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Votren De Este Votren De Este 2026 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Hybrid Race 992.2 tech, 700bhp-plus 1 year ago

That being said, based on current trends and advancements in automotive technology, it's possible that the 2026 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Hybrid Race 992.2 could feature a hybrid powertrain, combining a high-output gasoline engine with an electric motor for added performance and efficiency.

In terms of power output, it's likely that the car could produce 700 horsepower or more, given that the current Porsche 911 GT2 RS already produces 700 horsepower with a traditional gasoline engine.

Other technological advancements that could be featured in the 992.2 version of the car could include improved aerodynamics, lightweight materials, and advanced driver assistance systems.

Overall, the 2026 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Hybrid Race could represent a significant leap forward in performance and technology for Porsche's flagship sports car, but until official information is released, it's impossible to say for certain what features the car will have.

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Votren De Este Votren De Este 1995 Jaguar XJS 4.0 vs. 2000 Jaguar XK8 X100 1 year ago

The Jaguar XJ-S/XJ-S is a luxury grand tourer produced by Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996. Here is a brief history of the XJS:

  • Development: The XJS was developed as a replacement for the Jaguar E-Type/XKE, which ended production in 1975. The XJS was based on the XJ sedan platform and was designed by Malcolm Sayer, who also designed the E-Type.
  • Introduction: The XJS was introduced in 1975 as a 1976 model. It was initially only available as a coupe, with a V12 engine and automatic transmission. The car was well received, although some critics felt that it did not live up to the styling of the E-Type.
  • Evolution: Over the years, the XJS underwent a number of changes and improvements. In 1983, a convertible version was introduced, which proved to be very popular. In 1988, the car received a facelift, with new bumpers, revised tail lights, and other changes. The interior was also updated with a new dashboard and other improvements.
  • Engines: The XJS was available with a variety of engines over the years, including the original V12, a six-cylinder engine, and a V8 engine. The V12 engine was eventually dropped in 1992, and the car was only available with a six-cylinder or V8 engine after that.
  • Legacy: The XJS was a popular car, although it did not achieve the iconic status of the E-Type/XKE. The car's long production run is a testament to its durability and popularity. The XJS is now considered a classic car, and is appreciated for its unique styling and luxurious features.
  • Successor: The XJS was succeeded by the Jaguar XK8 X100 in 1996, which was also a grand tourer but had a more modern design.
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Votren De Este Votren De Este 1971 Rover P6 3500S 1 year ago

The Rover P6 was a series of mid-sized luxury saloon cars produced by British car manufacturer Rover between 1963 and 1977. The P6 was marketed as the Rover 2000 and Rover 3500, with the latter being the more powerful version.

The Rover P6 was known for its innovative design, which included a unitary body construction, a De Dion rear suspension system, and disc brakes all round. The P6 was also one of the first cars to feature a safety glass windscreen.

The Rover 2000 had a 2.0-liter engine that produced 90 horsepower, while the Rover 3500 had a 3.5-liter V8 engine that produced 155 horsepower. The car also featured a four-speed manual transmission or a three-speed automatic transmission.

In terms of performance, the Rover P6 was a capable and comfortable car. The Rover 3500 Automatic could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 10.5 seconds and had a top speed of 118 mph, making it one of the fastest cars of its time.

Overall, the Rover P6 was a well-regarded car that offered a comfortable and luxurious driving experience. Its innovative design and advanced features made it popular among car enthusiasts, and it remains a classic car today.

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Chris Randall Chris Randall Porsche targets BMW iX with 2027 electric seven-seat flagship 1 year ago

I do not have access to information about future developments or plans of Porsche beyond what has been publicly announced. However, it's possible to speculate on what the future of Porsche might look like in 2030 based on current trends and technologies.

It's likely that Porsche will continue to focus on developing electric and hybrid vehicles, as the industry shifts away from traditional gasoline engines. The company has already released several electric models, such as the Taycan, and has plans to continue expanding its electric lineup.

In terms of design, Porsche is known for its sleek and sporty aesthetic, and it's likely that this will continue to be a defining characteristic of the brand. It's also possible that Porsche will incorporate more advanced autonomous driving features into its vehicles as this technology continues to evolve.

Additionally, Porsche has been investing in alternative fuel technologies such as synthetic fuels, which are made from renewable energy sources and can be used in existing combustion engines without major modifications. It's possible that by 2030, Porsche could be producing vehicles that run on these fuels, offering a greener option for those who still prefer the feel and sound of a traditional engine.

Overall, while it's impossible to predict the future with certainty, it's likely that Porsche will continue to innovate and push the boundaries of automotive technology and design, while also adapting to the changing demands of consumers and the industry as a whole.

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Votren De Este Votren De Este 1962 Chevrolet Corvette C1 RPO-687 1 year ago

It’s hard to believe sometimes that something which started off so unremarkably and was almost cancelled has turned into such an automotive titan. We’ll certainly be celebrating this milestone in the Corvette’s history, so watch out for some very special features coming up soon! We kick things off this month with a trip to the Bowling Green facility with none other than Mike Buchanan of the Classic Corvette Club UK.

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Richard Heseltine Richard Heseltine 1962 Chevrolet Corvette C1 RPO-687 1 year ago

Celebrating 70 years of Corvette

Corvette – America’s sports car − is celebrating its 70th year of production in 2023. Production started at Flint, Michigan in 1953 with the first 300 cars – all white 1953 model year cars − being built by hand. Production proper started in 1954 at the St Louis plant and continued there until 1981 when production moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky which is still where all Corvettes are built to this day. The first two years of Corvettes produced all featured a ‘blue flame’ inline six-cylinder engine which was replaced with a V8 from the 1955 model year; to this day all Corvettes have always featured this iconic engine configuration. From the beginning in 1953 until the end of the C7 model production in 2019 all Corvettes featured a front engine rear-wheel-drive configuration. The current C8 model launched in 2020 features a midmounted V8 and from the 2022 model year the cars are also available in right-hand drive direct from the factory – a first for Corvette. This year sees the launch of the C8 Z06 model featuring a 5.5L LT6 flat-plane DOHC V8 producing an impressive 670hp which will propel this latest Corvette to 0-60 miles per hour in just 2.6 seconds! A 70th Anniversary Edition package is also available to order in 2023 which provides two exclusive colours – White Pearl or Carbon Flash Metallic Black. The Classic Corvette Club UK welcomes all Corvette owners or potential owners and we can provide a wealth of knowledge about the history of the cars and also practical know-how when it comes to maintenance, insurance and the day-to-day running of these iconic cars. Please feel free to contact me should you require any additional information.

Classic Corvette Club UK

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Alex Grant Alex Grant 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith Limousine by H.J. Mulliner 1 year ago

Further to the story on the Ravishing Wraith can I supply further information? Mrs Wordie, the owner of the car who died in 1946 aged 77 was the widow of Peter Wordie whom she married at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh in 1902. She appears earlier in the Rolls- Royce story when she purchased a Rolls-Royce Phantom II No 364. GY by H.J. Mulliner, according to Lawrence Dalton in ‘The Derby Phantoms’. The Wraith would appear to be its replacement.

With reference to Lady McEasham (there is a hand-written line in the coachbuilder’s instructions for the unusual sliding, rotating chair in the rear compartment that we believed said ‘As for Lady McEasham’ – Ed) I would suggest this to be Lady McEacharn, the widow of Sir Malcolm McEacharn, Mayor of Melbourne, Australia. A millionaire shipping magnate, he left Australia in a huff having lost his mayorship. He bought Galloway House in Wigtownshire from the Earl of Galloway in 1906 and settled in Scotland, where he had been born. He died, however, two years later. Lady McEacharn also bought a Rolls-Royce Phantom II, according to Dalton. This may be the car in which the ‘chair’ was installed – or in a later replacement Wraith. Their son, Captain Neil McEacharn, inherited Galloway House and became a prolific purchaser of Rolls-Royce Phantoms. He sold Galloway House in 1930 to Lady Forteviot of the Dewar whisky family. Captain McEacharn acquired a villa at Lago Maggiore in Italy where he established the worldfamous ‘Giardini Botanici’ gardens. I hope this information proves helpful.

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Votren De Este Votren De Este 1974 BMW 2004 SA 1 year ago

The 1973 BMW 1004 SA version — look the same

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Paul Walton Paul Walton TWR-powered 6.0-litre V12 318bhp 1990 Jaguar XJ12 Series 3 1 year ago

Big block XJ

I read with interest the feature on the TWR-engined XJ12, since I ran a similar vehicle myself a few years ago. Mine wasn’t quite up to the standards of your feature car though, having been created by an acquaintance who dabbled in breaking Jaguars. He bought a heavily accident-damaged XJ-S as a donor for a presentable but non-runner XJ12 and had the workshop perform the swap without realising that the XJ-S in question was a JaguarSport car.

The resulting creation may have been something of a ‘bitsa’ but as Paul Walton remarks in your story, was hilariously quick. The slightly ‘shabby chic’ body and paint only added to the appeal when taking on BMWs and GTIs at the lights, but eventually its thirst got the better of me and I traded it for something more sensible. Naturally having read the feature, now I wish I still had it.

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Bob Harper Bob Harper 1965 Mercedes-Benz 230SL Automatic W113 1 year ago

Faster automatic

It was with great pleasure that I read the articles regarding the W113 ‘Pagoda’ Mercedes-Benz (60 Years of the Mercedes ‘Pagoda’). I served my apprenticeship on Mercedes cars with the Normand group, initially at the workshop above the Cumberland Hotel, just round the corner from Marble Arch. The W113 was current in those early Sixties days and working on them was always a pleasure. During the last part of my apprenticeship, I often had to drive the 230SL on the road. A tough life!

Sam Dawson commented that the car’s automatic box felt ‘right’ – the 230SL was also faster 0-100mph as an automatic than as a manual. When used in full automatic mode, as against manual selection of the auto, the gearchanges were spot-on every time, and top speed was only 2mph slower with the auto. My time at Marble Arch was just before the 70mph speed limit came into force. We used to offer an engine enhancement comprising a different camshaft, bigger inlet valves and a ported cylinder head, allowing it to pull 7000rpm in top! Because the car was geared 20mph per 1000rpm, this equated to 140mph. No idle boast – as a passenger in an enhanced 230SL on the M1, I watched in amazement as the speedo nudged 140mph. Sadly, the 70mph law killed the project – we did one car for America and completed a job that was already in the workshop at the time, and that was it!

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Votren De Este Votren De Este 1973 Peugeot 504 Berline GL 1 year ago

Thanks!

Really true McPherson

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Ben Birch Ben Birch Citroën DS, CX, Traction Avant, XM, C6 and new 2023 C5X 1 year ago

Citroën vs BMW

I enjoyed reading your excellent feature on Citroën 60 countdown. I was lucky enough to own a 1986 CX GTi Turbo 2 for 10 years until 1998. This was an amazing and underrated machine, hard to own, easy to love, a pleasure to waft in, weird to corner at speed. Its quirks were numerous, as if Salvador Dali had managed the production line. Exterior trim was held on by sticky typewriter ribbon, the boot hinge broke and appeared to come from a factory that made suitcase catches. Despite these flaws, its sleek long body turned discerning heads, and is still a lesson in how a car could be futuristic and beautiful. In contrast to Citroën’s elegant approach to design, look at your second fave marque, BMW, whose stylist seems hellbent on giving us cars that would make dogs weep. The DrivesToday team has obviously fallen underthe spell of this brand, which now produces some of the least attractive cars they’ve ever come up with. The bulbous i7 looks like a cutand- shut of three post-war Rovers. The grungy M2 with nose parts modified from a Dodge truck. The macho iX with a bodykit made from a bag of Darth Vader helmets. Citroën proves it’s good to be different and innovative, if not always perfect dynamically. Kia and Hyundai prove you can build technologically advanced cars that also look good. Why can’t BMW do this like they used to?

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Votren De Este Votren De Este On the road in the ex-Peter Collins, prototype 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 FHC 1 year ago

You are right Derek, and I vow to drink more strong black coffee when proofing pages late at night.

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James Walshe James Walshe On the road in the ex-Peter Collins, prototype 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 FHC 1 year ago

High carb diet

The ex-Peter Collins Aston DB2/4 engine (Hard to Top) appears to be sporting a pair of SU carburettors yet the caption states Webers.

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James Walshe James Walshe 2016 Tesla Model S P85D 1 year ago

Tesla vs Daimler

I found comparison of the Daimler Double-Six and Tesla Model S (Back to the Future) interesting – I owned a Jag XJ12 SIII in the Nineties and run a Model S today. They were introduced 50 years apart and the Tesla is the first car that really feels like 50 years’ progress from that point. They are a similar type of car – similar size, both comfortable and refined, both pull relentlessly and effortlessly on tiny throttle openings. Tesla turned a reluctant industry on its head; the market is now full of followers. Where Tesla still leads is efficiency. To some extent it is achieved by compromise, such as exceptionally high (45psi) tyre pressures to minimise rolling resistance, at the expense of increased road noise and firm ride. The wheels are a snug fit in their arches to reduce drag, but this limits suspension travel, to the further detriment of ride. I’ve not driven an XJ in 20 years, but I remember a more complaint ride and less road noise. And Elon Musk? He’s the definition of George Bernard Shaw's unreasonable man, ‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’

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Davy Lewis Davy Lewis 2003 Jaguar XK8 4.2 X100 1 year ago

Final Edition facts

The article on the S Final Edition XKs was a great piece by Craig as usual. I really enjoy his tales of Jaguar addiction and how he can’t kick it! A few things to add if you’ll allow. The special colours mentioned were only supplemented by another four including Platinum, Racing Green, Midnight and Quartz. Montreal wheels were never an option. The XK8-S came with 19” Atlas wheels as standard with the 20” Sepang available as an option. The XKR-S came with Perseus as standard with no other option. But… the Perseus proved to be prone to buckling so the Sepangs were fitted on some XKR-S straight from the factory or fitted to replace the Perseus wheels under warranty.

Dove Grey leather was only available with Frost Blue and Quartz exterior and came with Dove Grey carpet. Only the XKR-S had red calipers. Silver calipers with cross-drilled discs were an option on the XK8-S. I have a full specification brochure which came with one of the cars I bought. It can be a bit confusing but it ties in with all the cars I’ve seen over the years.

Also Craig states only 500 of the S Final Edition were built in XK and XKR form but I believe it was a lot more and I have been unable to find any mention from the launch that the model was a limited edition. The earliest car I’ve seen is chassis 46613, an XKR-S Final Edition coupe in satin with black trim.

Also Jaguar Heritage gives the start of production of the S Final Edition as chassis 45289, making it 3395 cars built as S Final Edition models.

The earliest car I’ve bought and sold was chassis 46618 and I have the build sheet for this car showing it as a Sports pack which wasa £4000 option on the coupe and £3200 on the convertible, over and above the usual XKR-S Final Edition specification. Including, according to the brochure: Handling Pack, satellite navigation, adaptive cruise control and Recaro seats.

In the course of buying and selling many S Final Editions cars, I’ve not found any after the Heritage start number which have been anything other than S Final Edition cars.

However, having said that… I also have a build sheet for a XK coupe with a chassis number in the range for the Final Editions cars but which identifies as a 2006 MY car with 2004.5 MY parts: Quartz with Dove Grey interior, 2004.5MY Montreal alloys and birds eye maple dash plus loads of extras.

I feel it’s important to get these things pinned down because it affects values. There are already myths and legends being attached to these cars in the hope of higher prices.

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Zack Stiling Zack Stiling 1948 Chrysler New Yorker 1 year ago

Zack Stiling, who wrote the feature, paid special attention to sharing what the driving experience was like with these cars and as such has put together a well-rounded and interesting article that we’re pleased to hear you enjoyed. There may be challenges with running older cars, but there are a lot of benefits too…!

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Chris Randall Chris Randall 1948 Chrysler New Yorker 1 year ago

Forties, Fifties or Sixties?

Dear Classic American, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading about Peter Rickinson’s 1948 Chrysler New Yorker. These late-Forties Mopars are often overlooked, but in my opinion are some of the most handsome cars of the era, representing as they do, the bridge between cars like the Forties La Salles and Fifties Cadillacs. Elegant, graceful lines, magnificent design and playful, yet tasteful masculine interiors, as illustrated with this example’s ‘Highlander’ tartan interior. I was particularly interested in Mr Rickinson’s description of how the car was to drive. My first car was a Forties Chevrolet, after which I graduated to a Fifties Pontiac and latterly I have a Sixties Buick in my ownership. With each decade the driving experience has improved, as has the reliability and ease of ownership. Having said that, I’m not convinced that the build quality or the quality of materials used has improved with each decade; if anything, the opposite. Jeff Stourton Derby, Derbyshire

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georgezippy georgezippy 220bhp 2.9-litre Cosworth BOA 24-valve V6 1977 Ford Cortina 1600L shell Mk4 1 year ago

Well that's impressive. Steve Whittaker here, the owner from 2001-2005 when it was featured in classic Ford magazine.

I remember seeing it for sale a few years ago looking quite neglected, shame as it was in decent nick when I had it, but so pleased to see it's survived (even if it is a re-shell). Great job on the restoration.

Wish I could have kept it but I had a bit of a collection then and had just bought a new house so they all had to go apart from the Capri that I still have.

It was a hell of a weapon, I hope to see it at a show in the future.

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