As the motoring industry readies itself for a hectic week of shows and launches the PH team is preparing to spread itself across the globe to bring you all the news and gossip. Dan T is heading west to LA to see the unveiling of the Porsche Macan and Jaguar F-Type Coupe while Dan P heads east to Japan for a first taste of the Nissan GT-R NISMO and all the local flavour from the Tokyo show. Both will be blogging, young Matt holding the fort back at PH Towers. Here, meanwhile, are the tastiest titbits from the previous week to keep you going ahead of the impending feast.
So much for all this globe-trotting - British cars have had a big presence on PH this week. From eccentric rarities like the last ever
Bristol Fighter
in the PH classifieds to drives of new metal like the nine-speed
MY14 Evoque
McLaren P1 is a sell-out
success the PH chest is puffed with patriotic pride. How could it get any better? Well, a couple of days with an
Aston Martin Vanquish
Bentley Boys
to frontline GT racing - plus a drive in
a GT3 McLaren
against which they'll be competing - is another reason to get all Land Of Hope And Glory. Even if a few Bentleys are going to be
built by Germans
Meanwhile over the Channel there's been a resurgence in interest in fast French cars too, Peugeot leading the charge. After meeting the guys at Peugeot Sport Matt was itching to get behind the wheel of
the RCZ R
and it seems it may have been worth the wait. Off the back of that apparent confirmation of
a 208 R
is cause for further excitement, Shed getting in on the act with a rather
tasty 306 GTI6
sideways rally cars
with news of a stage-prepped and officially sanctioned GT86 privateer contender whipped up a fair bit of excitement, Time For Tea remembering one rallying exploit Toyota would
probably rather forget
. Tenuous rally link but the Group B (OK, its track iteration) inspired
Ferrari 288 GTO
got a starring role in the latest TaxTheRich vid.
Dan got misty eyed - along with quite a few other PHers - over
an old Fiesta
, while also waxing lyrical about a new one recently
added to the PH Fleet
. He also asked if going fast should be just a little scary in a provocative
Tell Me I'm Wrong
, though actually nobody seemed inclined to do so. Harris meanwhile pondered his inability to choose a
cheap winter 4x4
and the temptation posed by old Overfinch Range Rovers while Caterham Academy competition winner Dan Livingstone concluded his season-long adventure with his final report from a
fantastic year of racing
- Porsches in California with Magnus Walker, Singer and more
- Nissan GT-R NISMO and new Civic Type R teaser drives
- All the news from the Tokyo and LA shows
- Corvette C7 Stingray driven