Have you ever been hunting with dogs? Ever watched the nose of a well-bred hound as it darts around furiously in the air, desperate to pick up the scent? Then, seconds later it gets it; the nose is down and the dog is off like a bullet? That, ladies and gentlemen, is what it’s like… [Read more…]
Chris Harris at evo magazine is rapidly becoming one of our favourite car reviewers. Just last month we shared a great video of him testing Ferrari’s 458. Today, we came across this little nugget: Harris setting a phenomenal 0-60mph time in Porsche’s new 911 Turbo…ahem, while guzzling a Coke.
We won’t lie to you dear readers, the idea of a car – any car – covered with a matte paint job used to sound pretty tasteless to us: the kind of thing only the less discerning car fan would ever consider. But then a funny thing happened. Over the last few weeks we’ve been… [Read more…]
Conventional wisdom has it that Porsche’s Boxster and its younger brother the Cayman – class-leaders though they both are – have an image problem: they are perceived as the poor man’s 911. You hear it time and again, “Of course, he only drives a Boxster because he couldn’t afford a 911.” Well, The Guide has… [Read more…]
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