So forgive the slightly later than usual deliver for our Motoring Week round-up. Our excuse is we've been hanging out with like-minded folk after TVR specialists Topcats Racing kindly hosted a little meeting for C63 AMG owners. The link? Well, we all like a V8 for starters. More on this in due course; in the meantime here's the regular digest of all that's hot on PH from the last few days.
Supposedly August is a quiet month in the car industry and though it's true things have settled down there are still PH-worthy stories on the wires. The internet was abuzz with photos of what looked like a
road going
Elise Cup R
testing at the 'ring, perhaps hinting at a street version to come? "No comment" was the official comment from Lotus. We also welcomed a
fresh-faced
teenager to F1
while on the rally circuit Porsche specialists Tuthill shook down their
GT3-based 911 RGT
car for its WRC debut this weekend. We learned
right-hand drive Mustangs
are now testing and also that there seems no limit to prices for
997 GT3 RS 4.0s
If summer has got you in the mood for biking we've had plenty of two-wheeled action on the homepage this week.
KTM's design head Gerald Kiska
proved an enlightening interviewee and there was more straight-talking chat from
the Brit hopefuls
in next weekend's MotoGP. See the full interviews with
Bradley Smith
Cal Crutchlow
Scott Redding
and if that's got you inspired you can even win tickets to see them in action yourself -
see here
. Meanwhile PH2's Jon Urry reported in on life with his
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
long-term test bike and Friday's £100K Garage submission included
a Triumph Speed Triple
to sit alongside ... an Audi RS Q3?
blogging from Pebble Beach
throughout last weekend while Matt ruminated on what car
James Bond should be seen driving
in his next screen outing. Plenty of PHers had their ideas too - check the suggestions and add yours to the comments thread
here
. The ads team reported in on their new wheels - big knobbly ones at that on PH's
new Twisted Defender
. Give us a wave if you see us out and about; you're unlikely to miss us! PH used car expert Guy Baker put in the hours to create an exhaustive Marketwatch on all seven generations of
Golf GTI
while Dan tried to convince the PH masses a
diesel Citroen crossover
with brown inflatable side panels really is worthy of our attention.
- All-new MX-5 unveiling
- Porsche 911 Turbo S vs Aston Martin V12 Vantage S
- Harris's new toys
- New Audi TT driven
- Clio 197/200 Buying Guide