Over the past seven days, we have sampled the lunacy that is the Nissan Juke R 2.0, seen the latest Ferrari Spider and paid our last respects to the Land Rover Defender - an emotional farewell! Catch up with everything here.
Diversity is the name of the game for PH review this week, with Nissan having unleashed its second generation
JukeR
just a few days after our first drive of the
Lotus Evora 400
. Both reviews were track-oriented; wonder which is faster round a lap? Expect to see more from that Lotus again soon; there are one or two comparisons that should probably be addressed...
From sports cars of all sizes to something very different. After 67 years of production, the Land Rover Defender will be no more. As part of the goodbye every model from a Series I to the Heritage edition was available to drive on Islay.
Back to the more conventional(ish) fast cars with latest Renaultsport Clio Trophy; still paddleshift only, still turbocharged and still with five doors but much improved from the base car. Is there room for a Trophy-R?
Dany Bahar is back in Britain, the London showroom of his atelier
ARES Performance
opening on Thursday night. Just in time for London's supercar season then...
Another significant week for spy images, with Mercedes even issuing official spy pics (whatever that actually means of the Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe. Expectations are running high for that one, as with the BMW M6 GT3 too; the Z4 GT3 has built quite a reputation! And if your fast Mercedes budget is a little smaller, it looks like there will be quick Smart ForFour too.
How better to end this section of the news than with three 600hp+ cars? In fact Callaway has taken the Z06 Corvette to over 700hp because, well, why not? Ferrari will now offer you 670hp of turbocharged V8 without a roof and Ford is sorting out how many GTs will be in Britain.
Not a single option box was ticked
Sports coupes are never far from the PH mindset, as proven this week with a variety of stories on cars with two doors, low-slung styling and rear-wheel drive (well, two of them).
So take a look here for how to buy the best Nissan 350Z, here for the arrival of a Toyota GT86 on the Fleet and, finally, this link for Matt's thoughts on the Nissan GT-R NISMO. They're quite positive...
In less positive news our Adrian Flux winner John is thinking of rehoming the Integrale. Someone will get a great one if he does sell!
Also from our PHer content this week is a superb Morgan Aero 8 in Carpool and a £100K Garage that takes in everything from a Ford Escort to a Nissan 370Z. In the regular features we've got all excited about an Aston Vanquish and Shed couldn't decide between two Rover estates; have a look at both!
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS
- North Coast 500 in 24 hours
- Roadtests of the BMW M5 30 Jahre, Aston Martin DB9 GT and more!
- Frankfurt motor show