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Alfa Romeo 156 (1997- 2007)

The Alfa Romeo 155, despite its sporting successes, did not have the commercial success that the brand expected. With the exception of the Q4 version, the 155 did not have the dynamic performance that Alfa fans expected of it. For this reason, the 155's sporty […]

Rimac Concept One

The project Back in 2007, a restless 19-year-old Croatian from a wealthy family, Mate Rimac, was fascinated by the world of electricity applied to the automobile as a means of propulsion. So much so that he started his personal project in his own garage. He wanted […]

Ferruccio Lamborghini's life is coming to the cinema

After his well known dialectic hook-up with Enzo Ferrari, he founded the sports car brand in 1963. The truth is that he didn't last long at the helm, in less than 10 years he had to get rid of both lines of business. Only the first models are his direct responsibility, […]

France to deliver another blow to the diesel engine in the medium term

Right now the taxation of diesel is very favourable over petrol, but that is going to change. The French Minister of Ecological Transition, Nicolas Hulot, has announced in an interview to France Info that in four years the taxation between fuels will be equalized, […]

Audi Q3 2.0 TDI 184 hp Quattro

Often, when we talk about a restyling we call it a facelift. In the case of the Q3 could not be more true, as almost all aesthetic changes focus on the front of the car. The bumper has new (fake) air intakes on each side of the "single frame" grille. […]

The Mazda MX-5 Story: From concept to NA

The car mixed in a single recipe all the necessary ingredients of a typical British sports car: lightness, a big engine taken from a saloon, a rear-wheel drive, dynamic driving feel, and a purchase price that, at the time, was not a big deterrent either. It would […]

Volvo P1800, the Swedish beauty

A bit of history The first P1800 left the factory in 1961. But the green light for the project was given 4 years earlier, in 1957. Let's take a look at how. Volvo's president at the time, Gunnar Engellau, who was fascinated by Italian cars, wanted to produce […]

5 special editions to say goodbye to the Dodge Viper

The special editions can be ordered starting tomorrow in North America, and all include aerodynamic package and carbon ceramic brakes, except for the GTC: Viper 1:28 Edition ACR: there will be 28 units, it pays homage to the 2016 Viper ACR that set a Laguna […]

The Bristol Fighter, portrayed by XCar on video

On the occasion of the imminent resurrection of the firm, XCar wanted to pay tribute to the Fighter, and has dedicated a video to it. If you don't know this British car with "gull-wing style" opening doors, this is your moment. […]

The first Quedadacia, the meeting of Dacia owners in Spain, has been convened.

The first result of this operation was the first generation Logan, which was presented at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. The Logan was aimed at emerging countries and they hadn't even considered selling it in rich Europe. The surprise was that it created a great expectation […]

Record fuel economy for Honda Civic Tourer

Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren, both from Honda's R&D department, took on the challenge of driving across Europe with the lowest fuel consumption. On average, each 50-litre tank of diesel in the 120PS Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC lasted 1,491km. The average fuel […]

Volvo offers high-performance parts from Polestar for its cars.

Polestar has 20 years of racing experience with the Volvo brand. Polestar's components can be aesthetic or that improve the performance of the car, under the premise of maintaining control at all times. Basically we are talking about parts for chassis, wheels, […]

Are Rolls-Royces safe?

Before I go any further, I would like to clarify to the confused reader that in order to sell a car in the European Union it has to comply with a basic UN/ECE regulation, which specifies - among many other things - what level of safety it must have. That is mandatory, […]

Skoda Citigo 2017

The change is particularly noticeable at the front, where the resemblance to its older siblings is now clearer. The small grille is sharper, the logo is framed in a central rib that crosses the hood. The headlights have been lengthened a bit, changing their internal […]

The MazdaSpeed Foundation

And that brings us today to talk about MazdaSpeed, the racing and sports variant division of the house of Hiroshima. To trace its history we have to go back in time to the mid-sixties, and it puts us on the trail of Yojiro Terada. Terada, born in Kobe in 1947, […]

The first outright victory in a 24 Hours race: Spa 1981

Today's story takes us back to 1981, to Mazda's return to the 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, where the Cosmo Sport and R100 had already shone and came close to victory in 1970, but where the Japanese brand had an unfinished business. The story takes us to […]

Range Rover Sport 2017, more accessible and more technological.

This engine uses two turbochargers sequentially, i.e. a low-inertia turbine operates at low revs, and a higher-flow, fixed-blade turbine feeds the cylinders at higher revs. Although the displacement sounds small for such a large car, it should be noted that the […]

Aston Martin DB11 V8, German heart for an English mount

We knew it was coming yes, but that doesn't make it any less exciting: you can now choose either a DB11 with a 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, or with the 4-litre twin-turbo V8 Mercedes-AMG. Is that a bad thing? It doesn't have to be. The new engine delivers 510 hp and […]

Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster and GT C Roadster

The Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster is a completely new version in this range's product portfolio, sitting midway between the GT S and GT R. This cabrio version of the German sports car comes in two different flavors. While the GT Roadster has the same 476 hp as […]

Indianapolis 500 beats the Monaco GP in terms of viewership

The Asturian driver's presence in the North American event was followed by almost half a million viewers, 445,000 to be exact, with a 3.6% share, according to data published by La Nueva España. This means that the number of people who watched the Indianapolis […]

41 million euro fine for 95 Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT dealers

The total fine amounts to 41.13 million euros to be distributed among all the offenders. The CNMC considers it proven that all the dealers involved agreed on maximum discounts, exchanged strategic information and imposed internal sanctions for those who did […]

Borgward BX 7, it's official and it's as peculiar as it gets.

Certainly, the design of the device is not "rapturous", but it does represent a breath of fresh air in an industry where the main players have been the same for a long time. The firm, reborn with a new headquarters in Stuttgart, still does not explain in detail […]

Rumore rumore: The new Citroën C3 will be fitted with airbags

Well, everything indicates that the brand of the double gear has decided to give it that personality that it lost in the second generation. And what better way than including one of the elements that have made us write more these last two years, the airbumps. […]

Which is better, a Nissan Leaf or a Toyota Prius Prime?

The Nissan Leaf is a pure electric car, the most successful car without an internal combustion engine of all time, with more than 250,000 units sold since 2010. It is manufactured in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan, and is for many the electric car […]

Volkswagen proposes solution for #Dieselgate TDI CR (EA189) engines

Volkswagen engineers have determined that the air sensor, between the filter and the intake manifold, was not correctly registering the mass of air it was sucking in, due to the formation of turbulence. To eliminate this turbulence, a small filter will be installed, […]

Golf Sportsvan gets a facelift at Frankfurt Motor Show

The changes are subtle and are based on those received by the rest of the Golf range earlier this year. On the exterior, the bumpers, front grille and light clusters change slightly, as well as the wheels, with new models available. There is also a new color available […]

Car sanitation: what is it, where is it done and how much does it cost?

What is car disinfection? The interior of the car is a closed environment in which dirt and bacteria accumulate and, if not removed, continue to proliferate. If this situation is already critical in normal conditions, in Covid19 times the sanitization of your […]

Contact: Volkswagen Golf 2017

At the presentation in Mallorca we briefly drove the Golf GTD Variant with the new 7-speed DSG gearbox; the GTI, which now produces 230 hp; and the 150 hp 2.0 TDI Sport. Basically we have to talk about an aesthetic update and infotainment systems, in the rest of […]

SEAT Ronda

The birth of the Ronda In 1979 a pre-agreement was signed for Fiat to acquire SEAT in 1980, but Fiat decided not to go ahead with the agreement, and it was then that Juan Miguel de Antoñanzas (head of SEAT), aware that they were losing their technological partner […]

Lotus Elise S1 - (USPI)

The world is crazy right now with the GT86 and Subaru BRZ, telling how "wonderful they are to drive" and "how cheap they are". But let's wake up for a moment from the dream and face reality: They cost £30,000, and applying our magic "buying advice" formula, this […]

Peugeot 308 GTi

The difference of 2,500 euros is much more than a simple "repro" of the engine to get 20 hp more. The available colours: Ultimate red, Magnetic blue, Perla Nera black, Artense grey, Nacré white and Hurricane grey. The most powerful can opt for a two-tone paint […]