Now comes its final test: the close scrutiny of
the Autocar road test timing gear and the associated road and track mileage needed to inform our ultimate verdict.
Aston's last production DB model, the DB9, was launched 13 years ago and was hailed in
its Autocar road test as «extraordinarily desirable and supremely capable».
It is often the job of this part of
the Autocar road test to filter out the contrived sense of importance with which car makers sometimes seek to surround every new model.
Not exact matches
Hanover Court — London — Stable Yard / Bugatti Type 59 — Part One / Standard Eight 1947 — Back on the
Road / The Dixon Graphite Special 1927 — Back on the
Road / HRG Bristol 1949 — Back on the
Road / Roesch Talbot — Back on the
Road / Aero Willy / Austin 10 1946 / Frederick T Gordon Crosby —
Autocar's Artist / Dans Leur Jus — Bruno Vendiesse Dealer / Collector — Lille — France / Three litre Bentley engine rebuild — Motorhouse / Austin 16 — Motorhouse / Engine Wear — Workshop
Riley 12/4 / Connaught Saga — Part two / Bowler ownership saga — Part two / Allard M - Type, 1934 — Back on the
Road / Arnolt - Bristol Bolide, 1954 — Back on the
Road / Morris Eight Jensen, 1935 — Back on the
Road / Bayliss - Thomas Trials Special, 1928 — Back on the
Road / Origins of the Praga Grand — Car from the Golden city / Motoring artist Gordon Horner who worked for The
Autocar / MOT test Part one The law and our cars — Workshop
Henry's Trend - Setter — Ford V8 1932 / Goodwood's Festival of Speed / Morgan Aero, 1924 — Back on the
Road / Crossley 18/50, 1926 — Back on the
Road / Daimler D16 Landaulet, 1923 — Back on the
Road / «Sammy» Davis (1887 - 1981) artist and writer for The
Autocar / Angles and differentials — Workshop / Oldsmobile Opera Coupé, 1937 / Report on the third RIAC Pioneer Run / Der Grosse Borgward — 1959 production of the P100
The so - called Silk
Road project being developed in collaboration with BMW is still a go, and
Autocar reports that a larger sports car using a Le Mans - derived hybrid drivetrain combined with supercapacitor technology is on the way.
Björn Linn cuts through the web to find the reality / Recollections Of An Old Stager — Montague Tombs was a
road tester on the staff of The
Autocar before WWI, together with Sammy Davis.
Referring to the vehicle as an «off -
road coupe,»
Autocar speculates that it could have either two - or four - door variants, and could feature blacked - out B - pillars for a floating - roof look.
Autocar judged it superior to the preceding DB6 in many areas, offering four full - sized seats in addition to transformed handling and
road holding courtesy of the new suspension and standardised power steering.
However,
Autocar UK has pieced together a picture of a new model that will set new standards for a Range Rover's styling, interior and
road - focused handling, the last of these coming courtesy of the F - Pace's suspension and lightweight aluminium body.
That's why future A-Class and B - Class will have multiple versions, including (according to
AutoCar) a small soft -
roader, provisionally called BLK.
The Defender,
Autocar writes, is certain to share the two wheelbases of the Range Rover - 2,922 mm and 3,120 mm in standard and longwheelbase guises respectively - but with cropped overhangs, and suitable modifications for ground clearance, arrival, departure and break - over angles for off -
road agility.
Autocar UK, our sister publication, reported that the first
Road Rover model is being developed in parallel with the next - generation XJ.
In a surprise move, Jaguar Land Rover will launch a new range of models, called the
Road Rover, by 2019 reports our sister publication
Autocar UK.
Nandan told
Autocar that the N brand vehicles will bridge the gap between Hyundai's rally cars and its
road cars.
In 2004 an old Ruf CTR could keep up with new supercars at the
Autocar 0 -100-0 challenge and impressed the audience, [5] so did another one - with more than 100,000 kilometers on its odometer - at the
Road & Track standing mile contest 2005.
The Volvo Car Corporation received yet more distinctions for its work on safety, in the form of the Prince Michael
Road Safety Award for the best technical innovation in the field of safety and the
Autocar & Motor award for the best safety feature.
The lads at
Autocar have been lucky enough to flog a couple of LFAs around the Nürburgring Nordschleife and on public
roads, as well.
After rolling out the plush Range Rover Velar this year and lining up the Defender next year, Land Rover will introduce a new model series called «Land Rover
Road Rover» in 2019, says a report from
Autocar.
The BMWs made available for
road test by
Autocar have invariably been specced up with the adaptive dampers, it's almost impossible to find cars with this feature as demonstrators in the dealerships or, for that matter, in dealer stock.
Drivers Republic was launched in August 2008 by Steve Davies, together with Richard Meaden; a co-founder of Evo magazine, Neil Carey; former designer of Evo magazine, Jethro Bovingdon; former deputy - Editor of Evo magazine and Chris Harris; former
road test editor of
Autocar magazine.
Land Rover is apparently aiming the
Road Rover at wealthy, luxury - hungry markets like China and California, and intends to build it with enough luxury and technology to rival the Mercedes S - Class, although
Autocar's renders see it more as an SUV than a saloon.
«I am absolutely convinced that once fully autonomous vehicles are established, the more people will appreciate driving on a
road free of traffic and enjoy driving their car again,» Wester told
Autocar.
Autocar was invited to test the off -
road abbilities of the new Discovery Sport in one of the most northern parts of Europe, in Iceland.
Autocar is reporting that Land Rover is developing a new line of vehicles that will be focused more on -
road capability and use electric powertrains.
In 1995
Autocar magazine even timed the RS2 from 0 - 30mph in just 1.5 seconds, faster than the McLaren F1
road car.
Read the Ford Figo review,
road test from
Autocar India; The second - generation Figo promises much.
Depends How You Look at It...
Autocar reports that a source inside the company told them that Rolls Royce could have an electric version of its Phantom super-luxury car on the
road by the end of 2010: «Internally it's