weighs two tonnes and spills over your parking in this part of the world? Not because it could come in handy when you’re moving homes; or because it looks cool in red, burning red. Maybe because you want to swing it …
Mercedes SLK55 AMG Review: The bridge from Affalterbach
The last time I met the SLK, it was trying hard to look muscular between its sharply sculpted lines.It handled well enough, but there was something that did not quite push it into the league of sports cars that parked themselves in your bucket list. But six years later, as …
Jaguar XK-R 2014 Review: The X appeal
Warning: The Jaguar XK-R is likely to face ire from girlfriends or wives. So much of x-appeal could drive any woman to fall out of love with it just no sooner than you fall in. UPSIDE: Very powerful, Good looking, Value in the sport luxury segment, Happy handling DOWNSIDE: Fuel-thirsty, …
Bentley Continental GTC V8 Review: More fun per gallon
All the other cars in our building parking would have been fast asleep when my Bentley GTC arrived and climbed up the ramp. A blood curdling roar echoed across the lot, shaking off their slumber as a chill of fearsome respect ran down their axles. Even if not in this …
Toyota Avanza: A 7-seater at the price of a Yaris
A 7-seater MPV at the price of the entry level 1.5 L Yaris? To be precise, AED 54,900! Toyota has done some amazing stuff here. I know many people for who the Toyota Hi Lux or the Peugeot Boxer serves as company transporter by day and family cruiser on the …
