At the 2021 London Concours they’re calling this ‘Young Timers’ – we call them modern classics, and they include an incredible Koenig Specials Mercedes 560 widebody, a Brabus and AMG widebody 300CE, 190 EVO II, Audi Sport Ur-Quattro SWB, Audi RS2 and BMW Alpina B12. Awesome German metal! #BCGLondonConcours #BCGEvents
Continue reading “2021 London Concours – Modern Classics”This decent looking little Audi executive class saloon has a bit of a wild streak. Note the ‘S’ ahead of the 3 rather than ‘A’. That means it has 310bhp, Quattro all-wheel drive and 0-62mph in under five seconds! Thanks to a turbo 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine that also puts out 295lb ft of torque put to the ground through a 7-speed dual clutch auto. Top speed is limited to 155mph.
Continue reading “Audi S3 Saloon review”This is the Audi A3 Sportback 40 TFSI e – let me translate that for you: it’s the A3 hatchback with a 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine producing 150bhp,though that’s not it’s only power unit. As the ‘e’ in the title signifies, this is a plug-in electric hybrid (PHEV) which also packs an 85kW electric motor integrated into the six-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox producing 107bhp.
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The Audi Q3 Sportback is a sleeker, sportier looking version of the Q3 family SUV – you could go as far as to describe the Sportback as a Crossover rather than a SUV. The coupe-like profile reveals bulging flanks that give it a more meatier and muscular stance. It looks bigger than a Q3, but while it is indeed slightly longer, it’s actually, somewhat surprisingly, narrower. However lowering the roofline by nearly five centimetres appears to have done the trick of radically altering its visual presence and certainly enhancing its appeal.
Continue reading “Audi Q3 Sportback 45 TFSI Quattro”Not Ferrari or Lamborghini – and can you kindly explain your third place choice?!
Continue reading “Your Top 3 Dream Cars – you won’t believe what’s third!”Latest Brown Car Guy Update 16032020 #BCGDaily
Each week a new supercar or hypercar drops with ridiculous horsepower, shocking 0-60
times and absurd price tags – but just how relevant are they? Should manufacturers instead
be focussing on creating more accessible sports cars for those that really love driving and
could afford. Link to my latest DriveTribe feature I mentioned
I’ve been flat out trying to keep up with, and failing to do so, all the news coming out of the Geneva Motor Show this year – except it wasn’t because the show was cancelled. Which is even sadder now that we realise how many new products and concepts were being introduced by main manufacturers alone, never mind smaller companies. Here I run through some of them. Also see my coverage on BritishAsiaNews.com
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It’s the same but better. I know, what you’re thinking: ‘hang on… what’s changed? Oh but wait, that looks far more interesting from the front three-quarters…’
