Okay, so it’s actually an Aston Martin DB7 that’s been cut down to the right size and rebuilt with a carbon fiber DB4 Zagato shell. Same 93″ wheelbase, new V12 and new (comparative) reliability. Do want. More » See the original post: Sweet Jesus, That’s A Carbon Aston Martin DB4 Zagato [Car Porn] Read more from the original source:  Sweet Jesus, That’s A Carbon Aston Martin DB4 Zagato [Car Porn]

An iCar? Not yet. But a steering-wheel-mounted remote control was among the 21 patents granted to Apple this week. We don’t typically track patent applications and grants for the Cupertino-based tech company—it holds or has filed for thousands of them—and came to this one through PatentlyApple.com . The device, as Apple describes it in its paperwork, is pretty simple: A disc with traditional iPod controls can be clamped to the steering wheel rim. It could then, we take it, remotely operate an iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Read full story » Original post: Apple Patents a Remote Control, Apparently for Cars Continued here: Apple Patents a Remote Control, Apparently for Cars

Perhaps you’ve seen the TV ad showing a CX-5 zoom-zooming across a dry lake and then whistling past an array of scientific apparatus, staffed by a bevy of guys in lab coats who seem to be deliriously happy with what they’re witnessing. The spot suggests a dynamic trait—speed—that isn’t readily apparent in the CX-5’s real-world persona. Or, more accurately, acceleration, since speed can be summoned. Eventually. (more…) Here is the original: 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport Manual: Fun, not Fast Read the original: 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport Manual: Fun, not Fast

Like an adorable, tiny zombie popping out of its tiny, adorable window-box grave, the Peel P50 and Peel Trident are back from the dead. Neither of the tiny, tiny cars has been built since 1966, but a new company , with funding from the BBC’s show Dragon’s Den, is starting production up once again, as announced earlier this year. They’re street legal in the UK and US, and you can buy them for an absurd price £10,000 ($16,000). More » Here is the original: The World’s Smallest Cars Are Back On Sale, For Insane Money [Microcars] Go here to read the rest:  The World’s Smallest Cars Are Back On Sale, For Insane Money [Microcars]

Classic though it may be, Biggie’s “Things Done Changed” doesn’t really address cars. Thankfully, we have our readers for that one. More » Go here to see the original: COTD: Momma Got Cancer In Her Breast Edition [Video] See more here: COTD: Momma Got Cancer In Her Breast Edition [Video]

When you hear about a “barn find” car, you imagine it being removed from the barn. In the case of the Sensory Assault Mazda RX-2, the barn was removed from the car. Read full story » More here: LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Mazda RX-2 Exhumed From Collapsed Barn, Stuffed With 13B See the original post:  LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Mazda RX-2 Exhumed From Collapsed Barn, Stuffed With 13B

Land Rover is giving the Range Rover Sport a few minor updates for 2013, as well as introducing two new special-edition models: the Sport Supercharged Limited Edition and the Sport GT Limited Edition. The updates to the regular Sport include a fresh wheel design for the Supercharged model; a new optional towing package for all trim levels; and some new interior color combinations. Also, Supercharged customers now get red-painted Brembo brake calipers standard, with the option to switch back to non-Brembo brake calipers at no extra cost. Read full story » Here is the original: 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Gets Two Special Editions, New Options View post: 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Gets Two Special Editions, New Options

We had the chance to experience an early iteration of the GT500’s launch-control system during our first ride in the 662-hp beast , and now Ford has finalized the calibration and released details on how it can be engaged. Read full story » Here is the original post: Ford Details Launch Control for 2013 Shelby GT500 Here is the original post: Ford Details Launch Control for 2013 Shelby GT500

Let’s say you’re lucky enough to own a collection of classic and exotic Porsches. When it’s time for an engine rebuild on a 356 or 911SC, that task can be farmed out to any number of shops specializing in Porsche, since parts are available and neither model is very specialized. On the other hand, when it’s time for a complete restoration on your 959 or original 550 Spyder, do you really want to trust that work to anyone other than Porsche itself? For customers that want Porsches restored to original specs, in some cases by the workers who originally built the car, there’s Porsche Classic. Part of Porsche AG, Porsche Classic exists to restore and maintain classic road-going Porsches. They won’t touch your Porsche racer, since that’s the job of Rennsport, but they’ll to everything from routine maintenance to a rotisserie restoration on your classic street-legal Porsche. The division also stocks parts for any car that’s 10 years out of production, ensuring that you can always get an exhaust manifold for that Porsche 928 you’ve been restoring. Parts can be ordered by any Porsche dealer worldwide, but they’ll always come from Porsche Classics 35,000-part inventory. If you’re looking for custom work, look elsewhere. Porsche Classics won’t turn your 1980 911 into a 930 replica, but it will restore the car to as new specifications if that’s what your after. It’s no surprise, then, that a Porsche Classic restoration can add more value to a car than a complete restoration done by a third party shop. After all, no one on the planet knows Porsche as well as Porsche.   Read the original post: Tour The Workshops Of Porsche Classic: Video Read the original: Tour The Workshops Of Porsche Classic: Video

If you’re stuck out in the Arabian desert in your new Land Rover, don’t despair: you’ve been provided with a survival book that should help you figure out how to survive, and, if that’s not enough, you can just eat the damn book. More » Here is the original post:  Land Rovers In Dubai Come With Delicious Edible Book [Car Ads] More here:  Land Rovers In Dubai Come With Delicious Edible Book [Car Ads]

While some car design is a bit of an acquired taste, it doesn’t take more than a glance at the classic lines of an early Porsche 356 to understand why they are such a popular collectible vehicle. One of 1212 356 coupes built in 1955, this bent window Porsche 356 is currently for sale on Ebay . More » Here is the original post: 1955 Porsche 356 Bent Window Continental Is Simply Beautiful [Found On EBay] See the rest here: 1955 Porsche 356 Bent Window Continental Is Simply Beautiful [Found On EBay]

Watching Lincoln’s mid-eighties offering to the luxury coupe market earlier today got us thinking about the world of posh two doors. This weekend we want to know what you believe is the best luxury coupe. More » Read the original: What Is The Best Luxury Coupe Ever Made? [Question Of The Weekend] More here: What Is The Best Luxury Coupe Ever Made? [Question Of The Weekend]

BMW is introducing two new special-edition M cars in the U.K. based off of the M3 coupe and M5 sedan , and it has given them both the same head-scratching name: M Performance edition. Yup, allow us to present the M3 and M5 M Performance editions. Read full story » Read the original here: BMW Reveals Confusingly Named M3 and M5 M Performance Limited Editions in U.K. See more here:  BMW Reveals Confusingly Named M3 and M5 M Performance Limited Editions in U.K.

There are lots of measures of a car’s durability , though most of them involve some form of automated, repetitive and quantifiable test over a set period of time. But when Hyundai decided that it should test the toughness of its i30 hatchback, it decided that something more arbitrary was in order: it gave one to a rampant pack of baboons. Ok then. So, the car was left in the grounds of the Knowsley Safari Park in Liverpool, and a video camera set up (natch). Clearly it’s all one big PR stunt (which we’re perpetuating), and has little to do with real world reliability, but it’s interesting all the same. You can watch the video below, or get more info about it here .   Read the original post:  Video: Hyundai puts i30 through bizarre baboon test Read more: Video: Hyundai puts i30 through bizarre baboon test

Filed under: Latest News Three friends from the UK have racked up an astonishing £80,000 fare in a black cab… …Well, that’s what they’d be expected to cough up if the meter was running on their taxi. Fortunately for them, it wasn’t. No, this black cab looks set to become a record breaker, having started its journey 43,000 miles ago. Paul Archer, Johno Ellison and Leigh Purnell (all pictured) set off in their black cab in February 2011, and have since driven 43,000 miles across 50 countries, spanning four continents. They paid £1,500 for the 333,000-mile black cab on eBay, and after naming it Hannah, set off on a trip that would see them drive through Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, India, and Armenia, to name a few. It’s thought that the Birmingham University students now hold the world record for the longest single taxi fare, although it’s yet to be verified. The trio, aged between 23 and 27 and from Leeds, Gloucestershire and Staffordshire, undertook the journey to raise money for charity, and have so far raised £20,000 for the British Red Cross. Their epic journey sounds like movie material, with one of the group getting deported from Iran as a suspected spy. They were also detained at the Border of Moldova, but were eventually allowed to pass because, according to the BBC , the mother of one of their friends knew Moldavian President. As you do. The group also believe they have broken the world record for the highest taxi journey, having passed through the Mount Everest base camp.   Read the original here:  £80,000 fare for world record black cab journey See original here: £80,000 fare for world record black cab journey