The Aston Martin Vanquish S is a rare enough car in its own right but to find one with a manual box is virtually unheard of. This was a modification that Aston Martin agreed to supply but they required a further £15,000 over the standard gearbox. Normally it is the auto box that gets charged […]

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have a Mazda MX5 with over 200 bhp then we have the answer for you. Unfortunately this is not a car that Mazda have produced themselves so a massed produced version will not be on the cards. Based on the Mazda GT Race Car, […]

The performance car market in the UK must be thriving as both Bentley and Aston Martin announced new Continental and Vanquish models on the same day. Introduced at the Festival of Speed, the new Bentley GT Speed will offer owners more speed, more luxury, and of course more cost. For such a big car the […]

The M25 was closed in the Surrey area recently when a car was being chased along it at 140 mph! The police said the car was a BMW coupe (which could mean many of them) and was eventually stopped after a hair raising chase of 75 miles. A stinger device was needed to blow the tyres […]

A Porsche Panamera supplied with a manual gearbox may well be regarded as a commercial mistake but word has it that it makes the car even more fun to drive this way – rather in the style of a BMW M5 but with even more performance. The car was actually made to order for Porsche […]

Now, if you own a performance car like the glorious Mercedes SLS AMG, and you want that little bit more, then you can now start to think about the latest in the range – the Mercedes SLS AMG Black. As with other cars with the ‘Black’ moniker, this promises to be the ultimate in high […]

Audi continue to bring out more and more performance cars to add to their now huge different number of vehicles available. The latest is a diesel version of their Q5 model but in S form – the Audi SQ5. Further significance is because this is the first ‘S’ model variant based on any of their […]

Looking like it has been covered in wallpaper from Laura Ashley, the latest version of the Clio Renaultsport has been spied at the ‘Ring’ which now appears to be the standard testing ground for any self respecting performance car. Disguised to look rather like its competitor, the Vauxhall Corsa, the new Clio looks like it […]

A new AMG performance car seems to be on the drawing board – the A45 AMG. Rumours of a car to take on the BMW M135i and Audi RS3 have been about for some time now but hopefully the car will get the go ahead. Powered by a 2.0 litre turbocharged engine that will put […]