1987 BMW E30 M3
As vacation season is in progress and there is not many interesting car premieres going on in the “average Joe’s” motoring world, I decided to write few words about another classic. One of my all time favourites, icon: BMW E30 M3 definitely deserves a “tribute post”. Regardless of how good and fast the currently produced sport cars are… the choice You have among makes and versions actually doesn’t allow You to point the best one in the stake. All of them are good and “driver friendly”. Back in the ’80s it wasn’t that easy… Read more…
From left to right: FR, Bocanegra and Cupra
4th generation Ibiza was released last spring. The car collected good reviews regarding quality and driving capabilities. VW is a respected producer – Seat = VW, therefore buying Ibiza was good value for money… but somehow time passed and there weren’t many of them on the streets. And I know the reason…
Seat is a VW brand that is meant to be sporty. Along it’s more boring co-producers (VW and Skoda) it always looks more aggressive and modern. And it gives good results. When talking about small Ibiza: 30% of it’s buyers chooses sport versions! So it seems strange that they waited so long to release these two to the public… but they finally arrived: FR and Cupra versions will be available to buy in few months.
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro
Good news for muscle car enthusiasts living on the “Old Continent”: New Camaro is officially coming to Europe next year!
No precise date is known yet. Neither the pricing. We know that in the US it’s sold for a while now with 3 engine versions to choose from. Weakest one (3.6l V6) produces 304 BHP. There is also V8 available (400 BHP automatic and 426 BHP manual).
The pricing starts from 23k USD and goes up to 36k USD. Ehhh… the US prices – must love them. Probably in Europe the prices will reach 40-50k euro (that’s about twice as much as in US!!!) – so it will be pretty expensive. Especially knowing the US price difference, it seems outrageous.
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Last Sunday guys from Top Gear team invited (or were invited by) Ken Block to make a piece of car video together.
As Ken Block gets millions of views on the internet, they decided to show him the old fashioned way (on TV) during last Sunday’s episode of Top Gear. Well this way they widened his audience for sure and added even more for themselves (win-win). The footage is as cool as Ken Block’s previous Gymkhana.
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Below You will find two best car commercials ever. Both made by Porsche. They are pretty old now, but as I didn’t find any new interesting premières recently, I decided to remind them. I enjoy watching both of these commercials. I like the way that Porsche building it’s image at the same time not shouting and shocking too much. Music is calm, the motto is clear: tradition. Good job!
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2009 Subaru Impreza Boxer Diesel
I decided to write a comparison between these two versions of the Impreza. Both of them have totally different turbocharged engines: 2.5 l gasoline vs 2.0l diesel. They have their unique characteristics, pros and cons. Of course this won’t be a comparison of performance – the winner would be pretty obvious here (WRX). It’s about a real life average Joe’s choice: whether to buy an icon – fun and performance car or a reasonable and economical diesel version, that not necessarily lacks the fun factor… And it turns out the choice is not so obvious.
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