To say we’re longtime fans of Mercedes-Benz’s fullsize hardtop coupes is a gross understatement. While we’re most partial to the achingly pretty W126 2-door (probably because we own one of its similarly-handsome sedan siblings), we can certainly appreciate all generations of Stuttgart’s big coupes, be it the baroque swagger of the W112, the just-this-side-of-overengineered [...]
Three weeks ago Mercedes-Benz released the new 2011 CL-Class to the world, and today, we are graced with its brawny AMG brothers, the CL63 and CL65 AMG. These two cars offer better handling, more aggressive looks, higher base equipment specs, and, of course, a stupendous amount of power. Smaller, But Bigger First up, the [...]
The percentage of roadgoing automobiles in the world packing in excess of 700hp is, not surprisingly, quite tiny. The biggest chunk of that slice of the vehicular population is comprised of purpose-built supercars, with the occasional late-model or classic muscle car or super-tuned Japanese sportscar thrown in for good measure. Compact hatchbacks? Even fewer [...]
Subaru feels people get something special from their cars. This is probably most true with their high-performance model, the Impreza WRX STI. Owners of these incredible machines make sacrifices in the name of performance. For example my 2006 didn’t even have a trunk release button on the key fob. I didn’t care. Knowing this, [...]
With the RS5 just announced to arrive in America in 2012 and the price of the R8 Spyder V10 set, it’s hard to get too excited over the announcement of a Facebook site. Take a breath, and remember that it’s the 2011 Audi A7 we’re talking about, though, and things will come into focus. [...]