The arrival of March has failed to bring any warm weather. Which is a pain, really. Don't worry, though - pop the kettle on, light the fire, and forget the last nippy clutches of winter by browsing through the week's biggest stories on PistonHeads. You can even have a bit of cake. Go on, do it - we said you could.
Hot-blooded supercars from southern Europe have made their presence felt on PH this week. On Monday, our
Carpool
featured a smashing Ferrari 550 Barchetta, while we got our second glimpse of the
Spania GTA Spano
. Then on Wednesday, Maserati’s rather cool
history page
made our Time For Tea. There was more to come from Bologna – news of the
GranTurismo MC Stradale
hit our pages on Thursday, while Monkey brought us
an
update on his 599
, to keep Ferrari in the picture. There was more Maser action on Friday, though, where we found a super-cheap
3200GT
Dan’s blog
comparing the differing PR approaches to the Ferrari F150 and McLaren P1 rounded off a busy week for Italian supercar manufacturers.
Tuesday brought a flurry of Nissan-related stories to PH. The big news from Japan was the arrival of the
Nismo GT-R
big plans
for the Nismo arm of Nissan. On that note, Chris found an
R32
Skyline GT-R
in the classifieds which set him to pondering on the true value of cars. And trying to work out whether he should buy this one, or spend a little more time umming and ahhing.
Another day, another press release from McLaren – this time on the P1. Finally, we’ve been given some
concrete
information on pricing and
performance
, as well as a look at the production version of the new car. Look forward to hearing more about this from Geneva next week.
Long-time followers of PH were shocked to note that a sensible consumer story made it onto the site on Thursday. Nevertheless, telematics have become such a high-profile talking point that
Dan’sinvestigation
was crucial to learning a little more about this oft-feared ‘advance’. Off the back of
VW’s
Golf GTI
unveil, Nick Gibbs has been looking at
hothatch sales figures
– and they make for surprising (and slightly disappointing) reading.
Land Rover’s been looking rather tech-happy this week with the reveal of not one but two bits of leading technology. First up, there are the
sevenelectricDefenders
coming to next week’s Geneva Motor Show, which are laying the path for more electric Landies in the future. Meanwhile, some tech you can actually buy – the Range Rover Evoque has been the
first car confirmed
to offer ZF’s new nine-speed gearbox.
This week’s features have included a cracking
look atAmerica
from behind the ‘windshield’ of a Bentley, and an illuminating interview from Jon Urry with the man behind the Honda FireBlade,
Tadao Baba
. Meanwhile, Graeme Lambert got up close & personal with the
BMW i8
for us, while Monkey’s been off driving the
SLS AMG Electric Drive
. We’ve also brought you our buyer’s guide to the
X100 Jaguar XK8 & XKR
good news
from Paul
– finally, both cars in his fleet are up and running as they should be. Great success! Meanwhile, Scrof mused on the age-old dilemma:
MX-5 or MR2
Monkey’s video
this week was a feast of sideways BMW rally action with, sadly, a premature end, while Dan spent some time
going sideways
- Jaguar revisits its 1953 Jabbeke speed trial success
- All the news from the Geneva Motor Show
- Monkey drives the SLS AMG Black Series