Long Term: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, June 2011

Filed under: Sedan, Volkswagen, Diesel, Long-Term Garage

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Our long-term 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI started its year-long journey with us last month and spent the most amount of days in June under my care, so while I’ve already passed on its keys to a number of other [...]

Report: Five Saudi women in custody for breaking driving ban

Filed under: Government/Legal, Middle East

The Saudi authorities have stepped in to temper the momentum of Saudi Women for Driving. It is against religious law for women to drive in the Arabian country, a fact of life that Saudi women have now decided to fight. The campaign began earlier this year, headed by Manal al-Sharif, with [...]

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4×4 – Four Seasons Update – June 2011

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4×4 – Four Seasons Update – June 2011Home again.

Months in service: Six Miles to date: 14,844
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Report: Lotus to turbocharge new Esprit into UK’s fastest supercar?

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Lotus, UK

Lotus Esprit concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Fast. Lightweight. Eminently enticing. There are a lot of things you could call a Lotus, but perhaps “ambitious” would be the most suitable. The company’s been snapping up former Ferrari personnel en masse, unveiled five new concepts at the same time [...]

Official: FIA confirms 1.6-liter turbo V6 F1 engines for 2014

Filed under: Motorsports, Technology

Formula One racing engines have been dropping cylinders like advanced trigonometry classes over the past couple of decades. The V12s gave way to V10s in the mid 90s. Those were replaced in turn by the current V8s in 2006, and now it’s been confirmed that by 2014 two more cylinders will drop [...]