After long speculation, BMW have finally released info on its alledged "M5 diesel".

BMW are, in fact, releasing a whole new line-up of so called "M Performance Automobiles" - regular BMW models with even more confusing names and lots of "M" badges, justified by suspension parts that are, alledgedly, enhanced by M division.

First four inhabitants of M Performance range - read more

The new series (series 18) of Top Gear returns to the BBC this Sunday the 29th Jan!

Plenty of new car action to look forward to, looking at the preview:

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2012/01/16/trailer-top-gear-tv-series-18is-back/

At some point or another, you have likely encountered someone chiming on about an NA engines horsepower per liter - it is inevitable whenever an engine produces 100 hp/l or more. But what is the significance of this interesting little figure?

To sum it up, there really is none. hp/l has as little significance to performance as the storage capacity of your cars boot.

hp/l is not even necessarily directly associated with engine weight. Less disp... read more

It was 9 months ago when I announced a competition - whoever comes closest of guessing McLaren MP4-12C laptime around Nurburgring Nordschleife, wins a "grand prize" worth spectacular 5 cents...

Rules were fairly simple - after application period was over, we had to wait until the end of June 2011 and the fastest MP4-12C laptime at that time would then be used as reference against all your guesstimations.

Summer came and went and McLaren were... read more

So, the 2011 edition of this annual shin-dig has been held and well done Porsche for winning with the superb Cayman R, a car that in green is just so desirable in my eyes!

The event was held at Rockingham and Porsche have now won it a record 8 times. Disappointing for Mclaren that their car, whilst fastest with a 1 minute 19.5 lap, was ranked a lowly 6th.

The Cayman did a tidy 1 minute 23.7 lap, actually, a fraction slower than the Evora S, but wa... read more