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Hard to believe that it's now ten years since a scarily-young looking Nick Heidfeld set what remains the hill record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Heidfeld was the McLaren test driver at the time and this was in the days when the F1 drivers still drove flat out for the fastest time...

Despite the overwhelming majority of Panamera customers opting for the new seven-speed PDK gearbox, it’s good to know Porsche is still willing to bring an old skool six-speed ‘box to market in September. ...

On new car launches, journalists are always provided with a set test route on which to try out the manufacturer’s new wheels which can be handy of you find yourself in the bum end of nowhere. ...

The Sports Chrono Package for the Porsche Panamera Turbo is a £1233 option - that's on a car already costng £95,298. However, lodged in the small print of this Chrono Package is Porsche 's miraculous Launch Control System. ...

The Porsche Panamera saloon hits UK showrooms on 12 September but we've been lucky enough to blag an early drive in Porsche's first ever saloon and tell you whether it's worth putting an early deposit down...

If any car can fill the brief of ‘everyday supercar’, it is the Audi R8 V10 FSI. Tr...

Spotted this grey Ferrari F50 crawling through traffic on the A3 heading into London the other day. I remember it being canned when it was new for being a bit of a minger but it didn’t look that way to me. ...

If you’re wondering what you and your old man should get up to this father’s day, why not take a page out of Trent Whatley’s book. The American petrol head has converted an old Chevy V8 block into the manliest gas BBQ ever. Appa...

I’ve been hearing endless comments recently about how GM is going to re-emerge as a stronger, leaner and more competitive company after its rescue from bankruptcy. But what happens to the old drabs of GM, like Hummer? ...

The J-Gate is dead, people. I've just peered through the window of the new 5.0-litre Jaguar XK in our car park and spotted the same Jaguar Drive transmission that features in the Jaguar XF...

I wish I'd have had the opportunity to thank ex-TVR boss Peter Wheeler. I was already well on my way to becoming a car geek before I became aware of his fibreglass specials, but the cars he helped create dominated my bedroom wall for nearly a decade...

The new Toyota Prius is taking green to another level with this (optional) solar panelled sunroof. As the video blog explains, it creates enough energy to power an electric air circulation fan which can cool the cabin from 80 degrees C to 45 degrees C...

Still finding it very weird that such a normal car is so eerily quiet to drive in regular conditions. I've driven hybrids before but this 2009 Toyota Prius seems to engage its nickel metal hydride batteries more regularly than any other hybrid I've tested...

I'm missing my usual sojourn to Le Mans this year due to the pressures of my own racing season and the need to remind the other half that I exist. But I'm still going to miss it. Le Mans strength is that it exists on so many different levels...